“Learn to live a natural and spontaneous life, contentedly.”
You will always find that which you seek.
If you are having trouble and are struggling to find it, first accept the reality that you already have it. Once all counterproductive thoughts are neutralized by this acceptance, there it will be, as if it was always present.
“When a Tralfamadorian sees a corpse, all he thinks is that the dead person is in a bad condition in that particular moment, but that same person is just fine in plenty of other moments. Now, when I myself hear that somebody is dead, I simply shrug and say what the Tralfamadorians say about dead people, which is ‘So it goes.’”
– from Vonnegut’s ‘Slaughterhouse-Five,’ 1969
Belief systems are a vehicle to carry a person to their goal, which really is back where they started. They are of no use once the goal is realized.
Being is primary. (Is that a belief system?)
Liberation of consciousness is a process facilitated by proper aspiration. It is our commitment to meditation practice and daily actions devoted to God that affirms our intention to grow spiritually and allow complete liberation of consciousness to occur in this lifetime. Complete dedication also requires properly directed aspiration, which includes the use of intention, imagination and faith to quicken the process.
We can be completely dedicated to the goal of spiritual liberation in this lifetime, but if we are forceful or impatient it is possible to slow down process. To make the most of our spiritual work we do not need to strain to accomplish our goal, we only need to intend what we desire. Calm intention carries more power than restless striving.
Once we are clear on our intent to be totally spiritually awake, we can imagine what it feels like to experience that state of consciousness. In meditation practice, we can first use a technique to clear the mind and settle the emotions, and having set our intention before beginning to be completely spiritually awake, we can now imagine what it would feel like to be completely spiritually awake.
At the core of our being we are already flawlessly spiritually enlightened. In this process we are changing our point of view from the delusion that we are not spiritually awake, to the truth of our being that is completely spiritually awake. It is only a matter of conditioning that causes us to think we are not already enlightened.
When our intention is set and our imagination is engaged in experiencing what complete liberation of consciousness feels like, we can now accept that this our natural state, always. Living from the understanding that we are enlightened harmonizes our thoughts, words and actions to reflect the experience in reality.
(It needs revision and some reworking.)
The darkest day is here. Yet the light can only return now.
I found a new appreciation for the Christmas season this year. Seeing all the lights on houses and all the gatherings we’ve had where candles served as the lumination, I feel reconnected to old ways where celebrations of light were heart felt.
Tonight our band plays at The Country Inn. Many old and new friends have come from long distances to see us. Musically I feel ready to let go of my old self and move forward into a new chapter of creation.
In Vedic Astrology the time around the age of 28 is the Saturn Return. Here old karma is resolved and future possibilities unlocked. I can feel that now. Much of my past has been made peaceful and future possibilities are so much brighter now.
Holding on doesn’t serve me anymore. I’m not really sure who it serves, but it definitely doesn’t serve me anymore.
So…as the new moon moves back to full and the season of Winter brings back the light of the sun…I’m ready to go.
PS- Here are some great quotes I found today as I was grading assignments of the students in my stress management class:
““Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older.” — Hans Selye
“It’s not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.” — Hans Selye
