"There is one earth but millions and millions of different worlds" - Mooji
Dear all,
Why is it that all enlightened spiritual sages who teach widely and normal enlightened beings who live quietly, continue to utter the words, "Realize who you really are, your true self." Why do many human beings around the world seek for answers to who and what we are, and the purpose of our existence? Because that is our innate evolutionary process and purpose.
When I am asked, "so what should I do with this issue and problem of mine?" I like to reply with, "please...go find out who you really are first. When you truly know, you will have all the answers, for you will find you do not need to ask :-)"
Some want short term answers, "tell me how to solve this problem", "teach me how to meditate so I can feel peace and bliss", "give me an answer that satisfies my need now so I feel better", "show me an organization that I can belong to and feel good", "what is the best ideology or belief system I can adopt?" "what's the healthiest food and lifestyle I should have so I can live forever?" Positive teachings, affirmations and techniques are valuable, and might satisfy and solve your issue for a short while, but if you seek and can only see the limited picture, you will be shaken again and again. Aim for the ultimate realization of your true self, for that is the profound transcendence and then seeking ceases. For the big picture is simply clear and obvious. You just are and do not have to strive to be anymore. Everything falls into place and everything is as it is. You become the unfolding and the process itself.
When individuals are stuck in their "I" ego self as a separate entity, everything is viewed from this limited perspective of "what I want", "what I like", "what I don't like","what I think","what I believe", "what I insist", "what I have", "what I don't have","what I need", "what I am"....and so on. These consequently project onto others in their environment as "what I like and don't like in others", "what I agree and disagree with in others", "what I want and hate in others", "what others do to me", "what others should and shouldn't be or do", "what I can get from others", "what others can give me"...and so on. Separation, division, differentiation are the inevitable result. Short sightedness that benefits only the "self" at the expense of others become the priority conscious and subconscious agenda in the minds of every separate ego "self".
This disunity and disharmony result from differences in perceptions based on the views by this separate ego "self". The world's human population is now closing in at nearly 7 billion and predicted to get to an alarming 9 billion by 2050. So these billions of separate ego "self" each has their own unique perceptions of reality and how their world should be, based on their own upbringing, life experiences, belief systems and choices.
For example, some individuals choose to criticize, ill treat and persecute another of a different race, culture, religion or belief system because they look different, smell different, talk different, live different, eat different foods, speak a different language, simply because the former may not have been exposed or personally connected with the latter in life thus far. Or they may hate another because their own belief system/culture/religion stipulates the differences between them. In every day life you may find yourself distressed, hurt, angered or even vengeful toward another because they do not meet your expectations or behave they way "you" think they should. Some may torture, hurt or ill treat an animal and feel no empathy or remorse because to them, animals look different, have more legs, fur, scales, no intellect, can't talk, laugh or cry; so their limited perceptions separate and disconnect from the other living being. Chopping down vast expanse of forest might be satisfying for others because it brings in vast profits they can now purchase bigger houses, bigger cars and demand more power. But they are ignorant, that like them , trees are living beings too, and forests support immense network of other life forms. The short term massive destruction of nature will inevitably backfire as nature, and humans being a part of that, is a cycle that is interconnected.
Disharmony stem from individual desires and attachments to perceptions from the separate ego "self" but lived out to the full by every single separate being, hence causing ripples of disunity from an individual level into the global and universal level. It is a sad state, a crippling dysfunction, a blindness that will only lead to chaos, then its own readjustment, culling, correction and perhaps a new order. Those who are enlightened can see and feel the whole and complete picture with utmost compassion, but understand too, that the big picture will take its own course and take care of itself.
We each have our roles to play, enlightened or not enlightened, to keep the big picture in mind. To let go of our separate "self", discard our fixations with our limited perceptions, be open and honor our wholeness. To focus on our universality, similarities and shared existence, and be tolerant and understanding of our apparent differences. To know and live as connected compassionate beings with and toward all forms of life and Life itself. The course of the ripples will then naturally change to flow toward a higher, more evolved, unified, harmonious, peaceful and joyful reality; for you as a functional individual, a part of your world as a dynamic whole.
Stay conscious and tuned in to your true and higher reality.
The great Persian mystic poet Rumi said, "There is a force within you that gives you life - seek that."
I will add, "There is a force within you that gives all life - know that."
Blessings & light to all,
Patsie :-)
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