There is a lot of respect in our community for the
so-called enlightened folks. The difference between you and them is that you
still need the world you live in to advance spiritually. If you found a gini in
a bottle and could get everything you aspired to have, you would end up being
miserable indeed. So honor your mission, respect the constraints that you
perceive in your life and know that it is these challenges that propel you on
your path.
Our "enlightened" folks have everything they ever needed. So
they don't need aspirations, challenges and missions like you do. Yet in front
of God there is perfect equality. In the holy Now you are as "enlightened" as
they are. But to reach that stage you have to face life with everything you got.
So honor all your challenges as much as you enjoy your pleasures. Along the Tao
you are as much "there" as anyone.
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Sunday, June 2, 2013
Thursday, January 17, 2013
The Tao of Resistance
Walking the Tao feels like you are connected to a
stream of energy which guides you along the Way. Most of the time it is a
wonderful feeling of connectedness, yet, there are doubtless times when you feel
resistance. You want to go in a direction that makes a lot of sense to you, yet,
there is a wall. What do you do then?
We talked the other day about the mental struggle that the spiritual community often has when they want to charge money for their services. Yet the constraints of making a living force you do deal with this issue. You may ask, "Lord, why do I have to deal with this?", but sooner or later it dawns on you that your money taboo is just a subconscious way of proving to yourself that you are somehow holier than all the others. Spiritual activities are not holier, daily life is not more sinful. The Tao will always let you know what is the best way to do it, just listen carefully and let go off your preconceived notions.
Another example, you may be at work building a large spreadsheet and suddenly the system crashes and all your work is lost. You take it well, rebuild everything from scratch only to find that it crashes again. Accept the resistance. Everything happens for a reason. Perhaps it is a good opportunity to step back and try a new approach. The Tao always only wants your best. Accept the change and try to figure out what the lesson from your struggle is.
You will also notice that as soon as you reposition yourself, peace and harmony penetrates you again. The peace and harmony is the “ok” signal the True Self is giving to you, while anxiety and struggles are the signals that you have deviated from the Tao already. Adjust accordingly until you reach the state when you will always walk the Tao.
The Tao is here to show you who you really are. Struggles show your false belief systems, inadequate norms that the society holds, or simply that the ego has hijacked your agenda again. A Tao is a highway to freedom. Just as there sometimes are curves along the way, you will find it beneficial to steer a little to the left and the right along your journey. Let the peace and harmony you feel inside be your internal guide and synchronicity your external milestone. Don't worry, your overall mission in life is well protected with all these changes - the Tao just wants you do reach your goal in the best way possible.
By Christian and Su Zhen
We talked the other day about the mental struggle that the spiritual community often has when they want to charge money for their services. Yet the constraints of making a living force you do deal with this issue. You may ask, "Lord, why do I have to deal with this?", but sooner or later it dawns on you that your money taboo is just a subconscious way of proving to yourself that you are somehow holier than all the others. Spiritual activities are not holier, daily life is not more sinful. The Tao will always let you know what is the best way to do it, just listen carefully and let go off your preconceived notions.
Another example, you may be at work building a large spreadsheet and suddenly the system crashes and all your work is lost. You take it well, rebuild everything from scratch only to find that it crashes again. Accept the resistance. Everything happens for a reason. Perhaps it is a good opportunity to step back and try a new approach. The Tao always only wants your best. Accept the change and try to figure out what the lesson from your struggle is.
You will also notice that as soon as you reposition yourself, peace and harmony penetrates you again. The peace and harmony is the “ok” signal the True Self is giving to you, while anxiety and struggles are the signals that you have deviated from the Tao already. Adjust accordingly until you reach the state when you will always walk the Tao.
The Tao is here to show you who you really are. Struggles show your false belief systems, inadequate norms that the society holds, or simply that the ego has hijacked your agenda again. A Tao is a highway to freedom. Just as there sometimes are curves along the way, you will find it beneficial to steer a little to the left and the right along your journey. Let the peace and harmony you feel inside be your internal guide and synchronicity your external milestone. Don't worry, your overall mission in life is well protected with all these changes - the Tao just wants you do reach your goal in the best way possible.
By Christian and Su Zhen
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Using The Law of Attraction for Spiritual Growth
The Law of Attraction states that you attract everything that happens to you. The 'secret crowd'tries you exploit this law in order to get something. I tend to use the LoA in an indirect fashion. Observe everything that happens to you, and try to monitor your subconscious game plan accordingly. If problems hit you, that just means that you have to dig down deep and figure out which psychological hurdles you still have to take. Viewed from this perspective there is really nothing to fear. Everything that happens to you is just a perfect opportunity to become whole here right now.
What exactly do you know about your subconscious, well little to nothing, that's the whole point of the below-your-conscious-surface expression. The good news though, the environment that you are creating for yourself with all the personal interactions that you are experiencing speaks volumes about what is going on below the surface. Whenever I feel tensions in myself, or face resistance with people or in situations, I always ask myself 'What is the learning opportunity here?' Until the day when you are whole, that is when everything you do reflects your true - conscious as well as subconscious - being, you will always attract healing opportunities into your life. Welcome them and put your best foot forward and before you know it, the lesson plan will be completed.
The master of 'the secret' - if something like that is possible - will have everything. But will she have the secret to happiness? The Tao master will do God's will instead, moment by moment, and with it happiness is guaranteed. Peace and happiness implies ever-present connectedness with the Source.
What exactly do you know about your subconscious, well little to nothing, that's the whole point of the below-your-conscious-surface expression. The good news though, the environment that you are creating for yourself with all the personal interactions that you are experiencing speaks volumes about what is going on below the surface. Whenever I feel tensions in myself, or face resistance with people or in situations, I always ask myself 'What is the learning opportunity here?' Until the day when you are whole, that is when everything you do reflects your true - conscious as well as subconscious - being, you will always attract healing opportunities into your life. Welcome them and put your best foot forward and before you know it, the lesson plan will be completed.
The master of 'the secret' - if something like that is possible - will have everything. But will she have the secret to happiness? The Tao master will do God's will instead, moment by moment, and with it happiness is guaranteed. Peace and happiness implies ever-present connectedness with the Source.
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