“Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.”
_______________________________ – Leo Tolstoy
Ramana Maharshi said,
“The trick is to keep the boat in the water but the water out of the boat.”
I have seen a number of people feeling challenged by life lately. It may help to remember this quote. Though that is in the deepest sense determined by your level of evolution, everything (and I do mean everything), does echo/radiate out from the transcendent, including this principle.
So go ahead and feel what you feel, but also feel into the depth of your being where none of it really matters. Freedom!
Replace the word ‘reality’ with ‘relativity’ and the following Einstein quote works,
“As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.”
The field of relativity is, of course, not the absolute. It is the field of imperfection. ‘Two plus two equals four’ turns out to be an approximation, as per Einstein’s theory of relativity for example.
Look for perfection in the absolute. Find comfort there. It dwells at the depth of your being, not the surface. That is the deeper meaning of having the boat in the water but no water in the boat. Do not allow the field of perfection to be overshadowed by the field of imperfection.
Deep inside everything is fine.
How delicate life is. Even holding on to the idea of letting go inflames. Yet does this imply we are to be without any conviction?
Water is formless, fluid, completely flexible. Water holds to no shape yet conforms to any vessel it inhabits. Yet water created the great canyons and channels upon our Earth.
I know that I am not easily understood. Sometimes I am seen to change my mind and my direction freely. Sometimes I am experienced as forceful, even overpowering.
To be infinitely flexible, yet infinitely rigid is a paradox. Yet like a tree, with rigid trunk and flexible branches, you best progress through life.
Being around those who walk in harmony with nature is not easy. Where you hold will be put into question. Your resistances to the true nature of life will be uprooted. For fear of drowning, you will perhaps even need to create some distance.
This is why from the perspective of your resistance, spiritual evolution can seem threatening, but from the perspective of your true nature it is liberating.
What a beautiful universe that your true nature is abundant, joyful, and wise.
Through the years our focus has shifted from time to time from things such as hands on healing, to transgradient counseling, to jyotish, to vaastu, to various modes of healing, and now to the Temple.
There are many flowers in the garden of life and you do well to know of them. You will be drawn to one or the other to varying degrees as determined by your nature. Yet it is good to be aware of them all.
I have noticed through the years, whatever we are focusing on at a particular time disturbs those who have an affinity in another direction. You would do well to explore whatever arena is being presented at a given time.
My teachings are designed to open you to deeper and deeper levels within.
Exploration tills the soil that facilitates the self-correcting mechanism. Plants grow best in tilled soil.
A lovely comment was sent in regarding my recent cultural integrity blog. You can read the comment by clicking on ‘comments’ below the blog. In fact, the comments to my blogs have been lively and you may want to read them as they come up. My response to the comment follows:
There is a lot to address in your email. Firstly, no history of religion can really be done until the essential nature of life and existence is understood. A valid history could only be written in that context. In fact, that could be the short answer to the general question about where Mount Soma is headed. And the long answer to that is the sum total of all my lectures, books, etc. Religion is not truth. Religion is composed of the various ways humanity congregates around Truth. Science is not Truth. Science is a means by which humanity attempts to grasp Truth. That is of course a very good thing.
Imagine being able to take a step back and see the big picture. All human endeavor, not just religion and science, revolve around a central core called “Truth.” In a nutshell, Mount Soma will bring forth that understanding in a way that honors human endeavor by holding it up to the light of a unifying understanding. Individually unique but unified as One.
It seems that the confusion, fear, doubt, mistrust, resistance, etc around all this that people seem to experience is in fact the very reason why my vision for Mount Soma is so necessary and so difficult for my explanations to be understood. Yet I do believe I am felt and on that level understood. My goal is simple. To assist humanity to live in peace and abundance in a manner that is supportive of every individual’s unique nature. Simple really. But I do understand it will require more explanation than can be provided in blogs. It is something that has in fact eluded humanity throughout the ages.
For it to be understood, I guess it will have to be created first. But there are those that understand it well enough to dedicate their lives to it. Count me in those ranks. It is not a road map. It is not clearly defined. We will, as I speak of in my lectures, feel our way and tack until we reach the summit.
I understand that with the appearance of the temple some may wonder if I am a Hindu. I have spoken of cultural integrity so, so many times. But here it goes one more time.
I am a westerner. I have no intention of trying to become Indian or Hindu. I am what I am. A big part of my teaching is cultural integrity. Cultures should not blur together any more than colors in a painter’s arsenal should all be mixed into one heap. They must each keep their own integrity, yet they must learn to live in harmony with one and other. I know that if misunderstood, this sounds like segregation with all its prejudicial baggage, but it is not. There is a huge difference between cultural integrity and prejudice. Are the inclinations you feel within yourself those of cultural integrity or prejudice? This arena merits exploration.
I have a deep respect for the culture out of which Vedic knowledge was birthed and has been upheld. It is the portal through which we have been given access to the Knowledge of Natural Law (the Veda). The temple then is approached through that portal. It honors the integrity of that culture. That culture has provided the pipeline to, the conduit to, the technology of the Unified Field. Like physics or any other science, the Knowledge is universal. The Veda is universal. Sanskrit is not Indian, it is universal. However, our access to all that knowledge is via the Indian culture. That is not to say that everything Indian is Vedic. But our access to Vedic knowledge is certainly through that culture.
Can you uphold your own integrity while honoring another’s or not? In a nutshell, that is what cultural integrity is all about. It is what the world must learn to do. It is what we are creating a model of (for the world) at Mount Soma. As I have said, it will take about 3 years to put it all together here at Mount Soma. We must provide a space for each culture to rest comfortably within its own nature. This will take some time. It will require some patience. Completion of the Student Union next month will help a great deal. At that time, the Mountain View room in the Learning Center will become a cultural center for the temple.
Over the next few years, let’s take care to keep our eye on that ball and not get confused regarding our purpose, who we/you are, and cultural integrity.
Do you want peace on earth? Do you really? Then let’s start here and now and create it for the entire world.
God created this world, the field of Karma. View it as a game.
Once he created the game for you to play, his role immediately became that of a coach. His role is not punitive; it is purely supporting and loving.
His only interest is for you to succeed at the game, to master your life, to become an expert at navigating the waters of the field of karma… of this world.
God is not wrathful, God is love.
Sigmund Freud said, “The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious belief.”
It would be better said, “The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more purified our understanding of spirituality becomes.”
Only if religious tenets are blindly held does the gain of knowledge become threatening.
New knowledge, when held properly, deepens our understanding of spirituality, it does not undermine it.
First use your heart to determine what you want to say. Then use your mind to determine the best way of saying it.
Doing the opposite is a terrible betrayal, tying both your heart and your mind into self-compromising knots.
Before you speak, first feel into what your soul really would like to share. Then take enough time to find the way to say it.
So many people let their life revolve around their money. Your money should revolve around your life.
Otherwise, regardless of what you would like to admit, your money is your God.
Not a good way to live.
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