Let the dead bury the dead

You cannot put your attention on scarcity, trouble, problems, difficulties, obstacles, limits and so on and expect to achieve clarity, inspiration or happy outcomes. Focusing on the problems you have is like keep moving the mud in the river with the intention to find your lost coin. You will never find it!

Everything  takes place first in the mind which, by nature, is formless and shapeless like free water, but capable to take the form of any bowl or container. Bruce Lee said: "Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend".

In order to be formless and shapeless like water and able to get set into the form you like, you must first learn how to teach your mind to become still and empty. It is then that clarity will arise and you will be able to see and  finally find  what, deep inside of you, you were looking for, but which you really didn't  know on the surface or conscious level.

Once you've got there, focus all your attention only on that, and forget about what you don't want. Of course, you know it because it makes you feel bad and unease. So, never again pay attention to it by thinking or talking about it. Doing so would strengthen what you don't like and be like attempting to find something lost in the river by turning the mud over and over.

What you want is peace, love and happiness in abundance. Just focus on them only . Allow your mind to take their form, and let those things that trouble you (problems) take care of themselves. That is what Jesus meant by saying: "Allow the dead to bury their own dead" – Matthew 8:22 (18-23) and Luke 9:60 (57-62).

Matthew 8:18-20: "When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, 'Teacher, I will follow you werever you go.'

"Jesus replied, 'Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.'

"Another disciple said to him, 'Lord, first let me go and bury my father.'

"But Jesus told him, 'Follow me, and let the dead bury the dead.'"

These are very interesting passages in the bible that, when quietly understood, may clarify lots of things in our life.
 
As stated in the second paragraph, everything takes place in the mind, that can take any shape, just like water. In the scriptures, reference is made to a lake! The crowd that is refered  to here represents  problems in our mind, where their only reality is. As for the other side of the lake, it stands for any good thing that may deserve all your attention.
 
Here, Jesus advises us to let behind us all trouble, to let go of all the problems in our mind, and focus  only on their opposite, or the other side of the lake, where you can find peace, happiness, joy, security, abundance, beauty, love, etc. Your mind, therefore, would move from one form into another endlessly.
 
Now, instead of moving continuously  from one form into another, which apparently is a big waste of time, my advice would be that you focus your energy only on Christ, or God.  Because in Him, lies everything you would ever need for peace, happiness, joy, abundance, love, etc. That's why I call Him "All In One" or  "Shortcut" for a fulfilled life.
 
 
Think about it...
...And stay synchrinized.

Do you love your Self enough?

The first and most important commandment in the Bible, the Word of God, is:  "“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself” (Luke 10:27).

In the previous post, we talked about how to love God and came up to the conclusion that as God loves us unconditionally and eternally, so should we love Him back unconditionally and eternally also. And, one of  the best ways to do it is through incessant and moment to moment expression of gratitude, for this inestimable gift we are offered, no matter what may happen in our live. Because God's love flows to us incessantly and non stop also.

Benjamin Franklin was right when he suggested, in his first  personal mastery trait, to "Notice the blessing in everything, big and small. Dwell on the beauty in all I see, hear, touch, taste and smell. Realize that everything is a gift from the Almighty and is put there in order to enjoy and learn from".

However, it is clear that no matter what our efforts would be or how hard we would try, it is impossible to love God as He loves us. For this reason, the only thing we can do, is to answer to His love with infinite gratitude and appreciation, in the way that we no longer  feel dissatisfied, frustrated, worried, afraid, powerless, separated or in a word,  not loved by God.

The fact is that through negative feelings or emotions, what we are telling God, although unconsciously, is that He does not love us, so we don't love Him either. Otherwise, we would not experience whatever we would be experiencing in that moment. That is, dispite the permanent flow of God' love towards us, we deny it to ourselves and, at the same time keep ourselves apart from all the blessings we deserve as beloved sons of God the Almighty. Doing so, not only we are not loving ourselves, but we cannot love others either.

In addition, when we are unhappy, dissatisfied,  unloving about ourselves for anything, we are also not loving God, our creator. And, this is understandable. Because if we dont' love the Son, how can we love the Father. More specifically, if you cannot love your Self , the Son of God in you, how can you love Him in others, as recommended by the Word of God?

Remember also that you have only one Self, that you have to live with in this lifetime. Notice how unhappy you have been up to this moment, just because you don't love it as you should. Realize that you cannot exchange it and never any other would be available to you during this life time. So, you have only one choice: You love your Self and are happy, or you don't and become miserable all your life. What do you choose?

At last, have in mind that there is only one Self, which is in you, in everybody as well as in everything else. God loves this Self (You) without condition. In return, love it and be happy. Forgive your Self in you and in others for all the seemingly mistakes and errors you could notice. Be totally satisfied, kind, caring  and encouraging towards it. That way, you would be able to do the same for your neighbors as you would also recognize this divine and unique Self in them.

Like that, you fulfill the will of God for His Son,  present in the entire creation.

Think about it and...
Stay synchronized.

How to love God?

How to love God?

This question sounds like the one related to how to be happy? And for me, in the question also lies the answer. That is, you love God by loving God, just as you are happy by being happy. Period. Both love and happiness are one and of the same nature.

A few questions arising here are the followings:  Who or What is God? And what does it mean to love God?

Who or What is God?

It is said that God is the ultimate Source of everything, and His love for us is unconditional and eternal. Personally, I believe it strongly. However, in order to understand Who or what is God, we must first know what He is not. In a word, God is not what we perceive with our physical senses, but the spirit, the essence of it. Therefore, in order to love God, we shouldn't invest too much on the things manifested, which are merely idols, but on their Source.

What does it mean to love God?

Knowing that God's love and blessings never stops and flows to us eternally, to love God then logically becomes to answer to His love for us in return, in the same way it is given to us. That is, we must give thanks to God incessantly, non-stop, and abundantly, in order to express our gratitude and thankfulness to Him.

God's love flows to us abundantly and eternally. Answer by incessantly returning to Him your gratitude and thankfulness every moment of the day, and in every circumstance. That is one way you love God in return.

Think about and...

Stay synchronized.

If you don't understand why "you" are stuck

Dispite all your efforts and good will, you don't understand why sometimes things do not work the way you want. "You" feel stuck and no longer know what to do in order to improve the situation that displeases "you". The first wise attitude is to express gratitude to God.

You would ask, why?

Simply because "you" don't have a clue what's going on under the surface of things. Your whole life is like an iceberg. "You" can see only the top, not the big part of it. Only God holds the whole picture, and you cannot know more than Him. Therefore, say thank you to God, because everything is for your highest good.

Then you would ask, why in spite of knowing it, I don't achieve the relief and peace I seek, which are the only things I really need? Why then all this frustration, worry and anger in me?

You don't achieve the relief and peace you seek because of your identification with ego. In fact, it is not really you, feeling these negative emotions. It is your false self, or ego, that feels that way and makes you feel the same, due to your unconscious identification with it.  The purpose of ego, hidden in you, is to make you believe that it is you, and you are what it is; which of course, is  untrue.

But, is there a way out? Is it possible to suppress this identification and stop suffering?

Eckhart Tolle suggests to let all negative emotions and feelings be, and meet them without any judgement or resistance, until they fade away like smoke. Otherwise, resistance and suffering would get stronger and stronger, and compromise the relief and peace we seek.

On the other hand, teachings from a "Course in miracle" ask us to forgive everything, so that only love takes place in us. And through this forgiveness would we awaken from the dream of life and get back home to God, which means to achieve the relief and peace we long for.

It is essential for human being then to understand and know why he is here on this planet, in order to deal wisely with life. He must also know that everything life brings to us today, in this moment, is tied to something else in the past or our past lives.

That is, nothing happens to us by chance. And life does not unfold randomly. Everything, without exception,  is the consequence of our previous thoughts, feelings and actions. Call it karma ot whatever, the fact is that we pay the price or get the reward for whatever we have done in in the past. 

Forgiveness, for this reason, is of great importance here, as escape from the implacable laws that govern the universe is impossible. It is only when you have learned the lessons brought to you by life through all the forms it takes before us, that would you grow and evolve towards higher levels of consciousness.

Think about it and...

Stay synchronized...

God's omnipresence, omniscience and omnipotence as the key for living

Whenever you perceive a problem, a difficulty, or an obstacle in any situation, this is a perfect indicator that you are doing it wrong. That you are not going with the flow. But are swimming against the current. Also, that means you are not seeing, but just interpreting. Because real seeing is based on truth or reality, which in turn are the fruits of knowledge, while interpretion is an outcome of our limited physical senses.

Your interpretation of something is based on your unique limited point of view, depending on all your  past experiences and unconscious memories, your environment, your traditions, your culture, etc. All these parameters form the filter used by you, unconsciously, to interpret everything you perceive. That is, your conscious participation in this process is very weak, because of its automatic nature. In other words, most of the time it is taking place through you without  you knowing it, unless you become awake or conscious. 

Too become awake or conscious requires knowledge. The knowledge of Truth, or reality. Then, live according to it. But, what is truth? It is nothing else but God, which is the name that summerizes everything good; such as love, harmony, joy, happiness, kindness, abundance, wisdom, clarity, wholeness, oneness, kindness, peace, perfection, etc. 

As individuals, all of us we have our personal view about everything, that is different from one person to another, according to the perspective from which we are looking at the world; perspective strongly tied to our core values, which are byproducts of our past memories and experiences, as stated earlier.  

However, never will our personal perspective or point of view be true. Because it is too partial and, therefore, different and opposed to the whole. At the contrary, truth is wholeness, oneness and perfection. And, only perfection is, has always been, and will ever be, dispite the apparent turmoil of daily life.

What does that mean? Simply that nothing that you may perceive with your physical senses is as you see it. Because you perceive only from your partial perspective only. The fact is that you are blind, deaf and therefore, cannot really see.

For this reason, you cannot judge anything whatsoever. And because of that, the only thing you must do is giving whatever happens to God, Who holds the whole picture, and can see the truth for you. Taking into account God's omnipresence, omniscience and omnipotence, ask Him to see for you, to hear for you, to speak for you, to do for you and, above all, to judge for you. Step aside, and let Him do for you what you cannot do for yourself.

Also, as you cannot judge, so can you not do anything either. Because only God, the Almighty, can do everything. For this reason, your part is only to surrender. The condition that irritates you does so just because of the lack of depth in your thinking. You are too superficial and always stops on the surface of things.

But, in case you cannot stop judging the world around you, do it the right way. That is, knowing that because of His Omnipresence, only God is and nothing else, start seeing Him everywhere, in every man and woman, as well as in every circumstance. That way, you judge righteously, according to the truth.

Think about it and...

Stay synchronized...

Your life flows exactly as you chosed

Any resistance you oppose to whatever you dislike in life is but resistance against yourself. You are not separated from anyone or anything. You are all, and all is you. The reason why you suffer sometimes then is because when you resist to something you believe is outside of you, what you are doing in fact is attacking yourself, which is in everyone, everything and every circumstance.

Things do not happen to you as you think. How could this be if you and everything are one? To think that it is so is believing that you can be a victim, which is believing in separation. However, as you may know it up to this moment, such thing as separation is not only untrue, but impossible.

Also, before showing up in this life time and space, you knew exactly what it was all about and, confidently agreed to come anyway, with the firm will to do your part in correcting the errors and mistakes of your past lives and evolve. Now, if you had to make your self evaluation today what would be the conclusions?

Think about it and...
Stay synchronized.

  

Synchrony

You are a multidimensional being, living simultaneously in all dimensions of existence, but currently without you knowing it. This is not strange if you are conscious of  your eternal nature. Nevertheless, in the fullness of your being, you are perfectly aware of your totality.

Synchrony, then, implies that you are consciously whole, not fragmented. However, when you consider yourself to be only the physical part living in this world, you become fragmented.  The good news is that you are not only that visible physical body. Like an iceberg, another part of who you are dwells at the same time in the fourth dimension, where thoughts  manifest almost instantaneously.

But, most of the time, you focus all your attention and energy only on this third dimension, crystalising whatever you perceive in it, instead of letting the source flow naturally through you at the same speed it does in the fourth dimension.

However, you realize synchrony only when you become conscious of your wholeness and live accordingly. But when you focus only on what is in the third dimension, you start resisting and going against the flow that is you in the fourth dimension, just as if you were paddling against the current.

In other words, your constant attention to what you perceive and do not like creates at the beginning some resistance which, in time, amplifies little by little, until it becomes so strong that wellbeing can no longer flow naturally through you. That is, what you do not want gets densified and opaque at the point that change becomes so slow that it seems almost impossible.

When this occurs, you feel bad and the more resistance gets stronger and stronger, the more you feel bad and negative also. But, how to get out of this dilemma?

To release resistance and make well being flow again normally, stop focusing negatively your attention on the subject of this resistance, to let it go. That is, you must change the kind of energy and vibration you send to whatever you resist in order to change its subatomic structure.

What are the kind of energy and vibrations you send out to the object of your resistance? If it is charged with  negative emotion such as worry, anxiety, frustration or fear, you are building some great resistance which will prevent wellbeing from flowing through you. Once you notice it, do something contrary by sending another kind of energy, filled with joy, happiness, confidence, peace, insouciance, security, satisfaction, enough, appreciation, gratitude, etc.

Remember, you don't do it to change anything. You do it only to change the way you feel, and it's enough.
Know that you are like a pipe, through which your higher self expresses itself continuously. Your part then, is to help only what is good to be expressed through you, by collaborating with source, in order to allow wellbeing to manifest for the benefit of all.

A pipe does not resist, but just allows whatever comes to flow through it, "good" or "bad" without trying to change it.

Think about it and...
Stay synchronized.