Typically
a “normal” person will go through life without
having “realizations” about his own life or
life in general.
For
most people, it is about using their own
experiences based on the location of the
consciousness that they currently have. That is
their “truth.”
Their
life “catalog” is usually tinted with the colors
of “bad,” “good” or “neutral” experiences and
through them, there will be a reaction towards
life.
That
reaction becomes their actions and thus, because
they come from a certain location of
consciousness, the consequences of those actions
are “limited.” They are unable to see the
overall picture.
In
which way are they limited?
My religion is the “true” one.
People who wear several rings in their hands are tacky.
Einstein is the greatest scientist in the world.
My religion is the “true” one.
People who wear several rings in their hands are tacky.
Einstein is the greatest scientist in the world.
All
of the above beliefs are limited in their scope
because they come from the perception of a
limited consciousness.
Generalizing
something or segregating are two sides of the
same coin originating from the same type of
limited consciousness.
Please
see that the above is not a religious thought.
It is not a “dogma” or an “ism.”
It is just a realization coming from observing life through observing the self without being colored by defending a particular belief system or making life fit my belief system.
It is just a realization coming from observing life through observing the self without being colored by defending a particular belief system or making life fit my belief system.
That
is what I call being “honest.”
A
realization typically impulses someone to
perceive things in a different way. Those
realizations are not intellectual reasons, but a
perception, what is called an “Aha! moment“
which is driven by your intuition and supported
by your feelings. There may not be a way to put
those realizations into words.
Depending
on the integrity and self-confidence of the
individual, then his actions will be according
to those realizations. Nevertheless; a
realization cannot be set up as the “ultimate
truth.” It is evolving as our circumstances and
consciousness changes. It has a timing and a
purpose like everything in life.
That
is what I call “openness.”
The
above may not be for everyone. For it entails a
life of discovery. There is nothing there to
take as a dogmatic truth or as the “way things
ought to be.”
It
is far easier to accept something coming from
someone else. Someone who we may see as
“illuminated,” or “awakened.” We could just
follow and relinquish our own life of
discoveries.
Nevertheless,
someone who is already awakened could see that
not everyone is in the same conscious level and
rather than proselytize to feel good about his
own “truth” or ideas, that individual may want
to allow for every person to discover according
to their particular capacity.
That
is what could be called a “spiritual teaching.”
A
teacher in spirituality is not someone who
necessarily has the gift of gabbing or someone
who has lots of information in his brain. It is
not about reciting a dogmatic view of the world
either.
A
teacher merely gives the environment for
realizations to occur. A teacher does not give
the “truth” but the initial soil for a new seed
to grow into a tree.
That
tree ultimately will need to feed itself through
its own foliage, that is; those things which it
left behind through realizations, will be the
leaves falling around that tree in time, which
paradoxically are the true source of nutrients
for that tree to grow strong, beautiful and
happy.
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