Interact with the consciousness in order to discover its essence - is akin to pouring water into the water, or extinguish fire with fire. The whole mental fabric is composed of one substance, and attempts to do anything with it mean to create new swirl on its surface. The task of the opposite - to clear the conscience of the emerging it because karma causes perturbations. Because of these eddies, it is very difficult to understand how consciousness can be left alone to feculence settled to the bottom.
Carl Jung describes a conversation it had with the leader of one Indian tribe. The leader said to him:
"The majority of white people, there are three distinctive features: tense face, piercing gaze, and cruelty. They have all the time looking for something. What are they looking for? White people always want something. They are always concerned about something and not find their seats. We do not know what they want. We believe that they are insane. "
We are really mad. We are obsessed with the action. We constantly feel that you need to do something to correct or improve the existing situation. We can not take the world and yourself such as they are, we can not accept. However, whether we like it or not, the universe and we, along with it will continue to evolve in unknown direction.
The human task, as we perceive it - to streamline and monitor these changes. We want to live in a predictable and organized in accordance with the wishes of our world. Anything that causes us pain, disgust, fear or anxiety, should be removed. We want comfort and security, and for this ready to sacrifice all that we have.
In doing so, we forget that the principle of carrots and sticks, the main principle of educational universe, working, working, and will work with clockwork precision. He will not stop until we do not stop until you stop running to nowhere.
The initial training is completed, when we are totally and permanently get rid of the fear of punishment and the desire of a reward for all our actions. Until we cease to expect nothing, absolutely nothing from life, and, finally, seriously do not get what is happening to us here and now.
"Won" this does not mean anything "to do" with them. On the contrary - we have released control of the situation and try to stop their "better". We resign ourselves to each other - such as we now have. Do not try to meditate with some lofty goal, not trying to penetrate the essence of their own conscience, do not try to understand something new or get at some extraordinary truth, the light of which, we hope, will illuminate us all. We do not even try to relax and do nothing.
We just released it. Or do not go - because in fact it is the same. Understand. We do not even try to stop clinging to things for which we are accustomed to cling to - for example, for self.
We simply cease to worry - we are clinging to something or not. We are no longer interested - we samosovershenstvuemsya or, rather, rapidly degradiruem. We leave everything as is, and will not interfere in a continuous flow of change. Or do not leave, but continue to cling to - right now it looks funny. Why now do not pretend that we are clinging, if it is understood that you can live without it?
We are free to do absolutely anything. In any second. In any circumstances. Or not to do - and in this we are also free. We are available every second of our lives, and has a very long time. From the very beginning. Eternal Russian question 'what can I do? " no longer occurs. Action and inaction are equal. We are continuing to pull ahead irresistible force of life, and while we wallow, or, conversely, lay feet and gave the flow - a large does not matter. The flow is equal to die, and those and others.
Live in the present means entirely, to the end, always and in all rely on the force, created us. This - the level of faith, however, are not yet exhausted thin profit. Because we rely on the ultimate strength and appeal to it is always for something - namely, to our desires. All the temples of the world full of people for this purpose.
The concept of us and some external forces ruling over us, is wrong. This religious ambivalence, shattered minds believer. And how deeply and istovo it is believed it will not lead to its unity. Faith in God - only a step on the road.
Religious people are not aware that he can not move a finger without action and the will of the force, which he prays, and that is not his, but it will always be performed in all. Mere awareness of this is enough. More do not need it. To pray "Thy will be done!" meaningless. It's inevitable. How can it be otherwise?
Believer seems that God is somewhere far away. He lives on the sinful land where he needs to get somewhere where, as he suggests, is the Lord. Believer forgets what every religion teaches people - God is everywhere.
When Kabir was going to Mecca, he stopped to rest and lay down to sleep. Pilgrims woke him and said that it was impossible to sleep with their feet in the direction of Mecca, you need to roll. Kabir replied to this: "Show me a place where there is no God, and I lyagu there feet."
At the level of nedvoystvennosti no prayers. Rather, there is no need for it. Prayer may be, but rather, the game or the fun of consciousness, making for yourself. Since the will of the universe manifests itself everywhere automatically, no need to ask her something extra.
However, we have an urgent need to stop being a slave that will be in touch and its great, fun and free game. Believe me, she wants and expects us to do so. We are free to do anything - it is the law of all worlds. We are free to create any reality and live in it. So let's create a world which we would like - free, kind, joyful, and limitless. Will the universe - will not knowing the obstacles that will help us in this.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
17. Obsession with the action.
17. Obsession with the action.