Wednesday, 29 June 2016

[www.keralites.net] A nail even though rusty, still a nail!

 

A nail even though rusty, still a nail!

At the elemental level, a person "awakens" to spirituality when he realizes that "he has vices." Whether that individual joins the AA group or a religion to "fix" that, it will be part of his journey.

At this level of awareness, it could be taught that a person with vices is an "addict" of what the "outside" provides to him. Love, power, self-respect, all of those "virtues" are coming from the "outside" rather than the "inside," it is said.

Therefore, become "powerful" to avoid that dependency.
The "I" has to become loving. He has to radiate that love and influence the outside with powerful vibrations... That is the goal, the dream.

That level of understanding fully depends on the existence of the "I."

In another level of awareness, we could observe that there is no difference between the inside and the outside. The Dalai Lama's outside world of experiences is no different of who he IS "inside." Similarly is with every one of us.

The outside is not influencing the inside. The outside is the inside. The world is a mirror.

In another level of awareness we could understand that through many experiences, we have accumulated  emotional traumas, which have increased the presence of the "I." The "vices" then, will manifest according to the heaviness of that "I."

Therefore, in the natural process of living Life; we will accumulate that "rust" (vices) as a nail accumulates rust. We already ARE that perfection that we are looking to become, but that rust which is the byproduct of living Life is surrounding us. 

Remember, the nail is a nail even when it has rust in it.

Therefore, spirituality is not a matter of "working on a virtue." It is a matter of taking the rust away.

That dissolution of the "rust" is the dissolution of the "I." It is not about empowering the "I" so the "I" becomes "powerful."

It is about dismantling, opening, diminishing the size of the "I."
That indeed is the ultimate journey of the Life walker, in my experience.

Traumas, hang ups, taboos, beliefs, ideals, emotional dramas; all of that needs to transform. That is the "rust" creating the "I."

Awareness and observation of who we truly ARE at this time, will allow for Life to dissolve that "rust" by giving us the experiences, tools that we need.

Life is never separated from who we ARE. Awareness is the initiator of change.

When others love us we feel love. That love that we feel is not the "outside" as different from the "inside," but rather; is the consequence of who we ARE.

When that awareness is lacking, we could say: " I want more of that love from the outside. It makes me feel nice." At that point, the "I" will start DOING things to "accomplish that." That DOING becomes the source of attachment.

That DOING breaks the natural balance of receiving according to what we ARE. The "I" wants to control what he experiences. He wants to control Life... when in reality, we are Life itself.

Life is not about "giving." Life is not about "receiving."

Giving and receiving are the same, not different. We are all one.
High tide, low tide. Same type of experience, different polarity.

A rusty nail is still a nail.
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