things that bind us
There are things that imprison us and although we claim to be free we know not we are prisoners.We live as in the case of he who does not know but he knows not that he does not know.I will touch on a few as only each person can seek within and find that which binds them.
expectations
Expectations take away mystery,adventure and beauty out of life.They affect how we interpret the world and in particular the life situations we find ourselves into.The world is perfect just as it is, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it .It is our desires and wants that deny us from seeing the beauty and mystery of events in our lives.When you have expectations,you already have a preferred way in which you want things to go.When things go otherwise your expectations affect your judgement or blurs your view of what is actually happening.When you expect nothing everything that happens is unexpected,it is new and life is full of adventure and joy.Expectations give rise to assumptions and assumptions limit us from seeing things as they are and without being judgmental.
A story is told of a man who wins a nice new car in a lottery.His friends and relatives all congratulate him and tell him how lucky he was.All he ever answered was "maybe". A few weeks later he is involved in an accident and the car is damaged beyond recognition.Everyone who saw the car was surprised that anyone could have come out of the wreckage alive.As friends and relatives come to see him in the hospital some say he was so lucky he escaped with his life.Others say winning the lottery was bad luck whereas others say he was just unlucky.All he ever answered was "maybe". Two weeks later while he was still in the hospital recuperating a tsunami hits his home which is built near the beach,everybody who was in the house dies except him as he was in the hospital.Was he just lucky or unlucky? By this man simply refusing to judge the situation by answering 'maybe' he takes no position he simply allows things to happen.He does not burden himself with thoughts of how lucky or unlucky he is.He simply lets things be as everything that happened was outside his control.
Continued on the next post.
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
towards wholeness:letting go
In the last post i said the path of oneness is a path of letting go.You acquire nothing you are left bare and naked,holding on to nothing.No ego means no pride,letting go expectations,letting go hope,it means total surrender and acceptance of things as they are.All ideas of who you are or think you are fall apart,your ideals, philosophies and believes fall apart .You gain nothing,you become nothing you become free. In words it might sound poetic maybe even simple however, letting go is one of the most difficult things for humans to do.
letting go the attachment
Having been used to living and doing things with an intention of acquiring success and material things then this becomes a difficult path to walk.Its a path of loosing to become and that which we become is who we truly are and hence not measurable by any standards of this world.By loosing i do not mean you give up on your wealth or what you like or want to be,it means letting go the controlling desire.Letting go the attachment to things means you are able to enjoy freely without fear of loss.If you were to listen to religious leaders today and motivational speakers they talk of acquiring, becoming better than the rest,winning and becoming like someone else or as society prescribes success to be. On the path to oneness one is awakened and is able to see beyond winning and loosing,one is able to see beyond good and bad.
the attachments
We get attached to so many things in this world ,some of us practically live attached to all things in our life situations.(Remember you are life so what you go through are life situations.)We get attached to our bodies,mind perceptions,ideas,dreams,expectations,friends,jobs,spouses,clothes,money etc.How do you know you are attached? there is no better pointer than emotions.The emotions we feel towards things or people can tell us just how attached we are to people and things and that is why we can only be happy with or about them.Happiness is caused by things without, joy flows from the wellness of our being,from the fullness of our hearts from the depth of our souls.
In the last post i said the path of oneness is a path of letting go.You acquire nothing you are left bare and naked,holding on to nothing.No ego means no pride,letting go expectations,letting go hope,it means total surrender and acceptance of things as they are.All ideas of who you are or think you are fall apart,your ideals, philosophies and believes fall apart .You gain nothing,you become nothing you become free. In words it might sound poetic maybe even simple however, letting go is one of the most difficult things for humans to do.
letting go the attachment
Having been used to living and doing things with an intention of acquiring success and material things then this becomes a difficult path to walk.Its a path of loosing to become and that which we become is who we truly are and hence not measurable by any standards of this world.By loosing i do not mean you give up on your wealth or what you like or want to be,it means letting go the controlling desire.Letting go the attachment to things means you are able to enjoy freely without fear of loss.If you were to listen to religious leaders today and motivational speakers they talk of acquiring, becoming better than the rest,winning and becoming like someone else or as society prescribes success to be. On the path to oneness one is awakened and is able to see beyond winning and loosing,one is able to see beyond good and bad.
the attachments
We get attached to so many things in this world ,some of us practically live attached to all things in our life situations.(Remember you are life so what you go through are life situations.)We get attached to our bodies,mind perceptions,ideas,dreams,expectations,friends,jobs,spouses,clothes,money etc.How do you know you are attached? there is no better pointer than emotions.The emotions we feel towards things or people can tell us just how attached we are to people and things and that is why we can only be happy with or about them.Happiness is caused by things without, joy flows from the wellness of our being,from the fullness of our hearts from the depth of our souls.
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