Post by Admin on Dec 10, 2021 16:48:46 GMT
Some of you wonder why you don't make too much progress on your spiritual journey. That's not hard to see. Just take a look at your belief system. Look at the way you're living.
Some of you are afraid to make changes. You want your life to be the same now and forever. You know this is impossible. If you're afraid to make a change, life will come along and pull the rug from under you one day. And you'll have to make a change.
All the things that hold you back, your security blanket, think about this.
What is your security blanket?
Food?
The opposite sex, or the same sex—whatever you prefer—or no sex?
All these things keep you back.
Just being involved in a movement, trying to make this world a better world in which to live, keeps you back.
Now, some of you new people will feel sort of strange when I say something like this. For you're saying, "Aren't we supposed to help the world?"
You're supposed to find out who you are. Your first and main job is to awaken. And then you will see if you want to help the world.
What world?
But first awaken. The more you become involved in peace movements, or anti-peace movements, or this or that, the more you get pulled into materiality. These are all commendable things. It's better than being a bank robber, I guess. So if you have to do something, help other people. There's no question about this. But remember the truth." I've got to find myself," you should say.
You do not have to find yourself at the expense of others, this is wrong. But be by yourself all you can. Realize that this is your life. It is not your husband's life. It is not your wife's life. It is not your children's life. It is not your relative's life.
It's your life. You exist here and now.
What are you doing with it?
How can you allow people to make you angry?
How can you allow people to tell you what to do? To make decisions for you?
All the answers are within yourself.
But you have to turn within yourself. You have to sincerely turn within with a great passion, and find yourself.
The world appears very strong. People appear very real. Some of us always seem to get involved in all kinds of situations. Yet take a look at your life and see why you get involved.
Honestly look at yourself.
Do not be afraid to see yourself. See the things you do, the words you say, the thoughts you think. And you'll see why you're not making too much progress.
Now, if you really want to make progress, you will drop everything mentally. Remember when I speak of dropping
everything, I'm not referring to your quitting your job, moving to India, stopping reading books, or watching TV. I'm not
referring to this really, if that's what you want to do. I'm referring to mentally letting go of your reactions to whatever is
going on in your body and the world.
Leave the world alone. Leave people alone. Do not try to change people. Or to make them see your point of view. There
is no point of view. Every point of view is wrong. We want to get rid of points of view.
You have to sincerely want to awaken. And I kid you not, to awaken is simple. You just have to give up everything mentally. That's all. And consider the fact that everything is Consciousness. Everything. No thing is as it appears.
This includes yourself.
There are many people who stay the way they are, and they are always talking about something outside themselves.
They try to change the world. They try to see the world as Consciousness. They shrug people off. They become indifferent. This is not right.
You start with yourself. You take an honest look at your habits, and see the things that you're doing. Don't worry about
other people. Remember you are creating others with your mind. Everyone who is in your life, you have created yourself.
Otherwise where do they come from?
You are the creator, and all the things in your life are your creations. You have done this unconsciously.
Karmically, you have attracted everybody in your life that's in your life right now. You think certain thoughts a certain way, and you'll attract those people in your life. If your mind is full of larceny, bad thoughts, you will attract people like that into your life. And then you will say, It's a bad world. You can't trust anybody."
But it begins with you. You have to look honestly at things holding you back from your own realization. And you have to start working on yourself diligently, until the time comes when you no longer have to do that.
- RobertAdams. Silence of the Heart.
Some of you are afraid to make changes. You want your life to be the same now and forever. You know this is impossible. If you're afraid to make a change, life will come along and pull the rug from under you one day. And you'll have to make a change.
All the things that hold you back, your security blanket, think about this.
What is your security blanket?
Food?
The opposite sex, or the same sex—whatever you prefer—or no sex?
All these things keep you back.
Just being involved in a movement, trying to make this world a better world in which to live, keeps you back.
Now, some of you new people will feel sort of strange when I say something like this. For you're saying, "Aren't we supposed to help the world?"
You're supposed to find out who you are. Your first and main job is to awaken. And then you will see if you want to help the world.
What world?
But first awaken. The more you become involved in peace movements, or anti-peace movements, or this or that, the more you get pulled into materiality. These are all commendable things. It's better than being a bank robber, I guess. So if you have to do something, help other people. There's no question about this. But remember the truth." I've got to find myself," you should say.
You do not have to find yourself at the expense of others, this is wrong. But be by yourself all you can. Realize that this is your life. It is not your husband's life. It is not your wife's life. It is not your children's life. It is not your relative's life.
It's your life. You exist here and now.
What are you doing with it?
How can you allow people to make you angry?
How can you allow people to tell you what to do? To make decisions for you?
All the answers are within yourself.
But you have to turn within yourself. You have to sincerely turn within with a great passion, and find yourself.
The world appears very strong. People appear very real. Some of us always seem to get involved in all kinds of situations. Yet take a look at your life and see why you get involved.
Honestly look at yourself.
Do not be afraid to see yourself. See the things you do, the words you say, the thoughts you think. And you'll see why you're not making too much progress.
Now, if you really want to make progress, you will drop everything mentally. Remember when I speak of dropping
everything, I'm not referring to your quitting your job, moving to India, stopping reading books, or watching TV. I'm not
referring to this really, if that's what you want to do. I'm referring to mentally letting go of your reactions to whatever is
going on in your body and the world.
Leave the world alone. Leave people alone. Do not try to change people. Or to make them see your point of view. There
is no point of view. Every point of view is wrong. We want to get rid of points of view.
You have to sincerely want to awaken. And I kid you not, to awaken is simple. You just have to give up everything mentally. That's all. And consider the fact that everything is Consciousness. Everything. No thing is as it appears.
This includes yourself.
There are many people who stay the way they are, and they are always talking about something outside themselves.
They try to change the world. They try to see the world as Consciousness. They shrug people off. They become indifferent. This is not right.
You start with yourself. You take an honest look at your habits, and see the things that you're doing. Don't worry about
other people. Remember you are creating others with your mind. Everyone who is in your life, you have created yourself.
Otherwise where do they come from?
You are the creator, and all the things in your life are your creations. You have done this unconsciously.
Karmically, you have attracted everybody in your life that's in your life right now. You think certain thoughts a certain way, and you'll attract those people in your life. If your mind is full of larceny, bad thoughts, you will attract people like that into your life. And then you will say, It's a bad world. You can't trust anybody."
But it begins with you. You have to look honestly at things holding you back from your own realization. And you have to start working on yourself diligently, until the time comes when you no longer have to do that.
- RobertAdams. Silence of the Heart.