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I Am well. And deeply grateful.
Not that I was feeling depressed before, I was merely tired of my old ways and so ready for a completely new experience. And as I didn’t seem able to create these with my old means I decided to try something I’d never tried before; to consciously stop trying. In short, I began giving up the struggle, the planning, the analyzing, the hoping, the worrying, the living in the future and the past. I also gave up trying to write anything on these very pages.
As the weeks passed my whole being slowly began to relax and the more I relax the less resistant I am and the less resistant I am the more am I able to expand and the more I expand the more do I understand and the more I understand the better can I apply what I understand, and consequently my life flows smoother…
I began reading Baird T. Spalding’s work again – possibly for the 3rd time this year – and am yet again amazed at the profound wisdom shared in these six small volumes titled “Life And Teaching Of The Masters Of The Far East”. As with all works that contain great wisdom, it often is as if we’re reading them for the first time even though we’ve waded through the pages many times before, no?
In volume 4 much is revealed about the man Jesus and his ways and as I was feeling very relaxed and not expecting any certain outcomes, I decided to try a few of this great man’s tricks. The one which fascinated me the most was to completely ignore the idea of imperfection and to replace it immediately with the idea of perfection. Or as it says in volume 4,
“There is nothing relative in Being, all is complete, all is perfect, and the true practitioner identifies himself with reality and does not deal with delusion. Let go of the opposites altogether and put in their place the perfection. We find that Jesus did not in any instance treat with the opposites. He put into the place of both the opposites the true perfection. His great statement was perfection always and that perfection was always established unto Him”.
It further says, “GOD IS and, because God is, I AM. Because God is life, I am life. Because God is power, I am power. Because God is all substance, I am substance, et cetera”
The logic of this suddenly seems so obvious to me and thus I began experimenting with it and discovered that it actually works. It works quietly and elegantly and without force or any other input from my behalf other than to accept that it is so.
No, I have not yet walked across the big waves of the Atlantic Ocean that surrounds me now, but I feel good and I Am experiencing brand new things such as peace of heart and mind in challenging situations, and I am not afraid, and I can release stuck energy, and I am able to allow things to come to me, and they do. They truly do. But what I cherish most of all is the increased Joy I feel for the process; it is fun, and also very, very beautiful.
And relaxed…
Namaste :)
Did you know Spaldings book are fiction? Check out http://www.bairdtspalding.org for the details.
Hello Ash
I absolutely agree; it is All fiction, for we are all making this up as we go along. We only need check out life for further details :-)
But beside that fact, what matters most to me personally in Spalding’s work is the wisdom shared in it rather than anything else. But of course it often differs what we each seek in the works we read.
Thanks for stopping by.
Snædís
Mine eyes have seen the glory . . .
Gotta read this a couple more times to get my head wrapped around it. You sound like you’re coming from a place on high.
I can see you, if I but look at the beauty of Oneness and try to understand this perfection you speak of. Look forward to looking at you more.
michael j
good to feel your warmth again.
Thanks for your lovely reply michael j. You know it is with perfection; it is difficult to grasp with our human mind, but it seems we have the ability to grasp it with our divine mind. And that is I guess, what some of us are aiming for, no?
Here’s looking at you my dear friend.
Snædís
I feel you, all the way from here. Isn’t it lovely when we allow life to flow with ease?
I’ve always thought it required so much action and thought and worry to be sure I was living my best me. But fact is, I need do nothing.
It’s all very Zen, like the space between the spokes of the wheel. It’s in nothingness that there is usefulness.
It’s the allowing, the letting in and letting go that we forget about. We are all completely taken care of, always. Everything is as it should be. Always. And when we realize that – that perfect, holy instant is all there is.
The trick is to maintain that for as long as possible. In increasing lengths of time. If we got it always, we wouldn’t need to be here.
Practice, practice, practice …
I’m glad I’m here. And I’m grateful for the reminder. Let us all flow through this life with ease.
Such a lovely thing to ‘feel’ you Tina – thank you for sharing your beautiful insights. Michael J already picked out the gem in your post; it really says it all…
So very glad to connect with you again. I’ve followed every post you’ve written in the past months and am so happy how things are evolving in your life. At this current moment you seem quite successful at being “between the spokes of the wheel”.
It truly is with great astonishment that I realize how each situation is indeed perfect by the mere declaration that it IS perfect. It’s taken me so long to realize this… forever it seems! And all it takes is the willingness to perceive it as being so. As you said, no further effort is required, no further action, or right thought, or worry not to be doing the best it takes; simply by allowing it, it becomes.
And then we truly begin to flow through this life with ease.
I’m glad to be floating down the stream with you Tina; it is so much more fun when shared :-)
“Everything is as it should be. Always. And when we realize that – that perfect, holy instant is all there is.
The trick is to maintain that for as long as possible. In increasing lengths of time. If we got it always, we wouldn’t need to be here.”
It is in the moment that we but “let go” that we truly find ourselves. We ease in to simply “Being.”
It helps when one can read Snædís and TinaPeacock on the same page while “Being.”
…and with charming michael j at our side, I’d say it’s a great party!