Insights - Lao Tzu

Stage 3

To be spiritual doesn't mean to shun all that is.
To be able to appreciate all without judgement, that is being spiritual.

Many spiritual beings wonder if indulging in materials of the earthly world is anti spirituality. No it isn't! This wonderful article explains the three stages of a spiritual mind. Most of us are at stage two. Remember, for as long as we yield to judgement, we are creating dichotomy. Shunning something or someone comes naturally but it is in fact counter intuitive. Think about it.

The third stage is what we must all try to attain.

Here is an excerpt:

http://modernagespirituality.com/2015/03/07/the-experience-of-the-state-of-pure-consciousness/

"The first one is to live life with the absolute attention on the outside. The outside world attracts you, and you create your life out of what you see outside. All the physical beauty in the form of human or an object attracts you. There is only one way for you to fulfill your desires, i.e through physical effort. You live outside and you have no clue of what’s happening in your inner world.

The second part of life is when you connect with your inner world. The world of energy, thoughts and emotions. You live inside out. You don’t follow the outside life, but you follow what’s going on in your inner world.

In this part of life, you are more connected to life. You follow your heart, develop your talent, use your skill and create life out of it. Here you are more creatively satisfied with your life. You are near to your source, and you look for inner satisfaction and not outside accomplishment.

The third part of life, is when you understand the process of life after self-realization. Than it doesn’t matter either you live materialistic life or be more creative with your life, you always remain above it. None of the world matters to you, than the truth that resides beyond both the physical and subtleworld.The world of pure consciousness."

Be well!

Homeless

We must utilise the abundance we have to help pull up those who have a little less ...

We are not isolated from each other. Perhaps it is time we realise that we are all like fingers and toes to a giant organism that is this universe. Just as a finger works separately from a toe unaware of its relation with it, similarly we think we work independently from each other. This is the biggest delusion. The scope of the cosmos is simply too much for us to actually see in a physical reality, our connection with each other. To perceive this connection we need spiritual eyes.

But what remains the take home message is that if the hands grab a piece of bread and save it for themselves, they might live under the delusion that they are one bread richer than the feet, but unless they learn to share that piece of bread with the mouth, the whole body would perish!

Unless we learn to share, we may not be dead, but we can never really live either.

#HelpAhomeless

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One in a Million

What do you tell someone when they say "you are one in a million"?
Do you feel you ARE one in a million?
Or do you say "so is everyone else, big deal!" ?

Most of us say either of these. Most of us form opinions about those who say the sentence other than what we would. Who is correct?
Are we not one in a million? (6 billion actually). Yes we are. We are all unique. In fact that we are all unique is what is common in us all!

What I am trying to say is this:

We are one in a million. There is something about us that makes us unique. It is that 'something' that is also our strength. It comes naturally to us and it is our duty to follow it because in following it, we follow our destiny. Prophecies aren't restricted to fiction movies. Only we haven't discovered the one labeled with our names yet. Seek. We have the power within us. The power to create.

We are one in a million. And so is everyone else. This is in fact a very very important perspective (I am talking to those of you who think that someone with this opinion is just a pessimist)
We must remember we are divine. But well, so is the other person! This realisation kills the scope for pride. It is perhaps more important than the first statement because while lack of self realisation gets you nowhere, pride causes downfall. If on a graph you are standing at point zero, pride can take you towards the negative axis. Realising the divinity in others also kills our ego and paves way for love and respect. Which in turn leads to gratitude. We are co-dependent beings who share a consciousness in ways beyond we can imagine.

Just as a pebble thrown into a pool of water doesn't affect only the point of its entry but creates ripples affecting the entire pool, similarly our actions have far reaching consequences!

So, yes, we ARE ALL one in a million. We must all realise our uniqueness. We must all see the divine in each other. Love and gratitude: this is the way towards ascension.

Namaste

Image courtesy: http://caitoconnor.blogspot.in/2011/01/ripples.html?m=1
This blog, "incidentally" talks about thanking God for small mercies. I haven't taken any permissions before using the image. While searching for images suitable for this post, this image captured my attention and was the first (and only) image I opened for the same. I must admit, this post is interesting. Thanking God for small mercies (gratitude) is indeed important.