We are all part of the one
Consciousness. The stars in the distant galaxy, or the tiniest of particle all
have the same stuff, which is similar. We are all part of the same fractal, but
adapt to the environment we live and interact with. (Video: Bruce Lippot,
Biology of Belief). Our world is but phenomena of our own perception: what we
see out there is shaped by our thoughts. We eventually see what we ‘wish to
see’. We consolidate our belief systems, and act within this: our actions are
predetermined.
At its primacy, what makes us
tick is a deep desire to seek happiness. We chase money (more specifically,
what money can buy us), or we seek friendships with others (to boost our self
esteem), or power or recognition (to gain more control of our environment and
influence things around us); some of us even seek truth around, ‘who am I’, the
ultimate in desire. For truth comes not with searching. Truth is recognized
whenever, wherever. It is as certain as a bright day-all doubts vanish. Truth
is an eternal principle, it stands irresolute over time.
All this is a search: as if
something is out there to be found. Yet, we forget, the important lesson: we
are already joyful, blissful and complete in every way. Timothy Gallwey, in the
Inner game of Tennis says, “ The rose is a rose from the time it is a seed to
the time it dies. Within it, at all times, it contains its whole potential. It
seems to be constantly in the process of change, yet at each stage, at each
moment, it is perfectly all right as it is’. Our misery comes with wanting to
be something else. When we expect, we get disappointed, when we accept, we find harmony. Nor
should a search for it self become an obsession. According to the Tao – The
sage does not contrive to find his self, for he knows that all which may be
found of it, is that which manifests to sense and thought which side by side
with ‘self’ is naught.
Our truth lives within us. As
Buddha instructed, ‘be a light unto yourself’. Follow your own intuition, even
if it seems paradoxical. Lao Tsu says,
What is in the end to be
shrunk, must first be stretched
Whatever is to be weakened,
must begin by making strong
What is to be overthrown,
must begin to be set up
He who would be a taker, must
begin as a giver
This is called ‘dimmining one’s
light’.
