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Thank-you so much, Susan!! Words cannot explain how much I love and appreciate you!!
I know it's a mess but we can figure it out together. We are truly powerful within! It's a pity that power always brings destruction, however it's that highly useful destruction of all those old forms which we no longer need! The destruction of these old forms allows the birth of the new, the simple, and the lovely. There is simplicity in power, and there is power in simplicity. It's as if we move straight to the center. This is where our being stands. Suddenly, there does not need to be so many pieces, and the pieces that are left standing fall gracefully into place. Nothing can touch us at the center of our Being, nothing but new and ever-renewing love.
We share this center of ever-renewing love, and I'm so happy that we do!!!
Hi Soul!
The most difficult lesson I've learnt has been to distinguish between the image I create of myself, and who I truly am. I find it easy to identify with ideas, with hobbies, with people, and with anything I'm engrossed in (I'm good at engrossing myself!). But if I look within, what do I find? Joy, compassion, detachment, and a sense of realness. I find who I am, and I find that we are One. I find love for awareness, persistence of light, and Presence of Identity. Your love is my love, and your effort is my effort.
Could I scream it out? Yes, but I'd blow your ear drums out too.
Here's a few words from Poindexter that resonate deeply:
"I have never been more sure of anything: I exist inside you and you, in I. I must say, there is nothing more hauntingly beautiful than the way your scars let in the light."
I truly appreciate your response! I am so happy that you found it inspiring! How do I inspire you more? You know that we have to wait now for someone who finds this post absolutely depressing!!
Hi IA!
As far as book knowledge on the soul goes, I would certainly recommend books by Alice A. Bailey. She has written much on the higher self, and presents it in such a fashion which stimulates an attitude of seeking and looking for answers. This is incredibly useful for launching oneself into seeking the soul of humanity on a practical level. I think that to the truth-seeker I would recommend, in general, books by Bailey, Charles W. Leadbeater, Annie Besant, and Max Heindel. These are all along the line of Theosophy/Rosicrucianism/Hermeticism. There are sometimes small details which these authors haven't been accurate on, but there are also nuggets of spiritual truth, too. In fact, there are nuggets of spiritual truth in the writings of almost everyone who has ever written a book, but in the above authors, the spiritual truths are made obvious and clear.
This is the process of putting inner experience into clear, straightforward and concrete knowledge so that the mind may grasp it. Everything does not exist exactly how I've described it; words only serve to veil and confuse the truth. Take, for instance, the happiest and most blissful moment you have experienced, and imagine all the things which contributed towards this happiness. Now try to put that happiness into words alone. No matter how close you may get to describing it with words, it simply doesn't convey the essence of your happiness. Unfortunately this is something which cannot be avoided, and it has led to the wrong interpretation of many religious texts and the apparent failure of organized religion. I personally think that poetry is gorgeous in the sense that it attempts to overcome this obstacle. I think that poetry demonstrates clearly how beauty can be brought down onto the physical plane!
It's particularly important at this current time that all spiritual experience is interpreted through the mind, because humanity as a whole is at a crises point of becoming more mentally attuned in a conscious way. This involves a growing intelligence and a sensitivity to ideas. A growing mental orientation, brought about through conscious meditation, is the lifeblood of all effort. Humans as a whole are too emotionally oriented in the sense that we are governed largely by our desires and have little to no conscious control over them. The mind is a great balancing force, and without it, emotional energy is liable to be thrown around without purpose - loving fully that which appeals, while hating completely everything else. A growing mental-spiritual orientation is beneficial for all types of people, because it not only stimulates the mind and controls the extremes of desire, but it also causes the emotions to become full of aspiration, ecstasy and love. This love is the tolerant, tender and all-embracing kind, as opposed to the intolerant fanaticism of the zealot.
I cannot, however, claim that this is ultimate truth. The problem of truth is that truth is relative. It depends on where the person in question is standing. The only ultimate truth which exists is the truth that you personally find through your own experience and wisdom. You create your own truth. What helps one person may not help another. For example, the truth of a highly spiritual being is certainly an unfit truth for a little human. One cannot walk before they learn to crawl. It must always be a progressive development. One must first make progress on their own level and learn how to stand on their own; hence the difficulty at this time in spiritualizing the entire human race all at once. At the same time, however, the germ of truth exists in all.
There is also the case of two beings expressing different aspects of the same truth. In human terms, this is due to a difference in experience and upbringing, while in spiritual terms, the sense of difference tends to vanish because there's an extremely profound sense of intimacy and closeness with other beings. However, difference still exists on spiritual levels, and though there is a constant experience of "being inside" your loved ones, your own individual sense of identity is still retained. This is known as the experience of "isolated unity." One would say that the teaching of the Buddha is apparently different from the teaching of the Christ, and this is true. Both These Beings are in possession of Their Own individual sense of consciousness, and as a result They were presented with the task of lowering spiritual truth as much as possible in Their Own individual manner. However, it is clear that Their teachings are one and the same on a spiritual level, and apparently the Buddha Himself had said:
"The way you will come to recognize others like me, is in the extreme love that they will have for humanity."
The Doctrine of the Soul
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