Friday, January 26, 2007
And When they Were Up, They Were Up ....
I just received a lovely email from a friend congratulating me for always being on top of the world, positive and inspiring.
I would love to always be on top of the world, positive and inspiring!
My friend has caused me to think about this. It seems to me that this is not how things work at our level of (human) consciousness. We would have to shift into a higher level of consciousness and leave the restrictions of the human manifestation to be in a state of constant bliss. To experience a constant high is not why we are here now.
My experience is that we travel an undulating path and that what can happen is that when we are at the top of a hill we try to stay there and fear losing the experience of being there. When we inevitably reach the bottom of a hill we can descend into depression and think/fear we will never rise up again. Consequently we feel things are going well when we are on top of the hill and can even congratulate ourselves for all the personal/spiritual growth work we have done to achieve this. However when we are in a dip or valley we feel that things are going badly and can often feel disappointed and discouraged - all this work I have done on myself and I still seem to attract bad times! And yet really we are moving forward on a journey the whole time. And to move forward we will have to go up the hills and down into the valleys.
You know I think the fact that we start to believe that high is GOOD and that low is BAD is a cause of unnecessary pain in our lives.
My experience suggests that yes, OK, one state can be easier and more pleasant to be in than another that's for sure. However we need to trust that however we feel, and whatever our circumstances, we are always loved and are being guided by Divine Consciousness. We just have to shut up and listen! Which is why some form of meditation is absolutely essential to our progress. The fact is we'll completely embrace Divine Consciousness eventually, whether in this life or another. So why worry?
I make it sound so simple! I’ll let you know how I get on!!
I would love to always be on top of the world, positive and inspiring!
My friend has caused me to think about this. It seems to me that this is not how things work at our level of (human) consciousness. We would have to shift into a higher level of consciousness and leave the restrictions of the human manifestation to be in a state of constant bliss. To experience a constant high is not why we are here now.
My experience is that we travel an undulating path and that what can happen is that when we are at the top of a hill we try to stay there and fear losing the experience of being there. When we inevitably reach the bottom of a hill we can descend into depression and think/fear we will never rise up again. Consequently we feel things are going well when we are on top of the hill and can even congratulate ourselves for all the personal/spiritual growth work we have done to achieve this. However when we are in a dip or valley we feel that things are going badly and can often feel disappointed and discouraged - all this work I have done on myself and I still seem to attract bad times! And yet really we are moving forward on a journey the whole time. And to move forward we will have to go up the hills and down into the valleys.
You know I think the fact that we start to believe that high is GOOD and that low is BAD is a cause of unnecessary pain in our lives.
My experience suggests that yes, OK, one state can be easier and more pleasant to be in than another that's for sure. However we need to trust that however we feel, and whatever our circumstances, we are always loved and are being guided by Divine Consciousness. We just have to shut up and listen! Which is why some form of meditation is absolutely essential to our progress. The fact is we'll completely embrace Divine Consciousness eventually, whether in this life or another. So why worry?
I make it sound so simple! I’ll let you know how I get on!!
