Why do things fall apart???? I'm sure you wondered why. Why did Wall Street collapse?? Why did you lose your job??? Why did your boyfriend leave you? What's really going on....
And the good stuff.....where does that come from??
Everything comes from your karma!!!! How you treated people/things in the past. And, very importantly, how you see yourself....remember this "How you see yourself" thing.
Let's say the quickest way to enlightenment is seeing how everything is enlightening us. Everything that happens is a teaching just for you. ... the people are there for you, not to cause you frustration but to help you sort things out. You would treat them differently then.....that would change your outcome.
What I learned from interacting with the Yoga culture of India is that they view everything: person, plant, or thing....as God. When they go anywhere, they never go empty handed. They always go bearing gifts as a offering to the person they are meeting because it is so precious to be blessed with the presence of God. Feel blessed with the presence of those who are in your life, who write you emails, buy the milk, make your bed, call for theatre tickets, and make sure you get places on time. It's the little places where things really exist....not the showy places. What you don't appreciate dries up pretty fast because they are such small delicate things. Never think "This person is not the one! They are not good enough, I have to go out and find someone better!" Always think "What a huge blessing it is to have this individual as part of my life....Everyday is such a treasure!"
It may sound schmalzty......but Greed and dissatisfacation are the things that do us in. Never being satisfied and always wanting more are the answers to the above questions I asked. That's what's up on Wall Street.
Why do good people suffer then???? It is because of how they see themselves.....remember karma records how the mind thinks. Their karma has lead them to think as victims or not worthy and that's another form of stinginess. The best antidote is meditation because meditation burns the seeds of negative karma. All that really means is that you let go of common conscouiousness of the masses. Common thought patterns are that of complaining, lying, cheating, vulgarity, mean spiritedness, aggression , etc.......just visit a bar on any given sunday(hahaha)..
I hope you understand that you are doing everything.....you are the seer of everything. You are the subject and the object simultaneously. What you do to others, you do to yourself. When you criticize, you do it to yourself. When you praise, you praise yourself. When you see the blessed nature of another, you see it yourself.......with the karmic recorder. It's the cosmic mind that sees itself think.
Tell someone how much they mean to you......don't hold back, really sock it to 'em! Things will really come together for you my friend.....
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
5 comments:
Nice to see that you are posting again.
None of the behaviors indicated necessitate the presence of a supernatural power or any sort of "spooky action at a distance." All of this can be done secularly. I think magical thinking shows contempt for science, which is showing contempt for reality.
I wouldn't make a post like this on the heels of Pat Robertson saying the earthquake in Haiti was divine revenge from an angry Yahweh. Are you saying the people of Haiti have "bad karma" and they've brought this earthquake on themselves? Should they meditate more?
no...we can never say anyone has bad karma. we simply can't know for sure. all we can know is what we are experienecing ourselves. things like helping people are a test for us to do the right thing...to change our experience. we have to practice seeing things the right way....this post was for a person who said she always sabotages her own relationships. there's so many levels of karma, levels we cannot control but at a personal level, there's a few things we can control if we have the correct way of seeing. lynn
Ahh... I understand. There is no consistency. The rules apply when you want them to, but not when you don't want them to. There's a different set of rules for the cool kids and the nerds. If you ask what they are, that means you're a nerd.
I am so glad that the Buddha has reserved his wisdom for those who can afford it.
I appreciate knowing the difference between what we can and cannot control. And I definitely appreciate that how you view the world colors what you see as your available options. So, I guess as a problem solving short cut, a concept like this can be useful. I guess, in essence, what you are trying to do is reteach what people have control over and what they don't have control over. People often think that they control what they cannot, and that they cannot control what they can. I just don't see the necessity of invoking inconsistent, untestable, unverifiable, superstitious, hokey pokey non-sense in communicating these sorts of ideas. I mean, if you can never know when the "karma" is at play in your life, then what good is there in knowing about it? If it's untestable, unverifiable and it doesn't actually do anything, then it doesn't exist.
Karma is always at play in your life, ron. it's not random but we can't control ever karmaic event that was ever set in motion by ourselves...some preceeded our time in our present bodies. but if we start now, we can do some good things. you have to believe that helping people is good and that events are coming from your mind. there are no sets of cicumstances for nerds or people with money.
Post a Comment