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Relationships: Catalysts
for Awakening
Relationships hold one of the greatest
opportunities for spiritual growth. This is
because it is one of the most entrenched
strongholds of illusion, as well as one of the
most potent awakeners out of illusion. In order
to understand how and why relationships are
such fertile ground for suffering as well as for
awakening, we need to understand exactly the
nature of illusion and the suffering it creates. A
comprehensive explanation is beyond the scope meant to RULE our life and reality.
of this one little article. But I’ll do my best to say
something in a fresh and simple way to give us
an inkling of what I am pointing to.
Somewhere along the way, eons ago, we as
human beings began taking our THOUGHTS
to be more real than LIFE itself. This sounds
benign and not so significant, but because
we have listened to and believed in the voice
in the head for so long, a fearful thought
now creates the experience - fear. A desirous
thought creates the experience of lack unless
we get what we want. Thoughts are creating
our experience of reality including the illusion
that we are separate from the Universe and
each other. This is the primary “illusion” to
which many spiritual traditions point and
is the cause of ALL suffering. What we call
“Spiritual Awakening,” is simply the process of
recognizing that thoughts are not Reality.
One way to begin to fathom the power of
thoughts and how far it has taken us away from it really matters – WITHIN! But because we have
Reality, is to consider that lack, negativity and
fear ONLY exist in the human mind. There
is no where else in the Universe that lack
exists. Contemplate for a moment the colossal
and complex creative forces of the Universe.
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Lack is only a thought, an imaginary idea.
But problems seem so real! And the desires,
craving and fear of loss created from a sense
of lack feel equally real. How did it all come
to this? We have been in the illusory matrix of
thoughts for so long that we can’t see that the
voice in our head, that we have come to trust
and obey, is actually the cause of ALL suffering.
The mind is a wonderful TOOL, but it is not
This is why suffering is really a blessing in
disguise because it encourages us, sometimes
quite forcefully, to get to the root of suffering; to
look within rather than without. Suffering can
be defined as the process of finally coming to
the realization that changing the world, getting
what we want and avoiding or destroying what
we don’t want in the world will never, never,
NEVER bring about true Love and Happiness.
Hence, is suffering really bad if it is the force that
finally turns us in the direction of finally getting
what we truly want – the greatest Joy, Liberation
and Love? And what if this is not so much about
our individual happiness (although that is its
natural result), but is the EVOLUTIONARY
MOVEMENT OF THE UNIVERSE naturally
moving us towards Awakening? If we are facing
loss, pain or challenges, God is not punishing
us. We have not done anything wrong. We are
not somehow flawed or lacking. The Universe is
trying to turn our attention and energy to where
free will, it often takes A LOT before we begin to
turn within.
As long as we are focused on the world to
make us happy, we will NEVER find what we
are truly looking for. If we are not focused