The spiritual revolution continues, people want to become more enlightened or have become so disenchanted with their present life circumstances that they want to experience a deeper sense of what is possible for developing themselves on all levels, emotional, spiritual, physical and mental. Often this is why a person hires or consults with a seer, healer or guru. They want to fix themselves so they find an expert, but you can’t just throw money at a problem and trust that it will be repaired. Like tending a garden, there are periods of time where you have to dig in there, get your hands dirty and apply some elbow grease (as my father would say). You can’t just smell the flowers sometimes you have to “get involved” to reap the rewards.
Remember that life is a mirror, so what gets presented to you (especially those situations or people who irritate or upset us) are your greatest teachers. What is life showing you about yourself? Taking time out of our busy schedule for meditation, chanting (repeating mantras in a sacred way) or contemplation can help clarify our vision and still our minds so we can peer more easily into this mirror. It is important to be humble, realize we don’t know it all and approach life with the mind of a beginner, always. This also means that we are part of a greater whole; to treat yourself with that respect and kindness is to also respect the greater mystery that we are all a part of. Its important this understanding is attained with the heart, not only the rational mind. Any good teacher should open a doorway to your own heart and the holistic mind so that you become more self reliant. This is part of the hard work that is involved in tending ones garden, providing the bedrock on which your spiritually and potential may flourish.
Finally its important to share what you have learned with others. To follow up the new paradigm with actions, also called walking your talk. We can’t keep that new information just for ourselves we must put it out there or we will choke our own garden with the weeds of stagnation and inactivity.
“In the present circumstances, no one can afford to assume that someone else
will solve their problems. Every individual has a responsibility to help guide our global family in the right direction. Good wishes are not sufficient; we must become actively engaged.”— His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
© Lorraine Hughes 2012
