The only condition for reading this text is to fully apply what you read.
If you intend not to implement the small tips given in this text, immediately turn the page and move on. Otherwise, you will bear all the responsibility that comes with laziness, which, make no doubt, is a terrible thing.
The goal and intention of this text is to shake up the lofty disciplines in your being and start the flow of energy and life in a positive direction. Nothing more, and again, nothing more difficult.
Inspired by Dan Millman, the writer of the famous book "The Way of the Peaceful Warrior", based on which the film of the same name was made, we decided that it would be good to convey the lessons that make up the essence of these works.
These lessons and advice are designed to awaken and expand our consciousness and therefore it is necessary to take them seriously and apply them whenever our sleeping mind allows.
The first truth that is known to everyone, on one way or another, our life is one big classroom. We were born to learn, to expand our awareness of the world around us and ourselves. We are born to grow in every sense.
The Path of Enlightenment What many do not know, and which Dan Millman explains with wonderful stories, is how we learn it. No college, diploma, or title is a measure of your knowledge. You must be aware of this, even though this fact is a severe blow to the ego, especially if it is largely based on the intellect. The measure of our knowledge is only our experience. And this is a formula that is absolute and eternal truth.
This is best illustrated by the story of a very learned and educated young man who spent most of his time reading various books and accumulating various types of knowledge. During one journey, he came to the bank of a large river and found a boatman there to take him across. While they were sailing on the river like that, in order to pass the time faster, the young man started talking about his knowledge, about the books he had read, the schools he had completed, and all this left a very impressive impression on the boatman. At one point the boatman said to him: "No doubt, sir, you have learned a great deal, but have you learned to swim?"
"Well, no, I haven't," answered the young man.
"I am afraid that your knowledge is useless in that case," said the boatman, "because our boat is sinking."
Practical lessons bring us wisdom deeper than that which we acquire from theoretical lessons. What scares people is that the experience is not always positive. However, the lesson is always positive, no matter how negative the experience.
Every success is the product of a series of failures. It's the way we learn. By making mistakes, we learn how to do something correctly. Children are the best example for that, because no one makes as many mistakes and learns as quickly as children.
Why should anyone be afraid of failure if they consider that it carries a lesson, and a lesson carries wisdom. So every failure leads to some achievement. The difference between successful and unsuccessful people is that successful people were persistent and persistent, not allowing failure to be their ultimate goal. No failure is final unless you make it so.
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell was rejected by seven publishers before one accepted the work; English novelist John Creasey was rejected 753 times before publishing the first of his 564 books. More than a hundred banks rejected Walt Disney's request before one finally granted him a loan to build Disneyland.
Yoga to Enlightenment The more we learn, the more adaptable we are and the fewer mistakes we repeat. Learning requires change; change implies loss of patterns; losing patterns means dying to the old; dying to the old gives birth to the new. In fact, nothing changes until we change.
There is only one way to get out of the pattern of an imposed life and it is the following (this advice is practical and must be applied):
It is important to be aware of your own behavior and actions.
It sounds easy, but in fact it is extremely difficult to be aware of yourself and your actions. Anyone who has ever tried to monitor and observe himself has realized that he is unable to be conscious for more than a few minutes, if even that long. What does it mean to be aware of yourself?
It practically means to illuminate your every thought, emotion, or deed. It means to see it, to feel it, when a thought crosses your mind, to say to yourself: "Hey, I just thought of such and such," or in the moment of impending anger, become aware that anger is appearing and just observe it, as if it were some stranger. It is enough just to observe your emotion or thought and it is already sanctified. Therefore, awareness means continuous self-observation. Observe the emotion as if you were a voyeur, and it as if it were a stranger. It is a relationship of awareness. Notice how you move and the tone and color of your voice in different situations - especially stressful ones, where most people are "unconscious". Observe yourself in situations of meeting new people (maybe we are not aware that we bite our lip, or frown whenever we meet someone). There are patterns in everything and it is very important to become aware of them.
The more we become aware of ourselves, the more control we get over our lives. Until they become fully aware, people are just vessels in the storm of fate. Only when we master our own consciousness, the sea will calm down and we will be able to choose our direction.
Many lessons must be learned along the way and it is better to learn them in time, because if we avoid them, or bypass them, they will come back to us in increasingly difficult forms. Trouble is one way the universe gets our attention. Bodily pain encourages us to balance the body.
Emotional suffering reveals our illusions and resistance. Soul suffering reveals the healing power of the present moment. Some pains cannot be avoided, but when we learn to listen to life's gentle lessons, the suffering melts away.
Disease is the doctor who listens the most; goodness and wisdom we only make promises; we listen to pain. - Marcel Proust
A very important realization is that we cannot determine the outcome of a situation, but we can therefore determine our effort. We cannot know whether we will win a game or not, get the job we want, or find love. But that's why we can determine the effort we will put into it. Whatever we think, or feel, doubt, or fear, despite our past, or our parents, our efforts still shape our lives.
If you do your best, you do well. So put in the effort, and then accept the outcome. Let go of what you cannot control.
Passage to the truth Much is out of our hands. Some action may be right, but at the wrong time it serves no purpose. Just as action can reflect courage, waiting can reflect wisdom. But if we wait for permission, to feel more motivated, for it to become easier, for the fear to disappear, or for the willow to bear grapes, we could miss every opportunity to act. If we wait for the perfect moment, we might find that we haven't lived at all.
People who think too long before taking a step could spend their entire lives on one leg. - Anthony de Mello
Applying this principle - and living with a purpose - means asking yourself not only "What must I do?", but also "When is the best time to do it?".
What we sow with kindness, returns to us as a harvest of surprises; sent gifts are returned to us in different wrappings. Good deeds and virtues are like seeds that multiply; let us plant one sapling and reap a forest of gratitude.
The simplest act of generosity blesses the giver, but if we give in order to receive, our hopes are dashed on the shores of attachment. Therefore, for the sake of giving, give the best of yourself and the best will come back to you.
Test this rule:
- Name three people you know well.
- For each person, state what exactly, specifically, you gave them yesterday, in the past seven, or a month.
- For each person, state what exactly, specifically, they gave you. If you think carefully, you may find that you have received at least as much as you have given.
The dead take with them only what they have given. - DeWitt Wallace
Spiritual life begins and ends with the body. It is our only asset that lasts a lifetime. We can meditate, visualize and dream, but we cannot get out of the body unless we first enter it. In a balanced state, body and spirit together create energy and abundance in our lives. We achieve balance through the "holy trinity of health": daily physical activity, healthy food and quality rest.
Balance the body. Trust his wisdom. Everything else stems from that foundation. We must listen to our body and our nature because only then will we be connected to the life around us. We must be aware of cycles because they are the natural order of life, like the four seasons that endlessly follow each other.
Difficulties pass with time, as do pleasures, because whatever rises must fall, and whatever falls will rise again in one form or another. That's the nature of the world. We cannot control the cycles of life, but we can ride them like graceful horses, or gentle waves. Accepting the changes of our own ages, we move in accordance with the cycles of our own world.
Listening to ourselves, observing ourselves, we expand our consciousness and thus raise the vibration of the entire world around us, contributing to its development. This road is not easy and fear is lurking around every corner, ready to jump us and take us back to the darkness. In those moments, just remember the words of the great Milorad Pavić: "One of the ways to the true future, even though there are false futures, is to go in the direction in which your fear grows."
And keep going.
Taken from this blog.
