Having a wide range of beliefs can be incredibly eye-opening into the serindipitous link between everything. I'm an not "religous" but verrrrrry spiritual and open to every idea on the subject. One of my very basic beliefs is that Humans are half biological and half spiritual creatures. We need a balance of both needs to be happy and healthy, both biologically and spiritually.
A concept I just found in the Bhuddist tradition is "dukkha." It is very complicated and philiophical but my interpretation of it is that it is the cause of every biological and bodily craving. You want those shoes? Dukkha. You want that girl's hair? Dukkha. Jealous of anything? Dukkha. Dukkha everywhere!
So what's a person to do?
Realize your True-self. You are not your body. You have a body. As C.S. Lewis quoted:
Mastering your body is as easy and as difficult as realizing this, and recognizing the essence of your soul. I imagine my soul as a shard of energy which holds my true self deep inside me. It is golden like a flickering flame and it hums a low vibratto like a low D on a wood flute. It is a link to, and a piece of, the Grand Source of energy and love that Jah (or God or whatever made us) fashioned us from. From my soul comes all of my potential, all of my capabilities of love and goodness and light. This is the true me. My body is the source of all my Dukkha, all my Earthly cravings, all my sense of lack. It is not definitve of me. Through this acceptance of my true nature, I have come to REALLY forgive and to REALLY love myself for who and what I know myself to be.
And I am glad for my Dukkha, too.
A concept I just found in the Bhuddist tradition is "dukkha." It is very complicated and philiophical but my interpretation of it is that it is the cause of every biological and bodily craving. You want those shoes? Dukkha. You want that girl's hair? Dukkha. Jealous of anything? Dukkha. Dukkha everywhere!
So what's a person to do?
Realize your True-self. You are not your body. You have a body. As C.S. Lewis quoted:
Mastering your body is as easy and as difficult as realizing this, and recognizing the essence of your soul. I imagine my soul as a shard of energy which holds my true self deep inside me. It is golden like a flickering flame and it hums a low vibratto like a low D on a wood flute. It is a link to, and a piece of, the Grand Source of energy and love that Jah (or God or whatever made us) fashioned us from. From my soul comes all of my potential, all of my capabilities of love and goodness and light. This is the true me. My body is the source of all my Dukkha, all my Earthly cravings, all my sense of lack. It is not definitve of me. Through this acceptance of my true nature, I have come to REALLY forgive and to REALLY love myself for who and what I know myself to be.
And I am glad for my Dukkha, too.
"All perception of lack is acknowledgement of inherent potential."
-Jana Dixon, Biology of Kundalini
In my day-to-day routine when I forget the Truth of Me and I get "plugged-in" to the world around me, I do not condemn myself. When I compare my accomplishments to others' and feel lacking, it is because I know I can do that, too. I should rejoice in the dukkha that shows me my potential. I let the emotions come, I acknowledge them and let them ebb away. I take a breath or few to re-ground and center myself with my spirit and come back to feeling like my true self again. Perfect as-is.
Today, and everyday, I am enough. You are enough. Love yourself.
Stumble it!
2 comments:
I love this post! I am a Christian and as such do believe in a higher power and having an energy (spirit) inside of me that is the "true me". It is so important to remember that those jealous feelings and desires are natural, and can be a catalyst to attaining something bigger and better for yourself. As long as we never forget to be happy and love ourselves, and to not condemn ourselves, as you mentioned. . .anything is possible!
@Jamie, YES! :o) Thank you.
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