The Sacred Art of Manifestation: This School of Earth
July 3, 2007 — rickjarowHow many times have we heard that the “Earth is a school” and that we are in a process of learning? But how many times have we refused to take the course? The idea that manifestation is a process of consciously desiring, a conscious way to “get what I want” is immature at best and pernicious at worst, for it assumes that “man is the measure of all things.” In fact, we cannot even remember what we did yesterday, not to mention our birth, or lifetimes past.
Who are we, really? Where do we come from? Why are we here with one another? Is it not, ultimately, to learn how to love, and to love more fully and powerfully?
And what if, in this process, what we want is what we already have? This does not have to be resignation or fatalism. What if we are being asked to work skillfully, lovingly, intricately, and mindfully with the exact circumstances given to us, with every detail from taking a drink of water, to tying our shoes, to fixing the car, to opening to our pain, to accepting the depth of our feelings, to working energetically for change?
An ordinary day can become an eon. A simple walk outside can be a walk into blazing glory. Can we love our life, the one we have been given, so much that we may be inspired to use it well?
Can we receive so deeply that every exhale is an offering?
Can this very day be the day, the time of our awakening?
RJ
July 4, 2007 at 12:18 pm
That is so beautiful. I have been disturbed with the wave of preoccupation with “getting” what we want. The real trick is in loving what we have and in what “is”. We miss so much in this moment, this hour, this day, with projecting off into our imaginations for something “better”. If we really saw Now, what could be better?
I look forward to your visit to Vancouver and the visit to our Spiritual Community.
Many Blessings
July 4, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Ok, Im going to tell you why we are here. We are here to play a game. The game is called “The Human Game”. There are two phases. In the first phase, we create a world in which we are convinced we are powerless. Do you feel totally and completely without control? Everything bad happens to you, no matter how hard you try? Cant catch a break? Congratulations! You are winning!
In the second phase, we slowly begin to create clues to see how long it takes us to figure out just how powerful we really are. The kicker is, we created both phases! (This idea is taken from Bob Scheinfelds “Busting Loose from the Money Game” available on Amazon.com)
grace
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July 4, 2007 at 10:15 pm
“Can we love our life, the one we have been given, so much that we may be inspired to use it well.” Yes, what would be using it well for me? Is it now when in answer to that question I become aware of my breathing? Or this next moment when in searching further I feel a stillness? And now I hear the rain outside 11 pm and I feel I love the sound of it. I find myself attentive, present. I will live with this question more: Can I love my life so much that I am inspired to use it well? Can I enjoy my life so much that I bring love to whatever I do?
July 16, 2007 at 10:34 pm
To love your own life is to use it well, what opens up through gratitude of your own experience naturally leads to desire. Gratitude keeps you on point, away from desire through lack. Earth school is about empowering others through pure acceptance, which is love. The game analogy is great and I see it as resisting and eliminating the potential for negativity toward others. Yes we can love our life so much that every day is a celebration, the truth is that is all we can do to innoculate ourselves from the earth school of hard knocks.