Wednesday, June 21, 2006

... on Earth as it is in Heaven...

“True spirituality is not the rejection of (earthly) life, but the art of perfecting life.”
Rudolf Steiner
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Mastery, Awareness & Non-dualism

“Each soul is potentially Divine. The goal of life is to manifest that Divinity within by controlling nature internal and external. Do it by philosophy or psychic control or work or worship, by one or more or all of these and be free.”
Swami Vivekananda


What is meant by ‘control’?
Control does not here imply ‘struggle’ and ‘conflict’, but simply gaining power over nature through awareness. This awareness overcomes the divisions between inside and outside, between conscious, sub-conscious and unconscious and brings about a natural ability to control without struggle or manipulation. This is Mastery. This is the secret of the Siddhas (Self-Realised Beings).
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Light & dark

Why is there dark?
Because we do not put our full attention there…
Why do we not put our full attention there?
Because we are afraid.
The Light of Love eliminates fear and darkness, because it brings Light to the ‘dark spaces’.
Darkness exists only as a ‘reflection’ or shadow caused by our ignore-ance.

Darkness is not the opposite of Light. It is the shadow of Light – caused by us (‘I’ or ‘Ego’) standing in its way.

When we become translucent and radiant there will be no darkness.

Integrating the darkness turns it into Light.
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