Thursday, April 9, 2009

WHAT CAN BE DONE

What often frustrates and derails the spiritual student is the quandary of “how to be”. It is generally felt that by studying long and hard enough one will then know what to “do”. If the teachings of the enlightened who have gone before are to be believed, such is not the case. One can only “know” what one “is”. Only a tree can truly know a tree. One can only know what it is to be a mother/father when one is a mother/father.

Therefore, for the purpose of this blog only, set aside intellectual pursuits trying to ascertain how to “be”, as years can be spent in esoteric discourse regarding the meaning of surrender, forgiveness or the difference between detachment and non-attachment. The desire to “understand” before one begins to “be” can lead to an impasse of inertia. Instead, this material works from the assumption that as one practices being a thing one will become that thing and then, and only then, will one “know” that thing. To that end, the focus of this material will be on what “can” be done.

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