Posts tagged Few Minutes
Active Or Passive – Is It Just Grammar?
Oct 24th
‘That you are not doing the wrong thing doesn’t mean you are doing the right thing.’ Have I confused you? Pause for a moment to reflect on that statement…Does it make sense now?
Put in another way, there is a whole world of difference between ‘I don’t encourage stealing’ and ‘I discourage stealing’. The first is passive while the other is active. (You may want to meditate on that for a few minutes.)
Driving home my point, I’d say this: ‘The reason evil thrives is because good people do nothing…’ That is to say, that many ‘good’ people are unknowingly and unwillingly sponsoring and supporting evil deeds just by sitting on the fence, doing nothing other than create a realm of passivity in their sphere of influence.
These people will not vote and do not attempt to be voted for. They do not speak for or against (as appropriate) neither do they support those who are speaking. They do not proffer solutions but are good at reciting (already known) problems. Their area of expertise is in the field of ‘Inactivity’, which has far-reaching consequences than the effects of radioactivity. They are adept at watching (in the name of observation) but inept at taking appropriate action. Usually, they are the first on the complaints queue, always charting out the failures of administration after administration. In their eyes, they are the last good people standing… Perhaps you know some of them or are one of them…
It would interest you to know that the world is split between two influences: Good and Evil. There is no middle ground. Unfortunately, people who sit on the fence are also categorized with the bad people because the fence belongs to the bad guys. Your passivity is all that is needed for evil to flourish; no other input is needed because: ‘All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.’
Love Energy – How to Increase Love Energy
Sep 28th
Prayer, meditation, and devotion will increase love energy. This can begin gradually, perhaps a few minutes every morning and every evening; and then as you begin to experience the benefits, you will begin to look forward to this and find more time for it throughout the day. Some are able to remain in a continuous state of devotion and prayer. These are very special people, and we automatically gravitate toward them, especially when we learn to recognize the love that flows through them. God is love, and when we focus on Him, His love begins to flow through us.
As you practice this, you might begin to feel some of that love toward all people, even toward those you have never met. This is a strange phenomenon when it first starts to happen. You see a person you have never met, perhaps just passing by in the supermarket or in the post office, and you immediately feel love toward that person. Is it the God within them you are seeing and loving or the Spirit that has increased within you which is doing the loving? You also begin to feel more love and compassion for those you have never seen or met.
The more love you express and feel during meditation and prayer, the more love that will begin to flow through you. You gradually become aware that you are a conduit for love. Spiritual experiences increase, including awareness of coincidences and synchronicities, voices and visions during the night-all of which cause you to feel more love and more appreciation. Once all service is dedicated to the Lord, or to helping others with no regard for the self, then new capabilities emerge and persons begin to accomplish what otherwise would seem impossible. When the Spirit takes over, things begin to happen; and as you experience this, you begin to recognize it more in others.
One time during meditation, I began thinking it was nice experiencing such peace and joy during meditation, but what happens when we get back into the real world? I thought of someone who owed me money and moved across the country. Later that day, the holy man with whom I was studying stopped by my dwelling with a book from thousands of years ago and opened it to the page.
He simply said, “I thought you might be interested in this.” To paraphrase what was written, it said that when we encounter injustices, we should take corrective action but not allow ourselves to be a benefactor of that action. In other words, we should take appropriate legal measures to correct a wrong, but donate any proceeds to charity. What a remarkable answer!
When We do the right thing, but are not part of it. We take correct action to bring criminals to justice. If we see a hit-and-run accident and we get the license plate number, we report it. Since we seek no monetary gain, we are free from attachment and we hold no malice.
This is totally consistent with the flow of love energy. We do what is right but eliminate any motive of personal gain. There is deep wisdom in this. In response to my question about everyday life not having the same peace as found in meditation, this holy man simply noted: “Like the banks of a river, gradually the entire river shifts.”
He further suggested to me that meditating for short periods of time throughout each day, one day each week, one weekend per month, and one long retreat each year until we reach the same depths of meditation during the brief intervals as we do during the longer ones.
