Staying Out Of The Debris

Like the bee trying to find the truth

How high and low can a person bounce?  Falling down is a great teacher for me.  Just need to figure out the lesson and how to move forward.  India is so awesome for providing opportunities to knock one off his/her axis if coming from a western culture.  Cannot learn how to stay on the Divine Path without falling off it a few times.  Sounds like learning to ride a horse.  If you have the inner will, you don't take no for an answer, get up, brush the dirt off, and try again.  What was I missing yesterday that didn't enable me to stay in "love" with all of those situations.

Checking in with Gurudev for the next plan of action:

1.  Yes, the tornado analogy is reasonable (downloaded during meditation--The Voice.)
2.   Yes, Divine Love (no attachments, inspired from the purity of truth not ego) does feel different and is an opportunity to "wake up " and remember our Divine Nature.  Not ego based love.
3.   Yes, there is divinity inside of everything, so focus on that and not the debris that is distracting.
4.   Yes, even Gurudev is disturbed at times.
5.   Yes, it is a constant state of observation and correction.

When Gurudev does something kind (or just his presence) it is SO deeply felt that it is paralyzing at times.  He smiled when I shared this experience and I thanked him.  He did verify that it is a "unique feeling."  And he did verify that it is our true nature--Divine Love.  We discussed The Gita and all of the paths. He agreed that the book he gave me did focus on Bhakti as the ultimate, but he also threw out the reminder of destiny too.  The Divine Spark holding up the light to help us find our way back to our true nature.

Ashram puppy pile of 7 looking right

Looking left

And Neutral--7 bodies all connected

When you stand with your back to the sun, your shadow is before you; but when you turn and face the sun, then your shadow falls behind you.                         Bowl of Saki, January 4, by Hazrat Inayat Khan

Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Plato wrote that we live in a shadow world, where we confuse the shadow of ourselves with reality. This is the Nafs, the false ego, which stands in the light before God, causing, so to speak, a spiritual eclipse.... The Nafs turns us from the One to the many, enticing us with the things of this world. Then man attaches himself to one thing after another, which brings, at best, momentary satisfaction. Through his spiritual practices the Sufi learns to chain the Nafs, to perceive that it is only a shadow of reality; and finding the sun of truth within his being, looking upon it, one is no longer aware of the shadow. Then the Nafs is not destroyed, but harnessed. The whole of man's being is attuned to God and everything within him serves God. This is the work of all on the path of illumination, of whatever school they may be. There is no other obstacle than this false self, and there is no better means of controlling it than by meditation and by practicing the presence of Allah.    ~~~ "Githa II, Dhyana 2, Meditation", by Hazrat Inayat Khan (unpublished) The whole idea of life is to live freely; to look through space freely, having nothing to hide or conceal; allowing the light of truth to shine from within and the light of the sun without; light all around, no shadow of any kind hindering the light which is the soul of every being.    from  http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/XIII/XIII_2.htm