Chapter 6 : Acceptance & Surrender
Your acceptance of “what is “ takes you to a deeper level where your inner state as well as your sense of self no longer depends on the mind’s judgements of “good’ or “bad”.
The “yes” to what is, reveals a dimension of depth within you, that is dependant neither on external conditions nor on the internal conditions of constantly fluctuating thoughts and emotions.
When you are no longer placing an impossible demand on it, every situation, person, place or event becomes not only satisfying but also harmonious, more peaceful. That is why by letting go of the inner resistance, you often find circumstances change for the better.
Surrender comes when you no longer ask, “Why is this happening to me ?”.
Even within the seemingly most unacceptable and painful situation is concealed a deeper good and within every disaster is contained the seed of grace .
Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest source of grace in this world.
Sometimes surrender means giving up trying to understand and becoming comfortable with not knowing.
Chapter 7 : Nature
Nature shows us the way to be out of the prison of our own minds. It teaches us how to be still and in the Now.
The contemplation of nature can free you of that “me”, the great troublemaker .
When you perceive nature, let there be spaces of no thought, no mind. If you approach nature in this way, it will respond to you and participate in the evolution of human and planetary consciousness.
Plants & animals have not split themselves into two. They don’t live though the mental images of themselves and there is no need trying to protect and enhance those images.
You reconnect with nature in the most intimate and powerful way by becoming aware of your breathing and learning to hold your attention there .
Chapter 8 : Relationships
It is satisfying to the egoic mind to label another human being, to give them a conceptual ,to pronounce righteous judgement upon them.
You give them a conceptual identity and that false identity becomes a prison, not only for the other person but also for yourself.
As long as the ego run yours life, most of your thoughts, emotions and actions arise from desire and fear. In relationships, you then either want or fear something from other person.
How wonderful to go beyond wanting and fearing in your relationships !!!!! Love does not want or fear anything.
If her past were your past, her pain your pain, her level of consciousness your level of consciousness, you would think and act exactly as she does. With this realisation comes forgiveness, compassion and peace.
When you receive whoever comes in to the space of Now, as a noble guest, when you allow each person to be as they are, they begin to change.
It is essential to bring some stillness in your close relationships especially. Most human relationships are confined to the exchange of words.
True listening is another way of bringing stillness in relationships. It goes far beyond auditory perception. It is the arising of alert attention.
Human interaction can be hell or it can be a great spiritual practice.
When there is self-identification with things, you don’t appreciate them for what they are, because you are looking for yourself in them.
Through selfless appreciation of the realm of things, the world around you will come alive in ways, you cannot even begin to comprehend with the mind.
Whenever you meet anyone, no matter how briefly, do you acknowledge their being, by giving them your fullest attention ?? A moment of attention is enough.
BG Venkatesh
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