I was recently asked,  “Why, in the Surya Meditation, which is effortless, is it not possible for bad energy to influence you?”

~

To which I responded:

~

The natural tendency of life is to move toward the Divine.  Moving toward the bad is not natural to the essence of our being.  It is only seen for the superficial aspects of our being to go bad.

~

The Surya Meditation taps into the nature of the essence of life.  That is NEVER bad.

~

It is, in every case, always Divine.

~

In the world today, some have been so overtaken by the surface of life that the truth of the Divinity of life’s essence is sometimes not understood.

~

It is sad that some have been so swept away by bad and the fear of bad that they no longer can see that the essential nature of life is Divine.

~

If you rest into your essence, you rest into Divinity.  There is no other possibility.  The great gift of this meditation is that it employs that principle.

~

As it is said, “You can’t take heaven by storm.”

~

The Divine can’t be taken by storm.  It can only be rested into.

~

It follows that the best meditation must be effortless.

If there is one message to convey over and above all others, it is to find solidity, stability, fullness, and comfort not in things, but in your own inner being.

~

It is fine to enjoy the support of loved ones and material possessions, but not to look to those things at the expense of your soul.

~

Become established in the self.  It is an abstraction, not a concrete thing to cling to, a situation to attain, or a self image to uphold.

~

It can not be touched or held, but its influence is felt as it radiates from the transcendent through the depth of your being to all levels of your life.

~

The feeling of those radiations is called the soul.  Rest into your soul.  Find solace there above all else.  It is your communion with the Divine.

~

Through that, you live in harmony with all life and existence.

~

The Transcendent, as it wells up through your being,

~

can be likened to a candle flame.

~

You cannot grasp the flame of a candle,

~

nor can you grasp the flame of the Transcendent.

~

Yet, the closer you gravitate towards it,

~

the more you come to know its nature.

You sense your inner being.

~

Call it your soul, divinity, wisdom, common sense, or whatever you would like.

~

Have faith in yourself

~

The infinite dwells within you as you.

When you experience a setback,

never think your evolution has gone backward.

~

Understand karma has been delivered.

~

By moving through it, you move beyond it.

The Japanese intend to clone a long-extinct mammoth.

~

Species exist in the absolute, even if not in the relative.  Over time, they can come and go.  The DNA correlates [maps on} to the Veda.  Vedic references to various animal species go far, far beyond superficial reverence for particular animals.  It is structured in the absolute and if studied in that context, great insights into life can be gained.

~

The same is true of ‘primitive’ weapons.  They in fact are primordial, not primitive.

~

Primordial structures are another  –  the circle, square, triangle, point, etc.  These are the basis of the field of yantras, which contain within them the fundamental mechanics of nature… quantum mechanics.

~

Primitive refers to crude or unevolved.  Primordial refers to the fundamental, essential, underlying basis of life and existence.

I started reading Emerson and Thoreau in elementary school.  I remember getting so excited when I found out that they actually knew each other!

~

“Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone

to tell you that you are wrong.  There are always difficulties

arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right.

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

~

I would add that the path is one of discernment.  One does well to use time wisely.

When a ball is rolling, you can calculate where it will stop.  Such predetermination is termed ‘karma.’

~

Most of your karma exists between your ears and in your heart in the form your conditioning.

~

Karma affords no freedom.

~

Freedom means enlightenment—acting from the depth of your being.

~

What physics calls ‘uncertainty’ is better termed ‘freedom.’

~

Watch a video of Michael talking about Karma.

The other day I was asked to write a blog about devotion.  It inspired yesterday’s blog entitled ‘tradition.’  At first glance, the connection between the two may seem minimal or at the very least abstract, but is it really?

~

What are you devoted to?  And why?  You may be devoted due to nothing more than tradition.  Perhaps you were raised to be a particular religion, and that is good enough for you.  You could be devoted to many things for that same reason.

~

For example devotion to God, country, spouse, friends, and in fact anything, can be explored in this manner.  For example, do you pick your friends?  or do they pick you? Where then, does devotion really come from?  What is it, really?

~

Tradition offers a construct, a framework, that supports life assuming your relationship with it is healthy.  This was addressed in yesterday’s blog. Tradition then directs the focus of at least superficial devotion.  However, true devotion, of course, comes from a deeper place within the heart of your being.  It cannot be dictated.  It blossoms from within.  It may have been discovered through tradition, but it cannot be dictated by it.

~

Inner turmoil results when your superficial devotions do not conform to your deeper truths.  Integration of life emerges when you live wisely within the world of tradition, all the while staying true to your inner self, your inner devotions.

~

It is an integration of heart and mind, depth and surface.  When that is lived, tradition rises up to support your inner being, your evolution.  When it is not lived, your inner being becomes buried beneath the rubble of a no longer applicable tradition.  This is a time as confusing as it is delicate.  Tradition is to be honored.  It serves to uphold you.  However, times change, people change, your relationship with all things change.  Integration does not mandate passivity, or abandonment of self.   The only constant is the quiet depth of the ocean of your being.  True devotion begins and ends with devotion to that.  All else changes.

~

These words could easily be manipulated to justify many inappropriate things.  They are not to be taken lightly or as an invitation to turn you back on current commitments and traditions.

~

It is an invitation – no, it is an appeal – to look within and structure your life in devotion to the abstract, ungraspable truth that dwells there.  It is felt. It is not logically derived.

~

Yet to be lived, it must be embraced in a reasonable manner.  All else in life must be navigated wisely and honorably, but navigated in the name of the highest truth, which is the divinity that dwells within you, eternally untouched by any rules, codes, laws, or traditions.

~

It must also be navigated in honor of the fine fabric out of which the exquisite texture of life and tradition is made.