Our emotions are EVERYTHING. We pay attention to so many things outside of ourselves when the only thing that ever will really matter is what is on the inside. So many of us are busy making sure the house looks just right, being upset because our furniture isn't perfect or the kids tracked in mud onto a perfectly clean floor or the yard isn't mowed or we need to loose a few pounds or we need to gain a few pounds or we need more muscle mass or the list goes on and on and on. A lot of attention is focused on what the outside looks like yet, often, so little on the inside. It is on the inside that literally everything that will ever happen within our lives happens first. Without this, nothing happens of lasting value.
What occurs on the outside does matter but only because it is an indicator to the rest of the human race of what is going on inside of ourselves. The outside can be and often is a mirage, a front which does not tell that true story of the people who live there. By constantly gathering more, bigger, better things in life, we as a race often believe this person to be wealthy. Somehow we have come to believe that wealth is an indicator of a successful person yet IF we were able to see within that person the story may be a completely different one than what is being viewed externally.
We run around trying to fix what is on the inside by creating the outside look to the world or what will benefit us to the greatest degree. OH it is true, people who drive the nicest cars, are at a perfect weight, wear certain clothing, keep their bodies well groomed and live in certain neighborhoods are in fact treated differently than those who lack in one or more of these areas. I know this to be true as part of my life path has been to be one of those people. We concentrate so much energy on the outside that falling into bed exhausted there is no time to even consider what is going on internally. We struggle each day running as fast as we can to try to fill the gap but all that looms before us is more struggle.
There is a gap, however, between the external us and the internal us. Thankfully, we have come to a space in time where this gap is being addressed by the vast majority of the human population. We are beginning to ask the big question.... "If I have all of these things, why am I not happy?" The simple answer is that nothing we will ever purchase or acquire on the outside will permanently affect the inner being that is us.
No church or teaching or upbringing or any other thing from the outside can ever create permanent joy, peace and happiness. This is personal between you and you. Only you (I) can find the path which will lead us to this state of being. There are as many path's to these states of emotion as there are people on the face of the Earth today and all are correct, all will lead us to where we wish to be. The teaching must resonate with us internally and as we are all on different spiritual levels there is no one size fits all. We KNOW when the teaching is correct, it just "feels" right. When it feels right do not follow the teaching, run to it, immerse yourself in it, drink in every thing it has to help you but do not at any time look to the teacher because teachers are on the outside. It is the teaching itself that we need to build that bridge.
Bridging the Gap is that moment when we stop, look around ourselves and admit, "I have tried so very hard. No one on this planet has tried harder than I. Still I am not internally experiencing the emotions desired on a consistent basis". At that moment we realize there is a gap that needs a bridge between our external selves and out internal selves. We can blame anyone that we wish to and yes those folks did something horrible to us but this blaming does not bring peace. Why? Because it was only what that other person did that created the noticing of that gap in our lives.
I consider many great teachers over the eons and how each of them (to my knowledge) experienced that moment where the gap in their lives became known to them. At that moment there was a choice to either ignore the gap or look at the deep crevice between where they are externally and where they are internally. After spending some time considering this gap they made a choice to tend to it and build a bridge between the external and internal. Then these teachers had a knowing to share with the world and it was their destiny to do so. What bothers me so about the followers of these teachers is that generally we, again, attempt to fix the internal with the external but now being a follower of this or that we want it to fix the internal issues through acquiring a label.
No label, nothing external, no teaching will bridge the gap between our external and internal worlds. Only we as individuals are able to do this. When we are ready, we will find the suitable teaching which will give us a general path to follow and be ready to do the work involved. Just as we acquire skills for employment, skills are acquired within internally.
Everything we could ever want, desire or hope for is inside of us. I know this sounds cliche but it is absolutely true. Here is a little story for you. I am not nearly where I want to be internally so do not think for a moment that I believe myself to be a great teacher as this is not my own internal truth. I am simply a seeker of my own personal truth as we each are.
During a period of great internal growth, my body grew with it which is undesired. It is so undesired that I refused to purchase clothing to cover my now quite large body. OH I had clothing but only what was absolutely required for whatever function we needed to attend. Knowing that I should purchase a larger array of clothing it troubled me greatly. I told my internal self, "No I am NOT going to spend one dollar on clothing for a body of this size. If YOU want me to have clothing fine bring it on". Time passed and I forgot all about this conversation. I went about life, enjoying the seasons, enjoying moments, working on my internal self, working on my external self etc. One day my partner comes home from work and asks what size I am. I tell her and ask why? She says, "Well a lady at work has lost a lot of weight and wants her larger clothing to go to someone who will appreciate them". It turns out that the clothing was/is exactly my size. Within a very short time boxes upon boxes of clothing arrived. A wool coat which I had looked at in a catalog and desired but refused to purchase for this size was among the beautiful items. Opening the boxes I was completely amazed that this woman had the very same style that I have and simply everything in box after box were items that if I were to purchase clothing for myself, I would have chosen exactly those items. I sorted the clothing, some was a little too large but a lady down the street had one day remarked to me that she only had 2 pairs of black pants for work and continuously washed them to keep clean for work. There were 4 pairs of black pants in her size in those boxes. There are some clothing that have been reboxed being a couple of sizes smaller than my current size which tells me that the Divine I AM believes it is possible that I will be losing weight soon. These are lovingly boxed and sitting in the extra room, waiting.
Some would call the above very true story a miracle but because I actively attempt to see between the cracks of what is and how it came to be, it is clear to me that what was going on internally brought about the external material possession of these clothes. How did this happen? That is an entire other story and one for a new blog someday. OH, I have many other stories exactly like this one but we will save those for another time. It is time for you, all of us to begin amassing our own stories. It starts with bridging that gap.
By bridging the gap between the external and internal everything we could possibly desire will come but it starts with us internally. As a species we just have somehow gotten off track and decided that happiness, joy, peace come from the outside which is light years away from the truth of this matter.
Wishing you a happy, joyous time while building your bridge. You are going to love it, yes you will.
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