Spiritually Change Now
(Spiritual Transformation)
Right now, I would like to discuss why is it, as human beings we do not change completely even when we see that the lives we are living are in turmoil. We can see that our lives are in complete disorder and the utter destructive outcome that disorder breeds: unhappiness, discontentment, bitterness and confusion. So deeply, I am asking, 'What will it take for each of us to change, actually?' Let us look into this factually and clearly. 'I am lost,' actually lost and I am asking why is it I do not solve this dilemma in me, why do I stay in the same old stagnation, no matter what? Not just you, we are referring to, but all of humanity. Is this the root of all our problems? What I am asking is, 'Why won't you act?' Is it because you do not really see the importance of it? Fundamentally, we do not act because we do not see the dangerous path in which we live. Our everyday lives are in chaos, disorder and without meaning and still we do not change. Am I mistaken, is it that your life is so complete, full of joy and contentment that you do not need to change? I do not think this is the reason for our lack of response. Look within and around you, the whole world is on fire before your very eyes. Just the same, you are burning with sorrow and you remain each day repeating the same old things. Time and time again. Why is that? Is it out of habit, conditioning and fear of acting that we remain the same? We are burning with the flames of sorrow and I am saying you cannot just stand there. You must act, you must move forward, backwards or sideways. The simple fact is you must act.
Spiritual transformation takes place within you.
Why is it you do not see that there is great sorrow in all of humanity? Do you see this or is it I am just telling it to you? If you do not see this for yourself’, then you are already dead, and there is no life in you. When at once you see and feel the fire of sorrow, which belongs to all of humanity, it is that which brings change and not you wanting to change. The desire to change is not the key, but the seeing of the state you are in, it is that seeing which unlocks the chains, which are preventing you from changing, holistically. The change that I am referencing is not the outcome of you wanting something better or something more. This transformation acts without prejudice, without the desire for greater pleasure or the riches of the world. To ask, how it is possible to change is the continuity of your stagnation. For most of us, we only want to change the outer trimmings of our lives in the hope of a better tomorrow. Thinking, 'If I sacrifice something today, I will be investing for something greater tomorrow.' That is the root of most religions. If you should change today then you will receive a better life, if not in this lifetime then perhaps in the afterlife. For your heaven awaits you. To me, it is really the same movement of ambition as the world around you. On the physical plane, they say it is a movement of greed, but if it is to gain something inward then it is something sacred. Do see the ignorance in all this. This is nothing more than the continuity of the same old movement, only now you think you are acting religiously. We have divided the inner and the outer without realizing they are not separate of each other. Is this the pivotal point in which we have gone astray? For centuries, we have been moving this way, like an animal chasing its own tail. As human beings on this earth, we are moving in vicious circles that lead nowhere.
To see this clearly, one must come to a complete stop. Now, with me, the illusion of moving inward has to be arrested and the mind can then be still, completely at rest without the desire to move inwardly or outwardly. The formulation and continuity of 'self' ceases in the flame of awareness and burns itself out, effortlessly. Then with what are you left? You are left with absolutely nothing! There is nowhere to move and nothing for the mind to idealize. There is nothing for you to grasp. In this you are completely alone and forsaken. There is no one and nothing for you to turn to. Only then does the awakening manifests. Then you are vacant and that which comes breathes creation within you. That intelligence, which awakens, gives complete understanding and the compassion for all beings. Unexpectedly, you are standing on holy ground in the present moment and that is your blessing.
Spiritual Master Adonis Alexander
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