Many Faces of Fear

When do we desire something? When we think that it is lacking in our life.....And every lack is accompanied by a fear.........Fear of never having it.

Most of the times, we DO NOT ALLOW ourselves to RECEIVE what we desire, because there is another kind of fear lurking underneath......that of leaving our comfort zone (however, constricting that might be)....How will my life change once I have what I desire? What will I need to give up to have what I desire? My conditioning says, I can't have my cake and eat it too; so which one would I not get to do- eat or have? THIS IS THE UNDERLYING HIDDEN FEAR.

The fear of upsetting the apple cart; the fear of leaving the comfort zone; the fear of the unknown.

This fear keeps us in chains, boundaries, boxes, social constructs. This fear doesn't let us embrace our power, our magnificence, our glory, our freedom, and our BLISS.

This is the fear which brings up a desire and yet, doesn't ALLOW its fulfillment.

It is time now to EXPOSE this fear, FACE it, and call its hoax. It is time now to EMBRACE our POWER in COMPASSION for SELF in all its hues..

When we are FEAR-LESS, we become DESIRE-LESS. No fear; no desire......This is the kind of desire-less-ness saints talk about.....It is not about suppressing our desires (that only complicates our lives further), it is about not having any desires... and that can organically happen when there is no FEAR in our psyche....for every desire originates in some fear.

And as long as there is a desire; there is a re-birth......Desirelessness is Nirvana/ Moksha. However, Nirvana can't be desired / achieved...IT simply HAPPENS when we achieve FREEDOM from FEARS.

Fears need to be exposed/ faced/ dealt with......and the first step is NAMING our FEARS. Making a list of our deep fears. Exposing them. Bringing them face to face....in DEEP COMPASSION for SELF....and GRATITUDE for those FEARS; for all this while our fears have been protecting us from The Unknown.

NOW is the time to FACE the UNKNOWN. 

Where are our fears stored? In our Physical Body....in cells / tissues.

How do our fears get released? Through the Physical Body.....in the form of illness/ dis-ease.

In view of the above is illness / disease good or bad? Desirable or undesirable? Should we try to get rid of the illness or the fears? Isn't it more desirable to offer gratefulness to the illness (and the body) and facilitate its cleansing (the release of fears) through tender loving care (TLC)?

I remember a time when every medical prescription ended with 'and TLC'........now, this golden truth seems to have been forgotten....by all the players- the medicos, the patient (who is most impatient to get rid of the illness), and the caretakers (near and dear ones).....

It suddenly occurred to me that a person, who suffers from a dis-ease, is called a 'patient' for s/he needs a great amount of PATIENCE to be well again. Perhaps that is ALL that is needed....along with some TLC of course...:))))))))

There was a time when I shunned the popular media (both TV and newspaper) for the quality of news they hysterically promoted.

But now, I understand the role of popular media in BRINGING UP our SUPPRESSED / STORED fears from our cells/ tissues into our awareness. Media acts as the finger which presses the trigger, but the trigger/ button is inside us. If there is no fear inside, nothing will get triggered (we will either not be attracted to this media or find alternate / more personal catalysts).

In the New Energies, nothing (that is based in fear) can be hidden/ suppressed any more. It all has to be exposed to LIGHT/ LOVE.

Media is playing a very important role in helping us RELEASE our fears (and the release always happens through illness/ disease). Let us offer our gratitude to it.....Unless our fears are released from our cells (our cells are cleansed), BLISS cannot find a space within us.

Dis-ease is just a word to collectively talk about the PAIN (absence of ease) of releasing our fears....which have been protecting us for so long that we do not wish to release them (irrespective of what we say outwardly...

Letting go of anything, including our fears, is usually a painful process.....hence, there is dis-ease! When we offer gratitude for this release, there is joy and ease. Hence, the wise saying, 'there may be pain but no suffering in that pain.'

Glorious and Perfect

We ARE glorious and perfect...........:) This is not an ego issue, because in our glory and perfection we are all alike. None of us is more glorious or more perfect than another....

It is our ego-personality signature which makes us unique/ different/ separate from the other. That's why the ancients talked about 'transcending' the ego in order to understand that our ego-personality is an 'individuated' expression of the ONE glorious and perfect Spirit/ Consciousness, which resides in all beings!

However, we need to remember that the ego-personality didn't 'choose' itself- The glorious and perfect Spirit chose the ego-personality! And why did it do so? Why does it continue to do so? There must be SOME reason for the glorious/ perfect spirit to choose imperfect ego-personalities to 'house' itself!!!

Is it playing 'Hide and Seek'? Perhaps it is!

Why do WE play 'hide and seek'? To have fun? To enjoy ourselves? To break the monotony? To amuse our children?

Perhaps the glorious and perfect Spirit/ Consciousness/ Father-Mother God/ ALL THAT IS/ I AM Presence is also playing this game simply to have fun, enjoy itself, break the monotony, and amuse his/ her children-The Creation!

And what happens when we have fun and amuse ourselves?

As a by-product of having fun, our vibrations are raised, our personal (and collective) energy field gets expanded and The Consciousness expands too! What a win-win story! Win for the ego-personality and win for The Spirit!! Wow!

Don't parents usually wish win-win for both; the children and the parents?

Is it possible that Father- Mother God too want Win-Win for all of Creation??

I believe so! and SO IT IS!!!

Being Special

It’s all about being special. When we don’t get our chance to shine, we either sulk or throw tantrums to seek attention.

Can I let go of wanting attention? Can I stop struggling to prove anything? Can I experience the bliss of being nothing and nobody? I believe it is one of the most nourishing and empowering experiences; can I be strong (vulnerable) enough to let go and just be in that experience?

Every time we feel special, superior, or inferior to someone else, we miss Oneness....... Every time we remember that everyone is simply expressing a tiny aspect of The Continuum, we touch Oneness.......It helps to keep reminding ourselves that each one of us is a part of One Whole, which is much larger than the sum of all its parts.

Body, Soul, Spirit- part 2

Continuing with our computer analogy..........

If too many windows are opened at the same time (we multitask), if some heavy files are being downloaded/ uploaded (too much brain activity), if computer is not updated with new software (new soul lessons are not learnt) or hardware is not upgraded (body is not taken care of,or new neural circuits are not formed), our computer slows down/ crashes/ or hangs up (the body falls sick/ we become tense, angry, worried etc- in other words inefficiency sets in/ or death occurs).

New children (new generation gadgets) are more efficient, have more battery life (need less plug in/sleep), are differently configured with newer software and better hardware (have upgraded physiology/ larger brains/ more soul memory; and carry more light/ spirit-spark). 

A lot of the new generation software cannot be run on older generation hardware (no wonder we oldies don't always understand newbies/ generation gap/ inability to process new information/ incompatibility) unless the old hardware is continuously upgraded, but even that has a limitation. 

Finally, the old hardware needs to be discarded (even though we may get attached to it) and newer one brought in (that's death and re-birth). We usually transfer/ feed our old data/ work (soul) into the new machine (body). The new child (hardware) carries the entire/ relevant data-base of the previous machine (after sorting out and discarding all that is not needed anymore). 

Soul is immortal (software doesn't crash or die), Spirit is eternal (the power supply is inexhaustible, and newer ways of harnessing it are being discovered every day). 

We keep remembering our older gadgets (the ones that have died) for a short while or in nostalgia; but we invariably love the newer, more efficient gadgets (the new  children). It is not often that we remember that our new hardware still contains some part of the old gadget, in the form of data (memories/ understandings etc), it runs on the same power source (spirit spark), logs into the same Internet (collective consciousness), which has been continually growing/ being enriched. Similarly, we don't always remember that new children carry parts (memories) of old people (our ancestors), whose bodies we have disposed of. 

How interesting!!!! and thought provoking!!!

Body- Soul- Spirit

In my journey, I have read/ heard/ and discussed various definitions of mind, soul, spirit, god etc. Tonight in my meditation I asked for the simplest of them all, and this is what came through me....

Let us look at your most favourite toy- your computer. You do not know much about its working but you do know that there is a hardware, sitting right on your desk, and it is loaded with certain software which makes you do all the writing and other stuff, and it needs a source of electricity/ power to run. You are also connected to the Internet (your lifeline). Which component is the most important? Which can you do without? 

And now let us look at you. You have a hardware, your body. It is loaded with certain software which makes you do all kinds of stuff (including thinking, emoting, feeling, working, acting etc); let us collectively call it your individual soul. You are tuned into the Collective Consciousness; which is the Internet of the Universe. and the power comes from your spirit. 

As humans you have different bodies but they all have similar components (just as computers have), the basic software is similar but can be downloaded/ uploaded in different combinations depending upon the kind of work you need/ choose to do (the soul carries combination of emotions/ experiences/ memories/ sanskars etc depending upon the kind of work you need/ choose to do).....Spirit is always connected to the Power (God). If there is no power the computer/ body can't work. If the software crashes (soul leaves), computer (body) can't work. 

Collective consciousness/ Internet is the most vital component of the entire human (computer) experience. That's the place from where you download thoughts/ emotions and upload thoughts/ emotions all the time. It is a constant exchange. Both give and take happens continuously. 

Now tell me, which component is the most important? Which can you do without? 

Is it simple enough? For the time being; YES!! 

and ALL components are equally important. I need them all.