Can you recall ever
been taught by someone who had the knowledge but had also experienced what they
were speaking of? Their whole body would be expressing the truth of what they
had to share, engaging, fully attentive, present, stimulating your mind. A
teacher who was able to impart such knowledge to you that you felt what was being taught?
I was participating in a trek one day. There was a gentleman who was
rather vocal and he talked with great authority about treks around the world.
Although he had not actually ever left Australia he was clearly well read in
the areas he was talking about. However it was a little like someone relating
statistics, there was no feeling or experience in his words. He was just
recounting what someone else had written.
Later that day we had a break for lunch and I found myself sitting next
to an older gentlemen. As we talked he shared some of his life’s experiences.
His work with sustainable agriculture had taken him to many countries. When he
talked of his travels he brought the countries alive, his words were infused
with feeling and meaning. When he spoke of the Himalayas he revealed the beauty
and magnificence of the mountains, beyond what any textbook could ever reveal.
Whilst the teacher is
able to provide the knowledge and the means of knowledge through his/her own
experiences it requires you the individual to use the gift of your thinking
mind to then reveal the truth of your own experiences for yourself. No one can
give you this knowledge. It cannot be bought or sold, it is priceless and we
each have it within us. Your destiny lies in revealing this for yourself. And
the result is more magnificent and liberating then anything you could imagine.
It brings you freedom from anxiety, emotional turmoil and unhappiness.
Each of us has a divine being within us, we feel this connection through
our intuition, our inner voice. Yet we bury this voice in the fear that we
manifest in our minds and move through life never quite revealing the
magnificence of the Self that we are, never quite realising our full potential
of grace and beauty.
We begin to
understand the inner self only when we start to understand who we are. The path
of Self Knowledge reveals the journey inwards to our ultimate destination, the
illumination of the Self, liberation from the bondage of your own mind.
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Close your eyes and come to the breath
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