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May this find you well and happy. ********************************* This is Part 7 of your 12 segment weekly email course which you requested on "MIRACLES OF LOVE AND WISDOM based on a Course in Miracles" We are presenting you an number of chapters of this book. If you like the material you are receiving, you will want to get the whole book by Robert Elias Najemy which can be found as a pdf ebook at http://HolisticHarmony.com/ebooks/index.asp May you enjoy and benefit from it. ********************************** CHAPTER XVI WE DO NOT ALWAYS PERCEIVE WHAT IS FOR OUR OWN BEST INTERESTS We often function without discrimination at our own expense. Because of our lack of clarity about our real nature and our real purpose on earth, we make decisions based on our short- term and superficial benefit, and consequently, in the long run, undermine our health, happiness and inner development. We make decisions based on the facts that we have available to us. These decisions also depend on our beliefs about what we are and what is in our best interest. Both of these factors (facts and beliefs) depend on our perception of reality and on situations. As we have explained many times in previous chapters, our perceptions of the world around us are not true and clear. They are distorted by our beliefs and our conditioning and expectations concerning ourselves and the nature of the people and the world around us. INTERESTS OF BODY AND MIND Our decisions about what is in our best interest will depend on what, or who, we believe we are, and what we believe about the world. If we believe that we are these bodies and nothing else, then we will believe that whatever makes the body appear nice to others, or makes the body feel pleasure for a period of time, is in our best interest. It is logical for people who believe only in their body to waste tremendous amounts of time, money and energy chasing after superficial beauty or sensual pleasures, often at the expense of their health and inner spiritual development. Thus many people live a whole life making short-term decisions, based on this mistaken understanding of what is in their real interests, following blindly the desires, needs, fears, weaknesses and attachments of the body. A similar phenomenon exists among those who identify with their energy body. They think, act and decide on the basis of what will serve the temporary needs or weaknesses of the energy body. Thus, if they are tired they may decide to drink coffee, or eat sugar, so as to get a quick lift, without realizing that they are, in the long run, undermining the stamina and vitality of this energy body. Others become addicted to a non-harmonic flow of energy and live nervous, continuously active lives, unable to relax and harmonize the energy flow so as to have a more peaceful and creative flow of energy. Our greatest attachment, however, is to our personality. Those who believe they are the personality are very intent on having that personality recognized and approved by all whom they meet. They are capable of sacrificing their health, their happiness and their real inner needs simply to have the approval of those around them. They are willing to spend large quantities of time, thought, energy and money in order to get social affirmation. Others, who have a negative image of their personalities, will do whatever they can to create rejection and failure for themselves. They often develop self-destructive habits such as drinking, over-eating, taking tranquilizers, narcotics, cigarettes or indulging in other forms of self-defacement, which undermine their health, happiness and success in life. Those who are identified with their mental bodies become obsessed with dogmas, systems, knowledge, beliefs and "who is right" and "who is wrong". They often evaluate themselves, and others around them, on the basis of how much a person knows and not at all in terms of the person's sincerity, love or abilities in other areas of life. Such people will make decisions concerning the direction of their lives based on these half-truths that they have learned. They will make every effort to become recognized for their mental abilities, and will sacrifice many other more essential emotional, physical and spiritual needs just to get recognition for their mental abilities from others. THE OWNER AND THE VEHICLE We have already explained in previous chapters the difference between these bodies (physical, energy, emotional and mental) and the owner of the vehicles (the immortal soul). What is in the short-run interest of the vehicles is not always in the long-run interest of the soul. Many of us suffer from the web of identifications, mentioned above, and make our decisions based on their temporary needs. This is natural, for this is our habitual way of functioning, which we have learned throughout the centuries. Also these vehicles must be kept alive and functioning and balanced, which means that we have to attend to their needs. We cannot let our body go without food, or water for air for a long time. It would not be beneficial. On the other hand we cannot waste a whole life thinking of what we are going to eat. Many lives are eaten away by food or by thinking about what one will eat, or by what one is going to wear, or how one is going to satisfy one's various sensual desires. A whole life should not be wasted on such superficial activities, which are common even in animals. We must put those needs of the body and personality in their proper perspective and learn to satisfy our needs more and more from within so that we can go on to what is really in our best interest i.e. our spiritual unfoldment. Are the needs of the driver the same as the needs of the car? Are the needs of the owner the same as the needs of the machine? The car needs gas, oil and occasional service. It needs the proper type of gasoline that it has been created to function on. Neither can we fill it up with more than it can hold, nor do we spend all day long thinking about what type of gasoline we are going to put into our car. The body needs food, water, air, exercise, rest and relaxation. It needs a very special type of food, which it was created to function on - basically natural substances from nature, pure water and clean air. When we fill our body with a wide variety of unnatural and toxic substances, simply because we want to satisfy the momentary pleasure of the tongue, we are neither acting in the interests of the body, nor of the soul. (Only the tongue is pleased, and that for a short time). The driver needs the vehicle to function well, so that he can arrive at his destination spiritual enlightenment, and the expression of his latent abilities on earth through creative activity. The needs of the soul are growth, development, evolution, love, unity, wisdom, peace and creative expression. The soul does not need an over-full stomach, the over-stimulation of the bodyıs senses, closets full of clothing, boxes full of jewelry, plenty of money in the bank. Nor does it need to depend on, or get security from without. It needs to give, to love, to offer and to depend on its own internal power and share its inner beauty with the world around it. It needs to transcend the identification with the vehicles and once again experience its freedom from them and its blissful oneness with God and all of nature and all beings in all situations. The soul seeks growth and love and unity. The vehicles seek to take, protect themselves, and absorb energy and affirmation from their environment. Until the vehicles are placed in their proper relationship with the soul, the desires and needs of each are in conflict. When the vehicles are seen as divine instruments for the divine life of the soul, then the needs of all are in harmony. We eat to live, not live to eat. We attend to the needs of the body and mind through various techniques, which keep them in tune, so that we may think and function effectively. Until that harmony is reached, however, their needs seem to be in conflict. We are constantly called upon to make choices. Shall we take tranquilizers and relax our body by chemical means, simultaneously increasing our feelings of weakness and inability to face life? Or should we let go of the tranquilizers and start to stand on our own feet, even if it means a short period of increased suffering. We tend frequently to choose the easy, short-term solution rather than the real `soul-utionı, which is the development of our inner strength, love and wisdom. THE QUESTION OF SUPPRESSION There is a fad today to speak about the negative repercussions of suppressing feelings and desires. I agree that suppression is not the solution to our conflict of needs. I believe in transcendence as the real solution, but until we are able to transcend and grow out of certain needs, what can we do? In either case we will be suppressing; the personality wants the easy way out through pleasures and external affirmation. The soul, however, realizes that these are traps and wants freedom from them. It wants to proceed on and experience the freedom of expression, the joy which it knows is inherent within it. Thus we either suppress the personality or we suppress the soul. We have liberation organizations for a wide variety of groups of oppressed people, but I have yet to hear of the SLO, the Soul Liberation Organization. Everyone is talking about not suppressing the needs of the body and personality, but who is talking about freeing the soul from their oppressive behavior, in which they monopolize all the time, thoughts, energy and money for their own selfish needs, leaving no time or energy for the development of the soulıs real interests. So let us dispense with all this talk about suppression, and realize that, in fact, we are continuously suppressing the needs of our real self and that we will never be happy, until we start listening to what those needs are and start catering to them. This process of starting to tune into our spiritual needs and acting on their behalf is a gradual one. It would, in fact, be unwise to make drastic and large changes in our life style. We also would do well not to come into heavy conflict with our present needs and habits. Let us make whatever changes we can in our lifestyle without great conflict or pressure. The remaining negative habits, or attitudes, will gradually fall away as we start to experience greater fulfillment from within. They will ripen like the fruit on the trees and drop off by themselves. Thus I am truly not for heavy suppression of the personality, but neither of the soul. Without conflicting with our personalities we can see what time we can start spending on certain activities which will enhance our spiritual growth, such as exercises, breathing, relaxation, meditation, prayer, philosophical reflection, chanting, self-analysis etc. In this way, we will begin to experience that inner strength and fulfillment, which will lessen our need for superficial and temporary sources of peace or stimulation. This process of metamorphosis is like a delicate dance in which, at times, we have to push ourselves and make efforts, while at other times we have to be more relaxed and passive and flow with things. After a number of years of this dance, each will have learned the steps and all will flow harmoniously. This will develop into a sensitive combination of discipline and steadiness on the path, along with the freedom to flow in the moment without losing oneıs center. EVERYTHING EXISTS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOUL The clarity required to make the right decisions, about what is in our real interests, depends on our remembering that we are souls in the process of evolution, that we are temporarily on earth, that nothing belongs to us, that nothing outside of ourselves (including our family members) can give us the lasting peace and happiness that we are seeking, that all the objects and beings we see before us exist for only one reason -the evolution of all souls. No object or situation has any real value except for its use in realizing this purpose. With this in mind, we will make the right decisions and will act in our own best interests which, by the way, will never be in conflict with the best interests of the souls evolving around us. What is in their best interests as souls may conflict with the interests of their personality needs, but never with their spiritual needs. Until we realize the true purpose of whatever exists, we will relate to the objects and situations, and even to the people around us, in a mistaken way, at our eventual expense. We are like children who do not yet know the purpose of each object and thus put everything into their mouths. Everything is to be experienced through their oral contact; in this way they abuse many things. We smoke leaves rather than eat them; we eat animals rather than care for them and love them; we use alcohol to lower ourselves rather than try to raise our spiritual nature; we work to hoard money and objects rather than to better the quality of life on earth; we use our money for the benefit of our sensual pleasures and our affirmation needs, rather than for the eradication of hunger and suffering. We use our time, our most precious possession, for the satisfaction of momentary pleasures rather than for our spiritual evolution. Our wasted time can never be recovered. We become slaves to our possessions rather than their owners. We believe that we cannot live, or be happy, without them. We become slaves to our relationships rather than use them for the process of our mutual growth and freedom from ignorance. We misuse everything because we do not yet understand the purpose of our lives and the purpose of the existence of all that we see around us. Our purpose in life is to realize who and what we really are, and then to express that inner beauty here on earth, each in his own unique way. The many techniques we have often listed will help us to do exactly this. Let us be regular in our practice of meditation, prayer and self- analysis, and at the same time, let us see what we can do each day to offer a little more peace, happiness and love to the people around us. TECHNIQUE The following technique will help us to realize the above-mentioned truths in our daily situations. Sit with your eyes closed. Let various situations, desires, questions, decisions and problems flow through your mind. In each case try to understand what it is that you have been wanting to happen in relationship with this problem or situation or decision. Say to yourself, "IN THIS SITUATION INVOLVING ______________, I WOULD LIKE _____________ TO HAPPEN AND _________ NOT TO HAPPEN." With each answer that I would like __________ to happen and ___________ not to happen, ask the question, "AM I PERCEIVING MY OWN BEST INTERESTS IN THIS SITUATION? IS THIS THE BEST DECISION FOR MY REAL PURPOSE OF LIFE?" Do this for about three minutes, four or five times a day and more frequently when you have some important decision to make. You will gradually develop true spiritual discrimination, and will act always in accordance with your real interests as a soul in the process of evolution. Perform this technique for about one week before going on to the next chapter. Also use it at any time in the future when you have an important or difficult decision to make. To be continued ******************************** From the book "MIRACLES OF LOVE AND WISDOM" by Robert Elias Najemy which can be downloaded as an ebook pdf file or ordered from http://HolisticHarmony.com/ebooks/index.asp ******************************** B> ********* Membership is free and you can access 600 articles, chapters and ebooks for free.Become a Member********* Our Free ezine Claritygreater health, happiness and harmonious relationships. Click to subscribe/unsubscribe to Clarity E-zine May you be well on all levels of your being.
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