OUT OF MATERIAL INTO SPIRITUAL

What we see is always ourselves.

It's never what we think it is...when we're fighting, struggling, resisting, after all's said and done, we're amazed to realize, the problem was within our own self to begin with.  And that's if we're doing it right.

If, however, we're thinking, "I sure showed him or I don't take nothing from nobody or she'll think twice before she comes after me again," we've just lost another round to ego.

What we see is always ourselves. There. That's the great cosmic truth, and the only way we ever come to believe that is by simply changing our minds...mental upgrade if you will. Out of the material into the spiritual.

In the reasoning mind world, developing healthy self-esteem is right up there at the top of our wish list. To develop healthy self-esteem we are taught that it is necessary to "take your own part," "stand up for yourself," "make yourself heard."

Healthy anything is better than unhealthy so we never negate healthy self-esteem, but we must change our minds about how we release our unhealthy and let our healthy walk free. Spiritual principles is the how-to key. Learning to live by spiritual principles, we walk free.

Remember...never forget...we must go beyond reason to love, and Eknath Easwaran's instructions for transforming consciousness (or, changing our minds) are profound. He writes,  "To begin...you have to look for the right spot [within yourself ]. In some people it is a particular compulsive craving; in some it is jealousy; in some, blind fury. Some may be fortunate enough to have all three." [Emphasis added.]

That is the nut, the going "beyond reason" core. For how can it make sense to feel "fortunate" to have compulsive cravings, jealousy, blind fury? We are fortunate to have these deep defects of character because nothing else would make us dig as deep as we must, trying to rid ourselves of them only to find complete defeat. This is our lesson...we can dig to the bone, but on our own we're not going to get free.

We must go beyond reason to a power greater than our own reasoning mind if we are ever to be free..."free of me." We must dig deep to be raised higher.

Thank you.