My mind is trying to accept that it is already December. Not only that, it is the last month of 2011. The year will soon be gone, finished, over with forever. We’ll refer to it as ‘Hey, remember what happened back in ’11?’ Coming soon is…ta! ta!…2012—the year of destined great changes that affect all.
Actually,
from our own individual perspective, the primary thing that matters,
isn't it, is how we and our loved ones are affected. This is only natural. And the very best part is, it is an infallible and immutable truth that we have the power to determine in advance how any situation will affect us.
We do not have the power to determine what happens to us. Whatever happens to us is determined by karma. However, thankfully, karma has no power over what happens in us. This is determined wholly by us alone in the present moment.
The
trouble is that most people fail to recognize that they actually
possess this power, and when we do not actually exercise our God-given
free will, our perception and experience is determined by whatever
patterns and tendencies we habitually live by.
In each new moment the universe presents us a completely clean slate to begin from. If we chose to, and exercised appropriate will power, we could create a beautiful new reality right here and now. Instead,
we habitually bring the past over and superimpose it upon the
present. This way, we never consciously realize we could easily change
something if we simply used our innate and inherent power to determine
our own intention--something new, more expanded, and more pleasant than
before--along with the will power necessary to implement it.
It is all so simple. Yet,
while knowing this and agreeing with it wholeheartedly, we rarely are
conscious enough of what we are doing and thinking in the present moment
to ever apply the principle in any practical way.
Yesterday on Facebook I posted, ‘
We are what we think,
having become what we thought.
Like the wheel following the cart pulling ox,
Sorrow follows an evil thought.
And joy follows a pure thought,
like a shadow faithfully tailing a man.
We are what we think, having become what we thought.
~~The Dhammapada (believed to have been written by the Buddha)
having become what we thought.
Like the wheel following the cart pulling ox,
Sorrow follows an evil thought.
And joy follows a pure thought,
like a shadow faithfully tailing a man.
We are what we think, having become what we thought.
~~The Dhammapada (believed to have been written by the Buddha)
We have space for a couple of exchanges from last month’s comments. I truly recommend reading through them. The heart of the blog is the comments, not the entries. I look forward to the comments that will come in this month as well, and to interacting with you. Now I’ll post my responses to a couple of recent questions relevant to this blog entry.
Chris,
there is no directive in the course to use creative power to change
anything about your life, especially if it is perfect as it is and you
have no desire to change anything.
That
principle is only for people who are displeased with some aspect of how
their life is currently manifesting, and who need to know the principle
for the transformation of some condition or situation to something that
is more helpful and dharmic—or what is for the good of all, which is in
truth the primary aspect of dharma.
If
you see everything as perfect all the time, then you can think whatever
you want all you like. Or you might not think at all, who knows?
Of
course all feelings serve various functions and purposes. This
is explored with great clarity in the lessons of the course. Fear has a
purpose, anger has a purpose. However, some people have the misfortune
of fear and/or anger imposing themselves upon them unnaturally, and
experiencing fear and anger when it is totally unnecessary and serves no
purpose other than to bring them down to a more fearful and contracted
state.
The principle deals with the unwanted and unnecessary fear and anger, not the useful and necessary kind.
When
reading the lessons, it is important to read everything in the context
in which it is presented, as well as seeing each statement or
contemplation from the highest or most expanded perspective possible.
Perspective is everything when it comes to how we see what.
Chris was not satisfied. He wrote back to say, , 'My whole personal beef with the whole "creating your own reality" thing is that it could be used as an ego trip.'
Neither of us knew at the time was that this would be the inspiration for the current blog entry. I responded:
I
truly understand your 'conflict' with the 'creating your own reality'
thing. It sounds like a lot of other things that have left a bad
impression on some, like 'The Secret,' for example, which many people
liked a great deal, but which many didn't, for the same reasons you
bring up yourself--that it wasn't really the highest approach to
spiritual development.
Here
is the reason I present the principle in the early part of the course:
We use this Creative Power all the time anyway, only we do it
subconsciously, according to conditioned patterns—which are primarily
and persistently thinking about and creating the very things we do not want and which do not serve us or anyone around us in any positive way.
Since
we use this power anyway to create all our troubles and obstacles in
life, why not be conscious of it and its true potential? Truly, most
people are totally unconscious of the principle, even though they
unknowingly use it to create their own personal life, including all that
is difficult about it.
If you create your reality through what you predominantly think, don't you want to know about it? Don’t you prefer to actually know what you are doing?
The
first year or two of the course, while presenting the highest
principles of the Truth of Being right from the beginning, also focus on
helping us to get our physical lives in order, so that we can enjoy
harmony and prosperity in daily life. Only then are we truly ready, open, and receptive to delve into deeper principles.
We
can't be committed to our own spiritual path if we are constantly
distracted by egotistical melodramas in the mind, which result in a
disorderly and largely dysfunctional life.
As
mentioned, everything is revealed from the beginning. Nothing is held
back for later. It's just that, two years after first reading Lesson 1,
you go back and read it anew and you are amazed at all that is in there
that you didn't even notice the first time through. This is because your
awareness is now awakened and expanded to such a degree that you can
literally see things that you once just couldn't bring into your
consciousness. A
greater clarity arises—which we know as ‘The Evolution of Wisdom,'
which is an early section of the course that explores much that must be
understood before true progress is possible.
Basically,
it is that everything we know and understand can be known and
understood on a more expanded level. That is why the course is not about
‘presenting new information.’ There is no new information available anywhere, unless you are interested in scholarly pursuits.
The
course is about the generation and reception of an elevating energy
that expands our perspective from the inside, and presents us with an
entirely new vision and experience of life. Of course, this can neither
be truly comprehended or accepted without the actual experience of the
course. This is why Lesson 1 is freely available to anyone who requests
it.
Enjoy your holidays.
For information about the Course of Training written by D. R. Butler and available by email—along with a free Lesson 1 so that you can experience what happens for yourself—write: drbutler.course@gmail.com
French: drbutler.course@gmail.com
Source: http://truthofthepresentmoment.blogspot.com/2011/12/special-holiday-gift-especially-for-you.html
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