Seeing the Perfection
Many of us in our everyday lives wish that circumstances were different. We become frustrated even at times when things are looking particularly grim. However, things are not as bad as they may seem, or as bad as some of us make them out to be.
Life is Perfect. Let us start with that. We are perfect as well, yet many refuse to even believe that. All of which occurs in our everyday lives has meaning. But life matters not, for we must place importance on what we see to be important... what we want to matter. There is not a moment that occurs that is not useful, that is a "waste of time". It is not easy to see during hard times, but practicing this will help you to go with the flow in a sense.
As I said, Life is Perfect. Every situation where you feel saddened, frustrated, heartbroken, or depressed, by, understand that it is simply not as terrible as it seems, for there are grander things in life. In accepting this you may find that whatever emotion you were feeling, may simply vanish.
Along with the situation! If you spend your time in despair over a situation then it won't go away. Wanting it to go away is accepting that it is still there! So simply let go. Let go of the anguish, let go of the need to change, and things will change.
This is the great paradox that accompanies emotion. In wanting, it will not come. In seeking, you will not find. In fearing, you experience what you fear! In all of these, your mind is then accepting the fact that what you are after, you do not currently have. So, you may wonder, how does one change this so that a situation occurs, as you would actually like it to. This is very simple. You cannot give what you do not have. In giving, comes the realization of having.
If you seek happiness, give it to another, so that in doing so you realize that you had happiness in the first place.
If you seek love, give it to another, so that in doing so you realize that you had love in the first place.
If you seek inner strength, give it to another, so that in doing so you realize that you had inner strength in the first place.
If you seek wisdom, give it to another, so that in doing so you realize that you had wisdom in the first place.
If you seek basic needs, give them to another, so that in doing so you realize that you had them in the first place.
Of course, there is a flaw in this method. If you give simply so that you can receive, you are once again accepting the fact that you do not have it, because your goal is getting it. The trick to getting what you want is not in putting all your effort into getting it, but in realizing that you had it all along.
This is the Perfection of Life that we have been given.
...Jedi Streen
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