JUNE 07 ~ DAILY REFLECTION ~ from: ALONG THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT ~ by: Dr. David R. Hawkins. ►Every advance that we make in our awareness benefits unseen multitudes and strengthens the next step for others to follow. Every act of kindness is noticed by the universe and is preserved forever.◄ From: “The Eye of the I: From Which Nothing is Hidden” (2002), Chapter 8: Beyond Causality—The Spiritual Direction, p. 118 --------------------------------------- With Additional Context: --------------------------------------- The Spiritual Direction It is helpful to remember that neither Truth nor Enlightenment is something to be found, sought, acquired, gained, or possessed. That which is the Infinite Presence is always present and its realization occurs of itself when the obstacles to that realization are removed. It is therefore not necessary to study the truth but only to let go of that which is fallacious. Moving away the clouds does not cause the sun to shine but merely reveals that which was hidden all along. Spiritual work, therefore, is primarily a letting go of the presumably known for the unknown, with the promise of others who have done it that the effort is more than well rewarded at the end. On the earthly level, gold is not created but merely revealed by chipping away that which obscures it. One of the main spiritual tools is intention, which sets up priorities and hierarchies of values that energize ones efforts. Spiritual work is a commitment and also an exploration. The way has been opened by those who have gone before and set the possibility in consciousness for others to follow. Just as Roger Bannister broke through the M-field of the four-minute mile, so have beings of advanced consciousness left markers for others to follow. In turn, ►every advance that we make in our awareness benefits unseen multitudes and strengthens the next step for others to follow. Every act of kindness is noticed by the universe and is preserved forever.◄ When seen for what it is, gratitude replaces spiritual ambition. In traditional Buddhism, one seeks enlightenment for the good of all mankind; all gifts return to their source. In due time, ones spiritual intention and focus come to replace worldly ambitions and desires. It is as though one is progressively drawn into the Self as if there were a spiritual gravity acting by attraction. A style of knowingness replaces reason and logic, and intuitive awareness focuses on the essence of life and its activities rather than on goals or the details of form. Perception begins to change and the beauty of creation literally shines forth from all persons and objects. A simple scene may unexpectedly suddenly become overwhelmingly beautiful, as though revealing itself in three-dimensional Technicolor. There are moments when suddenly all is still and the experience of the quality of All That Is takes place within an all-encompassing Presence. It is this Eye of the I that gives the sense of reality to life. That which enables us to experience what we think of as an individual ‘I’ is actually the Infinite ‘I’. The radiance of God is the light of awareness that reveals the divinity of all that exists. In the stillness of the Infinite Presence, the mind is silent as there is nothing that can be said; all speaks for itself with completeness and exactitude. From: “The Eye of the I: From Which Nothing is Hidden” (2002), Chapter 8: Beyond Causality, pp. 117–118
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