NOVEMBER 14 ~ DAILY REFLECTION ~ from: ALONG THE PATH TO - TopicsExpress

NOVEMBER 14 ~ DAILY REFLECTION ~ from: ALONG THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT ~ by: Dr. David R. Hawkins. ►The way out of conflict is not to try to eliminate the negative, but instead to choose and adopt the positive. To view that one’s mission in life is to understand rather than to judge automatically resolves moral dilemmas.◄ From: “The Eye of the I: From Which Nothing Is Hidden (2002), Chapter 5: Circumventing the Ego, p. 67 ---------------------------------- With Additional Context: ---------------------------------- What one witnesses in the world of human events is neither right nor wrong but the acting out of the energy fields of consciousness as they impinge and express through particular individuals under specified conditions of time and place. If we avoid the hypothetical positionality that people could be different than they are, we see that, in actuality, people cant really help being other than they are. If they could be different, they would be. Limitations define possibilities; the hypothetical does not exist; it is not a reality but an imagination. It is irrational to condemn human behavior by comparing it with the hypothetical ideal. Indignation gives way to compassion through understanding and brings into prominence the truth of the great historical statements, “They know not what they do,” or, “The only sin is that of ignorance”. Transcending The Negatives It is not very efficient or rewarding to ‘battle sin’ and get into a struggle to use ‘will power’ to overcome defects. These are already positionalities and traps that bind the mind in the dualistic error of the ‘opposites’. ►The way out of conflict is not to try to eliminate the negative but instead to choose and adopt the positive. To view that one’s mission in life is to understand rather than to judge automatically resolves moral dilemmas.◄ Professionals do this all the time. Doctors and lawyers will actually even tell their patients and clients that their job is to heal or defend and not to judge. The surgeon operates equally on the broken hip of the saint or the criminal. “It is not my position or function to judge in such matters,” is a common statement. Much relief is experienced when we realize that by adopting a spiritual life, righteous condemnation and the hate that ensues from it can be left to others. This pursuit of the spiritual ‘good’ benefits all mankind, and it could therefore be said to be the most praiseworthy vocation of all. The spiritual commitment then defines a distinct role that differs from that of the uncommitted person. It implies a different set of standards and focus of energy and attention from the ordinary seeking of the vanities of the ego and worldly accomplishments. One sacrifices material or egocentric gain for spiritual progress, and in so doing, the transient is subordinated to the permanent, and that which is of true value is chosen over that which is only an illusion. A yardstick that is helpful in making decisions is to project oneself ahead to one’s deathbed and ask, “Which decisions do I want to be accountable for at that time?” We know with certainty from spiritual research (which anyone can verify) that consciousness does not miss one single iota of life; all is to be counted and taken responsibility for, and nothing goes unnoticed or unrecorded. This is in general agreement with the totality of man’s experience and wisdom throughout all cultures and ages and is the common theme of all religions and spiritual teachings. From: “The Eye of the I: From Which Nothing Is Hidden” (2002), Chapter 5: Circumventing the Ego, pp. 66–68