Journey to Enlightenment Part 01

SR No.: 006996
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Chitrabhanu, Chetana Catherine Florida, Nirmala Hanke, Raksha Penni Helsene
Publisher: Create Space
Publication Year: 2008
Total Pages: 142
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 4 MB

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Though your progress may not be so obvious, you are digging deep down in the subconscious mind, and little by little you are reducing unpleasant vibrations and adding right vibrations to living life.
We see that life does not come from matter but life animates matter. At the same time, matter helps life to evolve, fulfill, and express itself. As milk gives color to water and water surrenders to milk and they become one, so matter and soul are so close that it is difficult to distinguish where one is and where the other is. So we see oneness.
According to this philosophy, matter and soul have been together from beginning-less time. In subhuman forms of life, matter dominates, weighing down soul energy like mud holding down a naturally buoyant gourd. With human consciousness, matter and soul live side by side in partnership.
As man becomes increasingly aware of his intrinsic quality and of his capacity for spiritual growth and freedom, soul becomes master, using matter in creative ways rather than allowing matter to dominate. When soul ascends to its natural state, it is buoyant like an empty gourd, using body for a purpose: to carry conscious energy to fruition and fulfillment.
Matter and Soul
Now let us experience the dynamic interrelationship between matter and soul in our interrelationship with the universe. To pass even one day in any form, from the least to the greatest, we must have universal help. The whole universe is helping us survive and we have the capacity to transform and transmute anything we receive from the universe into life. Air becomes breath, food becomes blood and cells to build our existence.
From one single cell, our relationship with the universe started. When we realize that without universal help we could not have evolved nor could we live a single day, something in us lets go and melts. Our relationship with the universe becomes flowing and natural. We stop withholding ourselves. We no longer do things to get thanks or praise. We do not act out of obligation. Rather, we act out of genuine feeling of sharing with harmony.
We flow in a reciprocal way with the universe as we see each microcosm receiving from all others help and support and communication: "Parasparo Upagraho Jivanam" - Giving each other mutual help we cause each other to grow. This aphorism of the ancient Tattvartha Sutra expresses beautifully our place in the universe and our relationship with others. It helps us appreciate the innumerable hands helping us to live and grow, both materially and spiritually. It invites us to see that where there is giving, there is receiving. Where there is receiving, there is giving, and where these two are, there is growth.
As we receive, we give of ourselves in return, naturally, without motive. How? First by knowing our self and then by building a bridge between ourself and all the selves. By meditating and asking: "What do I really need? How much do I need?"
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