I’ve been given clues as to which external actions I’m supposed to take (eating, breathing, finding shelter, sleeping, etc.)
Internally, however, things are up for debate. External spirituality never appealed to me (rituals, rites, checklists and dos and don’ts that ensure I don’t burn for eternity, or spend endless incarnations where I’m tortured for what I did, but unable to remember it or knowing exactly how many hours I need to meditate, or how many good deeds I need to do to nullify karma so I can stop living out torturous incarnations).
So I began to entertain the premise behind most (if not all) of these belief systems. What if there’s a hidden benevolence that forms reality, one that is truly unconditional, and doesn’t require me to play an ambiguous and torturous game of Simon Says (navigating an ambiguous series of conditions that are hierarchically organized)? Being omnipotent, I’m willing to bet it wouldn’t need defending. Being omnipresent, I’m willing to bet I wouldn’t need to search for it. Maybe I’d just need to internally stop resisting it. Or, in proactive terms, allow it to come forth. That made more sense to me.
So internally, to keep things simple and unambiguous, I gravitate toward the basic recommendations. Be present. Surrender. Be empty. Trust things will be okay without any concrete rationale.
It seems to work better than condemning, justifying, yearning, categorizing, etc. It’s also less stressful. For me, anyways.
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