Three Mystical Powers

12/2/2023

I deeply appreciate reading Three Mystical Powers written by Fred LaMotte. Reading this article, I got three precious gifts of living a full life.
First gift: Abandon noise making mind, noise of anger, fear, frustration, and resentment. By letting go of the noise in my mind I hear the sound of silence. In that silence I listen to my heart beats of love, compassion, and kindness.
Second gift: The joy of giving, of seeing the light of my Real Self.
Third gift: Liberating myself from the bondage of craving and lightening my self-created load. When I let go of my growth-binding breath, the door of my heart opens up to see the light and be free from deep darkness.
Walking on the path of awakening is not an easy journey for me. Sometimes I run into self-created walls, the walls that obstruct seeing the light of truth. I stumble and fall down and hurt myself and others in my life. Such stumbling wakes me up and I see the light of awakening and resume my pilgrimage of living fully and selflessly. This is a journey of Self-awakening, of Self-realization. From my falling I learn to get up and resume my path of Self-awakening. There have been times when my mind is filled with lots of noises of fear, frustrations and agonies. Daily practice of meditation and mindfulness helps me to listen to the space beyond the faintest sound. Self-discipline helps me to stay firm and steady in my journey of life.
Namaste!

3 Comments

Stacey Tomasello

12/2/2023 02:34:14 pm

Thank you Dr. Dave for providing the article and your own personal insight regarding the article this week. You said in your insight, "from my falling I learn to get up and resume my path of self-awakening", I may be generalizing, but most of us that attend Satsung on Saturdays connect with this or yearn to. It is extremely humbling and a relief to hear that someone who has been practicing self-awareness and self-actualization as long as you have may still face self-doubt, like we all do. Additionally, I love the perspective of diving into your physical self under stress, and receiving your next breath (mentioned in the article). Receiving your next breath, that is a powerful statement and perspective we all can continually learn from and work to employ daily. I feel that this perspective evokes humility and gratitude on a level with someone spiritually ready to receive it.

I hope you all had a wonderful week!

Maria

12/2/2023 02:47:54 pm

After reading the three gifts it brings up the insight that I need be more graceful with my receiving. Our society has taught us to take instead of learning to receive with appreciation. The awareness of listening to our heart gives us what we always need at the right moment. We do need to be patient and humble when we receive the breathe. I tend to hold my breathing or want to control it. This reading reminds me that in order to live with peace I need to give it love and attention. The breath is a door way to our inner and outer connection with all that is. It connects us to the ONE source. We touched on this concept last week and I see it in this reading. Much practice is needed to accept each breathe with conscious listening. Thank you for sharing!

Therese M Griffin link

12/2/2023 03:32:38 pm

Three Gifts: Abandon, Breath, Let Go by Rising

Before we can abandon anything, we need to embrace our problems and concerns. This morning I was preparing to attend a Spiritual Awakening process. As I was ready to leave, I couldn't find my driver's license and money clip. I searched everywhere in my pockets, counters, car, etc. I kept replacing my steps - the clip wasn't in sight.

I've been concerned with my forgetfulness. I was stressed. Once again, I misplaced something, forgotten a family's name, appointments, and now my license. I thought about driving without it. I became anxious because of a recent accident. We both received "no fault." Even though, I was hit on my driver's side door.

I walked to my recliner chair. As I sat quietly with my hands over my face, I was frustrated because when I mention this to others, many will say, "It's OK. It's normal everyone forgets." Are they hearing me?

As my tears started to flow, my conversation with God was, "God bless me. I don't know what to do." Then I remembered when I was a young adult an elder Irish woman told to say and repeat "Jesus was lost in the temple and he was found." As I quietly repeated the short prayer, I returned to look one more time. I found it under a book that I moved as I looked for something else earlier.

I drove to meet my process group, As I shared, I am grateful to celebrate 48 years of living clean and sober. Even with these many years, I continue to embrace my recovery group because many have the ability of Reflective Listening because of our own journey. Reflective Listening is the way we walk with each other without judgement while affirming each other of our Spiritual Awakening path.

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