-Adyashanti
Questions From A Shoe
I listened to Adyashanti last night on a You Tube Video ( man... I really do need to start collecting the information needed to cite those videos). He used this wonderful analogy to describe the fruitlessness of spiritual "seeking" or of taking the spiritual "path". He said if one of the shoes on your feet right now asked you, "What path do I take to be a shoe? Where do I go from here?", what would you answer? Most of us, who are attached to the idea of knowing, might answer with things like, "Take ten steps forward and turn left." or "Go up to the top of that hill like so many of the other shoes are doing." "Read this, listen to him or her, do that, change this way, get new laces" etc etc.
The Only Answers
But think about it. What can be the only answer you can give your shoe that resonates with the truth. Well there are two actually. The first is: "I don't know," which is always the truth right?...We do not know anything really. We just want to think we do because the idea of being knowledgeable and having the answers feeds the ego.
What happens, however, if we venture beyond the ego and think like the Being looking down at the shoe that is at that moment attached to it. Wouldn't the obvious answer then be...."Duh!!!! You are already a shoe! You go nowhere...you stay where you are. I am the Source and you are already connected to me."
What Path Do I Take? What Method do I use to Become Spiritual?
So when we ask, "How can I be spiritual and connected to my Source? Where is my best Self? What path do I take?" or more practically, "How can I be complete in joy and peace and Love?" it is kind of silly, right?
Yet we will see the majority of others around us who are travelling down one path or another shouting out, "Come this way!" or "Do what we are doing...this is the right path." We will be confused by all the so called paths to take. And if we look...we will see so many people are crowded together on many different paths seemingly going in many different directions. ...sometimes clashing and banging in to each other or fighting over which path and method is the right one. We will get even more confused.
We may also notice that there are a few "odd" individuals,sitting quietly off the paths others are so busy on, asking everyone where the heck they think they are going Few people listen to them, however, determining that they are just crazy.
Our Source, the Divine Essence we are looking for but actually still attached to, would have to be looking at us with that same roll of the eyes and the same sauciness in Its tone that the body has for the shoe (if it knew sarcasm) ..."Duh! You already are spiritual. You are Spirit. I already made you whole and complete, making Love, peace and joy the essence of who you are."
"Huh? How do I know that? Where do I go to know that?" we may ask again.
"You go nowhere." It and all those "odd" beings who are off the paths will answer," You stop and you sit and be still for awhile. Then you might know."
Just Stop and Know
I guess the point is...if we are moving, shoes or not, on a path...any direction has to be the wrong direction, any movement the wrong movement doesn't it? If we are moving at all...we are moving away from the thing we are seeking instead of toward it. Instead of moving and seeking, do we not then just have to sit and Be what we already are for awhile?
It is not about seeking, direction, taking the right path, moving or doing...it is just about recognizing and remembering. Those off -the-common path individuals may be 'odd' because they are doing something different than everyone else- by 'not doing'. Could we learn from them? They certainly have an important message to share when we are ready to listen. The more of us who catch on and begin to do what they are doing (or not doing), the better the world will be.
And of course, I opened up this morning to Lesson 114 of ACIM with, I am spirit! If we just knew that we wouldn't have to look outside ourselves or go anywhere, would we?
All is well in my world.
References:
Adyashanti video...You Tube
ACIM
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