I'm leaving on a jet plane. Don't know when I'll be back again...
Sorry...can't remember who sang that
Those words came to mind when I was listening to Michael A. Singer's podcast. Why? He mentioned how Yogananda taught that there was a jet plane path to growth..."Kriya Yoga is the jet plane route to God". Our mission, whether we know it or not, is to get to God, to get to the truth and to remember who we are at the deepest level. How do we do that?
We can do it the hard slow way or the super sonic jet way. We do it the hard, slow way by living like we are living now...feeding and clinging to this idea of "me" and this idea that "this is my life". This ideation leads us to take whatever we can from life, the planet and each other as if we have a right to. Well, I have learned the hard way, that attempting to attain peace through the getting what "me" feels it needs doesn't get me very far. Feeling we are entitled to take all "me" needs from the material world is going to lead to winning a few, losing a lot; smiling a bit, frowning a lot; laughing a bit, crying a lot...all in reaction to what is unfolding in front of us...but it is never going to make us happy as Self realization will. And no matter how hard we try or how hard we suffer...we will never be able to make life go the way we think it should. Life is going to be Life . Life is going to do what Life does, with or without our intervention.
Yogananda taught that we can grow and evolve the fast and sure way through choosing Self realization over "me-me" satisfaction. In order to do that..we need to leave our sense of entitlement behind , hop on the jet plane to God and go farther and higher than we ever imagined possible by allowing Life , in whatever form she shows up, to fly us there.
We are just guests here, having this amazing opportunity to observe and participate in this human experience. We own none of it. It all belongs to Life...even our bodies belong to Life and they will do what they will do. It all belongs to the Source of creation ...not us. So why do we feel compelled to claim pieces of it for this "me"to control it and change? It isn't ours!
Can you imagine being invited to this amazing vacation resort by loving owners. And as soon as you get there you start marking off sections of the property and calling it your own. Imagine going around telling everyone: staff, owners, guest how they should be and act so as not to disturb you? Maybe you'll start rearranging all the furniture, on the pieces of property you were kind enough to leave to others, so it suits you best? Imagine trying to do something about the way the sun is setting over the ocean you view through your window...because you see that it could do it better? Can you imagine spending more time writing negative reviews because it rained or the soup was cold and then hanging onto those reviews in your head so you can go home and tell everyone what was wrong with this place..., instead of appreciating the opportunity and the adventure you have been given, (free of charge), to experience? Hellooooo... Is that not what we are doing here?
We must let Life do what Life will do around us and to us. Things will be challenging at times. Things won't always turn out the way we want them to. It is going to rain. People won't always like us. We will lose sometimes. That is just the way it is going to be. Resisting, struggling against, grasping from, clinging , pushing away because of that reality is futile anyway. We can claim none of it, hold onto to none of it, stop none of it.
Enough with trying to live to feed the "me"! Time to feed the spirit by allowing Life to be Life as we learn and grow with each experience. Every challenge will help us to evolve faster. If we could see that potential in our challenges we would welcome instead of resist them.
Let go of the "me". Leave it behind at the gate and jump on that jet plane to Self realization.
All is well
Michael A. Singer/ Temple of the Universe ( May 29, 2023) The Vector of Letting Go. https://tou.org/t
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