In this world but not of it...
This is uncanny again. "Be in the world but not of it"...were the exact words on my mind over the last 24 hours.
I always had this strong inkling ever since I was tiny that I was not of this world, that I was a stranger in it and for that reason (amongst others) I never felt completely in the world or like I belonged to it. That feeling was one of the many things coming up from the closet of stuffed samskaras yesterday. And I was looking deeply at it in my objective observation.
I think not feeling comfortable in this human skin (the space suit that we inhabit while here) is partly responsible for a sense of insecurity and anxiety many of us feel as we tramp around. It also may be partly responsible for this very common experience many of us have of feeling like we are "different" and not enough. We have a sense of being strangers in a strange land. We spend our lives trying to assimilate and fit into this world to ease this innate sense of not belonging. That becomes our focus...how can we fit in to the human drama, like everyone else? So we focus on the human, the space suit we are in, and polish it and maintain it, decorate it, or hide it so it blends in...We do our best to build it up and to protect it.
We listen to the fear and heed it. We build preferences and expectations of how it should be out there to make it less "strange and uncomfortable" for this being inside the space suit. We, then resist so much of this experience of life as it unfolds in front of us. It isn't fun!We stuff so much stuff in here with us and it just gets more and more uncomfortable. So we resist more and stuff more.
Sigh!
Yes, we are in the world but not of it. We are temporarily here to experience this world, to taste, touch, see, hear, and smell all it has to offer as it passes through. It is meant to pass through. We are here to learn and to grow. We are here to stay open and enjoy it. And there is so much to enjoy!! Singer tells us that Planet Earth is God's idea of Disney World.
We are on this amazing planet with all these awesome experiences it has to offer for only a short time. It is a vacation we are meant to enjoy. These spacesuits are supposed to make that happen not imprison us! We were not meant to forget ourselves and identify with the space suit. We are the visitor inside the space suit!
Yes, we are visiting here for a number of years....just visiting, with this amazing opportunity to experience and enjoy this vacation land and all it has to offer. We are not the spacesuits...we are that which is inside it. If we put our focus on the being we are, remembering where we come from, rather than being all caught up in this overloaded suit and trying to fit into the world in the way our fear based mind tells us we shoud...we would be free. We would recognize our omniscient, ominpresent, and omnipotent nature. We would climb up on every ride that showed up in front of us and laugh, cry, scream, and even vomit our way through it...enjoying all of it. We would embrace this awesome opportunity whether it lasts ten years or 110 years...doesn't matter. ...we would enjoy Disney land.
That is what I was thinking about yesterday . Then I open up to yesterday's podcast and the title is " In the world but not of it." Go figure.
All is well in this world.
Michael A. Singer/ Temple of the Universe ( June 24, 2024) In the World but Not of It. https://tou.org/talks/
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