The old Mr., Mrs., and Miss so and so are gone, they were mere superstitions, and what remains is the ever-pure, the ever-strong, the almighty, the all-knowing-that alone remains for us, and then all fear vanishes from us. Who can injure us, the omnipresent? All weakness has vanished from us, and our only work is to arouse this knowledge in our fellow beings. We see that they too are the same pure self, only they do not know it; we must teach them, we must help them rouse up their infinite nature. This is what I feel to be absolutely necessary all over the world.
All truth is eternal. Truth is nobody's property; no race, no individual can lay exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls. But it has to be made practical, to be made simple (for the highest truths are always simple), so that it may penetrate every pore of human society, and become property of the highest intellects and the commonest minds, of man, woman and child at the same time.
And as Michael Singer would say...Reality [Truth] has no preferences. I need to remind myself of this again and again. Reality just is. Truth just is...I don't have the power to change it even if I wanted to. It just is. I can close to it as I found myself doing to the reality of this situation that unfolded in front of me. I can close in my attempt to change or resist that reality. I can suffer. Or I can realize that the sum of someone else's experience is different than the sum of mine....and remember "Who can injure us?". They cannot injure us...oh they can hurt our egos...our bodies...our minds. They can injure our attachments and our preferences but they cannot harm who we really are. Let them injure the preferences, the attachments, the ego. These things are only in the way of Truth. We can handle it all.
Prefer it all.
The Great Way is not difficult for those who are no preferences.
The Third Zen Patriarch
Anyway...that is why I am here sharing what I am sharing....to arouse this knowledge.
All is well! And may you have a blessed holiday.
Michael a. Singer (December 23, 2024) Overcoming Suffering through Acceptance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N89gHg73DQU&list=PLyOuAoSmZkKoESr2acNWwhznusbBkKXsT&index=1
Vivekananda ( n.d.) The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, 2.6 Practical Vedanta and other Lectures. Kindle Edition
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