By the Sweat of Your Brow?

 By the Sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.

Genesis 3:19 ESV

Most of us live by the sweat of our brow because we decided, like Adam and Eve did, to seek gratification from the outer world instead of  relaxing into our true nature. We now spend these precious lives we have been given manipulating  Life and demanding that it should be a way that makes us feel good inside... It is exhausting hard work and it doesn't have to be. We already have what we need for ultimate peace, joy, bliss, and love inside us but we covered it up with our outer world pursuit of happiness...and we closed to the reality that was unfolding in front of us. 

So what should we be doing, crazy lady?

We now need to get rid of the stuff that is in the way of us experiencing the God-given "more than okay" that radiates from the inside.

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We need to stop resisting Life when it unfolds in a less than favorable way in front of us. We then need to relax and open up into what is...whatever it is... withoutout preferences or aversion.

Getting what you want is so overrrated it is ridiculous...handling reality however is a different thing all together.

We need to recognize that the stuff we stored inside us is running and ruining our lives.  We need to get rid of it.  We need to purify. Purification has to become our number one priority. I tell myself often, "I can't be who I Am without getting rid of this stuff inside me (samskaras)". 

At some point it has to stop being "all about me".

Stop serving yourself...start serving Life. 

We need to ensure that our life choices are based on "pure" reasons...not just to avoid pain and discomfort. We need to learn to stay open in the face of everything Life hands us...this will help us to purify.  Running away, stuffing and storing, resisting doesn't. 

Don't ask for the things that open you, ask for freedom from closing tendencies

It isn't easy, let me tell ya... I am still wiping the sweat from my brow...but I know now that I did this to myself with my external world focus. I now need to clean up the mess I made inside. There is no other way to the unconditional peace that surpasses all understanding. I am willing to put up with the discomfort required to cleanse so I can stay open to whatever Life offers me. What about you?

All is well in my world.

Michael A. Singer/ Temple of the Universe/ Sounds True ( July 31, 2025) Why Spiritual Experiences Are Not Enough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJvRN99tcdQ&list=PLyOuAoSmZkKoESr2acNWwhznusbBkKXsT&index=1