Monthly Archive for December, 2007

Dad, What is Enlightenment?

Published
by
Ben
on December 31, 2007
in Enlightenment
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A father and son sit down at the kitchen table and the son asks,

“Dad, what is Enlightenment?”

“Well, son.” The father said. “Let me explain it by telling you a story about a bear.

When you were young, your mind was like a meadow.

There were no animals, no bird, just some grass and a few flowers.

Everything was so peaceful and tranquil that it seemed like heaven.

Until one day, a little bear cub arrived in your meadow.

Now, you don’t really know how he got there or where he came from.

But let me tell you, he was one hungry bear cub!

And what do you do with hungry bear cubs?

You feed them! Or they will get very grouchy.

So day after day you fed your bear cub, until he became a full grown bear.

But by now, this bear is a terror!

He snarls at everything in your meadow, whether it really bothers him or not.

If he’s hungry and if you don’t feed him right away, he’ll tear up everything! He uproots all your flowers, and does everything he can to be a pain.

And even when you feed him, he’s still grouchy! He get so angry and jealous when you’re not paying attention to him that when you wake up, you’ll find everything in ruins.

While you do everything you can think of to placate the bear, but he only behaves for a little while before he gets out of control again.

You see son, the bear is like our ego. Even though its hard to remember, before the ego came into our mind, it was tranquil. Our lives were peaceful, and we didn’t have much to worry about.

But somewhere along the line, a bear came along, and before too long, started tearing things up and causing a big fuss.

Enlightenment is realizing its silly to have a bear in your head to begin with.

Why Surrender?

Published
by
Ben
on December 30, 2007
in Inspiration and Self-Empowerment
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Ah, sweet surrender.

Such a blissful, liberating experience.

You’re connected with your flow, love and life pours out of your effortlessly as falling water.

The world is your oyster and you discover new desires, new pleasures, new sources of joy in every moment.

You can’t imagine being in a state other than what you organically are.

Or can you?

To most, including myself, surrender is seen as a weakness.

Because to surrender means to give up, to give in.

And why would we want to give up and become sissies!

Surrender.

This took some time to wrap my own head around, but when I began to surrender, more and more you begin to see the benefits of it.

1. You find that what you are holding on to, so tightly with such immense force, really wasn’t anything to begin with. It either dissipated naturally, or you laugh at yourself for holding onto something so foolish after the fact.

2. Your energy flows. Your well-being flows. Your life flows more effortlessly, and you begin to find that life is certainly a lot easier when you just let it be! You connect to your natural passions with ease, and your health is restored and you find peace.

All of this simply from surrender?

Think about it from an energetic standpoint.

If you are feeling something negative, or upset or creatively blocked in some way, your energy is not allowed to flow in a natural, healthy way.

Your body manifests these energetic blocks as disease.

Your mind manifests these energetic blocks as creative blocks.

Your emotions manifest these as emotional stagnation.

And your spirit manifests these as feelings of disconnection.

When you surrender, you feel a whoosh!

Your energy is able to correct these diseases and imbalances.

Energy goes where it needs to, and fills the areas that you need it most.

When you ’surrender’ or let go, or allow, or permit, you are allowing your own Source energy come in.

And that Source energy can affect your life in profound ways.

Of course since it is Source, you begin to align with your Higher Self naturally!

See how it all becomes so easy?

When you allow your Source energy, when you allow and surrender to it, all that can result is natural well being in all areas.

How else can it be so?

All that would be left is Source energy, and it can only bring well being.

So give surrender to your higher feel good energy a try. I have seen profound changes in my life as a result, and you will find that you naturally align with your purpose, desires, and well being.