Message #30550

[guest88]

I've been thinking about your concerns this morning and had a thought, from my recent adventures in reading wisdom from both inayat khan and yogananda...

the limited self and the unlimited soul, both reality, which reality do we mainly reside in?

as the unlimited soul, we place faith in God as the do-er of action, the teacher of life and the ever-new source for bliss and inspiration. with faith in god we see that everything is perfect as it is- there is no trial we can not endure- that such lessons our souls asked for-

so why is it hard to see, in the moment? because we are more than often identified as the limited self.

as the limited self, we believe we are the sole do-er behind the action and accept both the joyous and miserable outcome to be a part of our being. such experiences are often short lived and we're left chasing some other form of happiness outside ourselves and many times we are crushed by the weight of insecurity or fear...

since we are both a limited self and an unlimited soul i don't think god is asking us to constantly suck on the tit of the mother nor is he asking us to abandon our parental guidance... such contrasting reality is for the purpose of growth...

concerning christ and the trials he endured... i suspect that as man, even as one so enlightened by the spirit, that his faith was put to such a test... yet his faith never wavered, even as the limited self cried out... as it often does... and after the release of his physical body- something tells me it all made sense to him, to be where he is now, and that his soul was ready for it- even if that was hard to see during the actual judgement.

with faith in god, our little selves and their problems seem trivial at times...
though, i don't think that's the reality either... but it's important to realize just how identified with those little things we've become as it clouds our vision and our ability to remember what we truly are...