A weekly exercise

A weekly exercise

Each week an exercise will be posted for the aim of living consciously.

Consider each of our machines as a large vessel. At birth, this vessel only contains essence. A new life pure and unencumbered. As days and years pass, the vessel fills with layers of false personality, ego, opinions, judgement, imagination, identification, negative emotions and endless thoughts. When we are not in a conscious state, when we are not self remembering, these hundreds of thousands of random I’s keep us from Presence and ultimately the reality of Higher Centers. We as students make effort everyday to live in the present. To separate from the trappings of the Lower Self. As our Teacher has said, “Presence is who we are, and it can make more effort than ever.”

Although our vessels contain remnants of the past, each new day, each present moment offers us the gift of returning to essence.

“Make the present moment your center of gravity, the place you return to for balance, your home.” P.D. Ouspensky

This week, make an aim to fill your Vessel with that which nourishes your soul. This could be a beautiful impression, love of a person, an act of service, acceptance, or a positive thought. When we live in these conscious moments, we are in Higher Centers.

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