A weekly exercise

A weekly exercise

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

Last week’s exercise to “Step out of Yourself,” was an insight communicated to this writer from a Higher source. The message, direct and illuminating created the serenity of presence void of distractions from the Lower Self. As it often happens in daily life, the flame of Will can be extinguished well before it is able to sustain itself. This past week, I was not able to step out of my machine. In fact, imagination and identification swirled in an internal vortex for days. Fortunately, In the midst of this chaos, there were moments of Self-remembrance and by the end of the week many of the I’s were silenced.

From the Teacher, “ When friction is very intense, one may forget that it is a play; when it subsides one realizes the shock was to develop Higher Centers. We evolve not in spite of, but because of, friction.

And Rilke, “You see, I want a lot.Maybe I want it all:the darkness of each endless fall,the shimmering light of each ascent.

This week make an effort to accept friction that may come your way. Let Self-remembering guide the transformation of negative emotions. Just as the irritant creates a pearl and out of the mud grows the lotus, Higher Centers will emerge.

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