Desire without doubt + Focus without force
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdgO4UDrwm8
If you haven't read the book A New Earth, by Eckhart Tolle, I highly recommend it. It's the kind of book that can be read in 3 hours, but might take 3 years to fully understand, master and apply in one's life.
Above is the link where you can see and hear the author himself talk about the apparent paradox or dilemma of "wanting something intensely while being detached from the outcome, because you are already where you want to go."
Here's how I would summarize his paradox (of "doing nothing" while "intensely focusing" in the present moment):
Desire without doubt
+ Focus without force
= Success without strain
Along with spiritual teachers like Abraham-Hicks and Deepak Chopra, Eckhart is revealing thought-provoking spiritual teachings that could transform human lives and perhaps even civilization itself in a few decades.
Of course, these spiritual teachings have not yet become a spiritual technology (by "technology," I mean "crystallized knowhow").
Interestingly, such spiritual technologies are highly developed in India where spiritual traditions and practices -- also known as "inner sciences" -- have begun thousands of years ago.
In the West, we may be advanced in terms of "outer sciences" -- think, for example, of how NASA has been able to land a man on the moon. We might even, within two decades, be able to land a man on Mars.
But in terms of "inner sciences," we are still fumbling our way around, still groping in the dark.
So why are spiritual teachings so important for success in life?
I submit that success requires power (over self), and power comes from spiritual practice. Spirituality, by the way, should not be confused with religion.
In fact, spirituality is to religion what learning is to education. Religion and educational systems do provide benefits in the sense of creating stable structures and basic teachings to guide a young person, but it is only through personal effort and sincere striving that true spirituality and true learning occurs.
If power comes from spiritual practice, then how do we jumpstart this spiritual practice?
One simple way is to create your own daily ritual through which you can recharge your spirits at will. Mythologist Joseph Campbell advised that one create a special, "magic" place in one's home where this ritual can take place.
Some people engage in meditation for 10-20 minutes, others (like me) obsessively blog for half an hour! The important thing is to engage in an activity that somehow raises your level of awareness and helps you to experience "flow." (I highly recommend the book Flow - The Psychology of Optimal Experience, if you want to fully understand the intricate yet exciting dynamics of happiness in the moment).
If you haven't read the book A New Earth, by Eckhart Tolle, I highly recommend it. It's the kind of book that can be read in 3 hours, but might take 3 years to fully understand, master and apply in one's life.
Above is the link where you can see and hear the author himself talk about the apparent paradox or dilemma of "wanting something intensely while being detached from the outcome, because you are already where you want to go."
Here's how I would summarize his paradox (of "doing nothing" while "intensely focusing" in the present moment):
Desire without doubt
+ Focus without force
= Success without strain
Along with spiritual teachers like Abraham-Hicks and Deepak Chopra, Eckhart is revealing thought-provoking spiritual teachings that could transform human lives and perhaps even civilization itself in a few decades.
Of course, these spiritual teachings have not yet become a spiritual technology (by "technology," I mean "crystallized knowhow").
Interestingly, such spiritual technologies are highly developed in India where spiritual traditions and practices -- also known as "inner sciences" -- have begun thousands of years ago.
In the West, we may be advanced in terms of "outer sciences" -- think, for example, of how NASA has been able to land a man on the moon. We might even, within two decades, be able to land a man on Mars.
But in terms of "inner sciences," we are still fumbling our way around, still groping in the dark.
So why are spiritual teachings so important for success in life?
I submit that success requires power (over self), and power comes from spiritual practice. Spirituality, by the way, should not be confused with religion.
In fact, spirituality is to religion what learning is to education. Religion and educational systems do provide benefits in the sense of creating stable structures and basic teachings to guide a young person, but it is only through personal effort and sincere striving that true spirituality and true learning occurs.
If power comes from spiritual practice, then how do we jumpstart this spiritual practice?
One simple way is to create your own daily ritual through which you can recharge your spirits at will. Mythologist Joseph Campbell advised that one create a special, "magic" place in one's home where this ritual can take place.
Some people engage in meditation for 10-20 minutes, others (like me) obsessively blog for half an hour! The important thing is to engage in an activity that somehow raises your level of awareness and helps you to experience "flow." (I highly recommend the book Flow - The Psychology of Optimal Experience, if you want to fully understand the intricate yet exciting dynamics of happiness in the moment).
posted by Super Peter at 1:47 AM
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