| A friend I hadn't spoken to for a while phoned me | | | | things (which Byron Katie terms 'their business') onto |
| today. We did a lot of catching up - as you do - and | | | | our own inner negative feelings (till they subside and |
| then I noticed that there was a theme to the | | | | naturally become more accepting of reality as it is) eg |
| conversation, a bug bear he had, you could say. | | | | 'this world is falling apart', 'people are on the |
| He spoke about the times that we are living in and | | | | scrapheap now' etc (which Byron Katie terms 'our |
| how they are changing. He told me of various people | | | | own business'), we shift into the spiritual dimension. |
| he knew who were professionally qualified but now | | | | This is the misnomer. |
| 'on the scrapheap', and 'they didn't even know why'. I | | | | Most people think that we should be positive. But this |
| said knowing why you're bankrupt doesn't materialise | | | | is false. |
| the dosh. | | | | This is like putting icing on top of a cake made of |
| (The same as in counselling - yes, it's certainly useful | | | | mud. So you don't see the mud - does that mean it's |
| to a certain extent to know why you have a | | | | not there? Does that mean the icing is the only taste |
| deep-seated pattern (ie childhood issues), but only to | | | | you will have when you take a bite of the cake? No, |
| a certain extent. After that, you go round in a vicious | | | | most certainly not - the icing will be mixed with mud! |
| circle regurgitating the same old, same old. At some | | | | We have to get real. As an aside, I love humour. And |
| point a change has to occur. Knowing why something | | | | I'm afraid that Ali G's humour just has me in stitches. |
| happened doesn't change it, it just explains it. | | | | I also align with his motto of 'Keep it Real.' Indeed! |
| Explanations help, but the real shift occurs after such | | | | Authenticity is the challenge. |
| knowledge is gained and we take responsibility for | | | | Keeping the finger pointed outside of us, only means |
| our own pain.) | | | | we remain stuck in the material, physical plane, and |
| Anyway, he then asked me, 'So why do you think | | | | ultimately give away our own innate Divine power. |
| things have become the way they are?' I said 'When | | | | The spiritual dimension does mean being honest and |
| the spiritual dimension is missing no proper | | | | authentic. Oh dear! This is where many people are |
| understanding can ensue, and the mind will become | | | | least willing to travel. But you know the phrase of |
| locked in a circle of non-understanding, which can lead | | | | the 'road least travelled'? This is the true way of |
| to resignation and finally depression. | | | | inner freedom. |
| At this point, the conversation came to a halt - I | | | | The spiritual dimension is seeing the knowing that |
| guess it's uncomfortable to talk about things in this | | | | already exists within. Seeing the peace that we |
| way. | | | | already are, regardless of circumstance. Seeing the |
| Now, what do we mean by 'the spiritual dimension'? | | | | negative tendencies that most of us have engaged in |
| This is no other than who we are intrinsically. | | | | for many a long year. |
| As we bring our focus away from outer people or | | | | It means keeping it real. Can you be so? |