“All answers are within.” Yes, but where?
Spiritual gurus repeat this phrase as a mantra:
“All the answers are within. All you have to DO is look inside.”
99% of spiritual seekers know that phrase. Why on earth then, are we still looking for answers in someone else?
Have you ever asked yourself what is the answer of 3+4? Do you hear the reply within you? That is the mind answering. Those answers aren’t the ones needed in this quest.
I am referring to Life questions which pertain to something which the mind will not know, through some rational explanation.
For instance: Do I get married with this person?
If you are waiting for a “yes” or “no” that will be the mind answering based on likes or dislikes. That answer is not worth a peanut.
Do I become a plumber or a scientist? The mind will respond one more time, based on pure conditioning. A “scientist” may win every time, but do you have what it takes to be one? or is merely some “positive thinking” game?
As shared many times, Life doesn’t work through reasoning or logic as we humans desire. We may need to distinguish between “society” and Life itself. There is a difference. One is man made, artificial, emotional although we call it “rational.” The other is not.
The important questions in Life cannot be properly answered through the mind. We need to find another way. That is the most important step a seeker will have to find for himself. I call it “gut feeling.”
Funny, that is an “American expression.” “My gut feeling told me not to do that.”
There is no logic there. Zero personal gain or convenience involved.
Then, the win/lose question arises:
What if I listen to my gut and then the answer is “wrong” and hurt myself?
In Life, we will experience duality all the time. I may have chosen “the right” partner to live with, I may think “i was right” based on some human created standard; but there will be very challenging issues, which otherwise wouldn’t be there as a consequence of “my choice.” Those issues could be true tests which will require lots of strength to overcome. Then, I may think to have been “wrong.” Life is a circle.
We do not see the whole movie. We like to live with only a pic of a particular time, when I smiled in front of the camera and label that as “right.” If we were able to look at the whole movie of our lives, then we could make a “decision”, but then; that decision could only fit what we have seen.
Have you watched the movie: “Avengers: End game”? If Tony Stark (Iron man) knew beforehand that he was going to be the one sacrificing his Life to save humanity, he wouldn’t have done it. Too much to ask for a human! He has things to “lose” like a wife, a daughter, his money etc.
In no more than one second, he “made the decision” during the heat of the battle. It was a true “gut feeling.” No time to think. What a blessing!
Therefore; no one makes a “choice” in Life, knowing the end result. It is a gamble.
Nevertheless, a “choice” in Life, coming from the mind; is not truly fulfilling. It does not bring out our full potential. It is about what is convenient, comfortable for “me.” Conditioning.
Through the gut, we may choose a challenging situation rather than something easy and obvious. Personally, you may feel to make the “wrong” decision; but in the Unlimited, the Universe; that challenge was the “right” choice. Your capacity will be challenged and there is nothing more fulfilling in Life.
The answers are within once we learn to put the mind out of the driver seat, and listen to that feeling coming from the gut. That discovery is a process.
That “gut feeling” is the direct connection that we have with Life, with our mission; thus once we learn to listen, we will have an adviser with us. All answers are within.
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