Abandoning Attachment

 Life is about relationships the most important being that to the unified state through love of self and awareness of our connection to all others.

In a world where value and safety are found outside of the self, let alone the unified self, we tend to forget to step back from our addiction to immediate gratifications we can so easily purchase or binge in 3D reality.

In our consumer culture it is difficult to navigate the vital philosophy of non-attachment. I find myself desperate at times to hold or consume something tangible when in fact it is more a 3D emotional (intangible) gratification that I desire to fulfill.

In meditation I have found the key. Allowing myself to observe my thoughts and feelings and release them has allowed more divinity to flood my awareness and dissolve the stress of illusion.

I would like to place a sign above my doorway to remind myself each day to “abandon all expectations and move forward with compassion” so that I might better present myself to the world with integrity.

The 4 Agreements  ask that we:

1. Be impeccable with our word

2. Don’t take anything personally

3. Don’t make assumptions

4. Always do your best

The Reiki Precepts dedicate:

Just for today: I will not be angry, I will not worry, I will be grateful, I will do my work honestly, I will be kind to all creation

The Ho’oponopono prayer for self forgiveness states: I’m sorry, please forgive me, (I forgive you), thank you, I love you.

And the Lord’s Prayer ask that we “untie the knots of failure binding us as we release the strands we hold of others’ faults” in other words forgive ourselves and others’ debts by actively behaving with compassion and treating others, and our selves, as we would want to be treated.

The Golden Rule is cross cultural and vital to a necessary and functional spiritually evolving humanity.

And yet I struggle with anger.

Old habits of victimhood deeply ingrained in my survival instinct still whine to be nurtured.

But like any trainer will tell you, you cannot reward bad behavior. Communication is key to resolving old habits that no longer serve you, but reward is anti progressive in strengthening the new neural pathways to releasing these undermining habits and allowing yourself freedom to move on and be present.

What I struggle with most is the need for external validation. This is especially potent in my ability to communicate my spiritual mission. I feel abandoned by those who witnessed it. My spiritual awakening was so intense I still feel I am coming to terms with it. On top of the intensity, the person who witnessed it (and actively communicates with Spirit) said he would help me has been silent to my attempts to communicate. I fell into despair and became angry, which further spiraled me into doubt. And yet all that was revealed to my by Spirit has come true.

It hurts to feel ignored or abandoned by people but the truth is it wasn’t the human who delivered the messages and guides me on this path, it is Spirit. And that is the lesson: to trust yourself and not expect or seek outside of yourself how to better connect to the divine. The only true road map is inward focus and an open heart.

It is not he, the human person, I seek anyway. It would have been nice to have someone to talk to but ‘I am’ is ‘no one’ and that is a lesson too. The point of the human journey is to learn lessons that allow us to remember our Source (love) and reconnect with our ‘inner child of humanity’ (our god-spark); each path is unique. The only path to a unified state is through inward reflection that sheds us of our physical attachments to tangible and intangible human materials such as time, money and recognition.

What divine connection can I gain by becoming just another cog in a consumeristic machine? The best and only advice necessary was to read his books, and I have, so what more is there that I need from him? He is on his own path and I doubt our paths will cross again. We each have unique paths to finding ‘The Way’ as Jesus called it. Allow yourself the luxury of a distraction free and joyful pursuit of reconnecting with the true Source, Love is the word and answer. Let go and receive.