Return to the Essence with Shivallah Dharma
20 NOVEMBER 2023
WAY OF TRUST ~ Part 1
“Returning to the innocence and courage of the heart”
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I have no intention as to how this article should begin, but in the long run, it doesn't really matter. Why? Because the one who is reading this, is the real story that has to be remembered and engaged in. And I trust that what is about to be read will do exactly that as you receive these words, as an energetic invitation.
So let us begin...
To bring about a significant and transforming change in one’s life, in whatever area we need, it is necessary to have our consciousness brought into the present moment. To be brought into an awareness of being consciously present within this timeless presence. The purpose for such a focus is to simply step out of the process of habitual thinking and emoting. To be vitally alive, radiant, and poised in being. To re-experience the innate freedom, the spaciousness and the peace that comes with the territory of our essential being. The reason for this is that our authentic being, rather than the personality matrix, exists as the embodiment of life in this one and only moment called “Here-Now”.
Hence the effortless flow of life and love we experience when we are riveted in those moments of conscious awareness ...
“Absorbed in the joy of being, for the sake of being absorbed in joy.”
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Do I have your attention yet? Are you with me in a quality of absorption whereby you have for a moment become oblivious to the past and future? If you have, then welcome home to the sanctuary that your heart truly recognizes and longs for. Now take refuge, even if only for a moment, in this sacred space that has and always will remain untouched by the world, despite the attempts by our mind to convince us otherwise.
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Yes, I do agree that this may sound idealistic or seemingly impossible when we are continually beckoned by the world to take care of the demands of worldly responsibility. Or even if we are in such circumstances that our very survival demands our complete attention, time and energy. But what better time can there be, especially when we are cornered into an impasse.
We have been collectively trained to compromise and abide by consensual agreement, to pass over the reins to the mind and do what we are told, fueled by the force of fear, deceived by the illusion that we had no other choice, or it was our intention in the first place, anyhow.
Having been either miseducated or uneducated in the choices that are available in any given moment, we simply collapse into self-contraction. A psychological-physical contraction that inevitably turns into a chronic state of either psychological neurosis or physical disability ... leading up to a complete shutdown and ultimately an early death or simply an unlived, unconscious life.
How is 'Trust' possible though, for the individuals and groups of human beings, in different cultures that are undergoing either destitution, destruction, torture and even genocide? How is it possible for them to live in trust under such extreme duress?
Let us consider the following questions in response, as a way of deepening our quest to be more awake and living a life of service, out of loving-kindness, compassion and peace...
Is their apparent suffering happening to them, just for them, or is it happening as a byproduct, as the epitome of our collective programming, ignorance and lack of universal sister-brotherhood, grounded in the awareness of Global Unity?
Secondly, could it be that this is the degree of pressure that is required for consciousness to awaken itself?
Is this pressure ultimately being applied by the “Universal Intelligence" irrespective of our assumptions, judgements, beliefs and concepts?
Even though it appears to be completely irrational and void of love, could it yet be an absolute expression of compassion within a cosmic plan?
Could it be the Sacred 'One' Consciousness awakening itself from its self-imposed dreaming of infinite dreams and nightmares?
​In the light of considering the answers to these questions, we could say that the opportunity to trust is always being evoked in one form or another, regardless of whether we recognise it or not. But what is trust in essence? How can it be defined let alone understood? Before we consider this, let us turn our attention towards that first entry into this existential experience we call being human.
We begin this life in absolute vulnerability, with no sense of knowledge of any danger or existential threat and no knowledge of what trust is or what trust isn’t. Hopefully we will use our intelligence to give ourselves the gift of being able to reach that stage of conscious human development where we once again return to the original state of absolute vulnerability, no knowledge, and no trust.
But why would I speak of "no" trust when the title of this article is called the "Way of Trust?
Because with no knowledge, trust is unnecessary. What I am speaking of here is derived from the universal spiritual understanding that to return to our original innocence, like that of a new-born child, the path of knowledge is ultimately relinquished. Knowledge is replaced by an intuitive knowing which arises out of the formless space of 'not knowing'. Trust evolves into 'acceptance' which arises out of the innate recognition of seeing that which is ... is!
The be the One who is perceiving that which is, is to be the One sitting at home in the milieu of unconditional love and peace, with an acceptance of all that is happening.
Prior to the completion of this fragile momentary incarnation or at least upon our deathbed, the Mystery of Life is giving us the opportunity to return to this source with each breath of life that we receive. So, let us say yes, be whole-heartedly dedicated and get on with it, before it is too late. Preferably NOW rather than tomorrow. Om Shanti
WAY OF TRUST ~ Part 2
(Coming Soon)