Our inner journey to
rediscovering who we are, even
when it is very fascinating can
sometimes appear overwhelming or
scary because it challenge us to
reevaluate our whole live
including our habits, belief
systems and everything we have
claimed so tenaciously as to be
the ultimate truth. Our minds are
so used to the way things are
that to suggest that there could
be another way may seem like a
threat, an insult to our
intellectualized ideas of how
things are or ought to be.
So if the journey is so
fascinating, why is it that so
many people do not embark on it?
There are many answers to that
questions which are rooted in the
same thing. Fear. Fear of the
unknown, fear of failure,
sometimes fear of disappointment
that the whole time invested in
getting to know ourselves may be
wasted. The bottom line is, in
order for us to experience
ourselves as who we really are,
spiritual beings who are perfect,
whole and complete, we literally
have to let go of any idea of who
we are not, human beings living
in a world which is determined by
outer circumstances and events,
even when those circumstances and
events may be what we have
experienced.
Memory and experience is what
keeps people trapped in the world
as they know it. So how do we
shift from the world as we know
it to the world we want to
experience? The following story
will assist me in explaining how
we can shift our awareness and
why we sometimes experience fear
when in truth all we need is to
trust.
A Sailor's Tale
A poor sailor wants to
discover a new world. A world he
have never seen physically but he
have dreamed about. The only way
he can experience the dream he
have envision is through silence.
So as he sail out on the ocean,
he sits in silence and a peaceful
and pleasant smile showers his
face as the vision of a new world
occupies his mind.
When he shares his vision with
others, most people laugh while
others do not even bother to
listen to him. "Experts" will try
to discourage him by letting him
know that it is impossible that
there could be another world.
According to their studies, it is
pretty obvious that once you get
to what appears to be the edge of
the ocean which is what the naked
eye can only perceive, there is
nothing else.
Somewhere in the sailor's
heart, he still wants to follow
his vision. By himself, he
decides to sail away in search
for the promised land. He is
moving from the known, the
"physical," to the unknown, the
"consciousness." He does not know
what he is going to find. All he
knows is that a very quite voice
keeps getting louder as he
experience more silence. By
shutting down the outer world he
can connect more deeply with his
inner voice which guides him and
inspires him.
As he sails farther and
farther away, he begins to
experience fear and doubt. He
still can go back because he have
not lost site of the land. This
is a very critical point for most
people because as we moved to the
realm of the spirit, unless we
can loose sight of that which we
are familiar with, it is very
difficult to open ourselves to a
new experience. At this point the
sailor decides to move on in pure
faith and trust. He is in the
middle of the ocean where he has
lost complete site of land and
cannot really point out where he
is going. There are times when he
experienced fear, worry, or
anxiety, and the only way he
could avoid those feelings is by
going within, by experiencing
silence which will bring him back
to peace.
In the stillness he begins to
develop a sense of trust which
will keep him serene as he
continues on his journey.
Somewhere in the horizon he sees
land and he gets real excited. He
sails across some of the most
beautiful islands until finally
he finds himself in the place he
have been dreaming off. He not
only have gained a sense of inner
awareness of who he is, he have
also experience wonderful and
fascinating places he would not
have experienced if he would have
listen to what the world dictated
was possible or not.
Everyone in the island was
drawn to him seeking that inner
peace that the sailor was able to
maintain. With his knowledge and
new awareness, he becomes a
spiritual counselor. He is loved
and admired by everyone. People
brings him food, money, gifts, he
becomes the wealthiest and
needless to say, the most popular
person on the island. The
island of his dreams.
As you can see, there is an
inner voice that knows the truth
and wants us to experience it.
While we sail through unknown
waters, these are the times when
we have to go deeper, which
simply gives us the opportunity
to really experience the
exquisiteness of our soul. And as
we see our visions manifest, we
develop an inner sense of trust
where we no longer fear anything
for now we know that the one who
planted the seed or the desire in
our hearts is always going to be
there to assists us in completing
the vision.
The interesting part in all of
this, is that when we truly let
go and trust, we may end up doing
something completely different
than that which we previously
thought was going to makes us
happy. The sailor didn't know
what he would end up doing with
his life. All he knew is that he
wanted to find that promised
land, and as result of listening
and trusting, he ended up
experiencing love, excitement,
fulfillment and wealth beyond his
wildest dreams. From a poor
sailor to a wealthy spiritual
counselor. Who would have
thought?
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