I sometimes call my Spirit Teacher
And Guru, myself, so that
When neighbours overhear
My verbal struggles with Spirit,
I can simply and
More or less, honestly claim that
I am talking to Myself
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Spirit is not God
My Spirit Teacher is not God, but
He is much closer to the real thing
Than I am ever likely to get,
At least in this lifetime.
The Life of Walk and Talk with Spirit
It was going to be the adventure of a lifetime,
my lifetime.
It was never about money, and yet,
Money is a necessity, or
The means to the necessities
Of life. After all,
What can you do without money,
In our society?
I wanted to write about Spirit.
I seemed to need to write about Spirit and
About his intensely wise philosophy of
Simple living, but
How simple is still satisfying is
Where we disagreed.
He could, it seemed,
More easily talk the talk than
I could or can walk his walk.
There has to be a middle way
I tell Him. Even Buddha
Was aware of that.
Individuality as a minute in time
Spirit tells me that He and I are, or represent, two dimensions of one mind that is, itself, just as one dimension of a more expansive expression of an even more expansive conscious and intelligent awareness that continuously expands, or, as some say, evolves.
I say, Wow! And how does that affect our relationship?
It doesn’t.
Searching for a Spiritual Guru
You will find your Guru within yourself. Why can I not remember who told me that, a thousand years or more. I remember not being overly impressed with this seemingly casual remark. The speaker could not possibly have experienced the countless times when I thought I had found the ideal, for me, teacher of perennial wisdom, who would lead me, eagerly following, along the path, or way, of enlightenment – that magic word, which was to me as a promised fairyland might be to young children.
Sure, I thought, but was too conditioned not to be polite.
Perhaps meditation was the way to go. I’m told it works for tens of thousands of seekers, but this one falls asleep the minute she relaxes, or so it seemed during the TM sessions I attended, away back then. I wonder if they are still doing it?
Doing what? Spirit interrupts my reverie.
Meditating.
Everyone meditates, consciously aware of the fact, or not.
How could they not be aware of meditating.
If you were, no, when you are meditating, and you spend hours each day doing just that, how aware are you of doing so?
I’m not.
Great, then you’re doing it right.
The Limits of Relationship
Spirit tells me that we can either be separate or merge.
But, I want both. Why can’t we have it both ways?
There are many more ways than one, He then tells me, to see, to think, to feel, and to hear. And, there are many more ways than one to do, to be, and to grow; to become. Every thing else is disposable, a means to an end, at best, or, a hindrance, unnecessary baggage, or a temporary pleasure that we can’t take with us, as it is. Even the pleasure or pan it brought into our being will, eventually, evaporate into nothingness.
Spirit is into abuse, again
Spirit seems to be fixated on abuse. Why can’t He teach me something about almost anything else but abuse. I surely don’t need it. It’s almost abusive of him to focus on this subject, at this time in our relationship. It’s still too painful for me to deal with. He should know that.
Abuse, Spirit claims, as if I didn’t know, is soul-destructive to both the abused and the abuser.
I feel totally compassionate toward those I meet, who seem to be in intense emotional pain. It pains me to witness their agony. Perhaps time will ease the memory. Of course, they must first escape the situation wherein the abuse occurs. I seemed to need so very much time, but, I’m a slow learner, I guess.
Abuse (Spirit interrupts my thinking), continues, needs to be acknowledged as existing, at least potentially, in every human relationship (I would add, and in every human to spirit one). Spirit seems to ignore my cynic thought.
Each and everyone within a relationship, Spirit explains, is at least potentially both a victim and an abuser, or both.
Does that include our relationship? I pretend to innocently ask.
That depends.
On what?
Honesty.
I Ching 33 – Withdrawal
Today’s I Ching – 33 – Withdrawal
Heaven above, Mountain below. Withdrawal follows Constancy in the order of the Hexagrams.
Spirit explains: Constancy suggests enduring, but, nothing lasts forever, at least not in this physical and material world.
The Universal Law of Interdependence refers to relationships, such as; give and take, come and go,
Does that mean you are leaving me? I ask.
Yes, It does not mean that.
Then what?
Wait and see.
Pleasure as an Addiction
Spirit tells me that pleasure is an addiction, a hard-wired addiction that cannot be overcome
without destroying all meaning to Life.
What is required, He tells me, is acceptance of being an addict and take it from there.
Take it where? I ask.
Where can it be taken?
A question in response to a question. Ping pong?
No, not ping pong, or not necessarily so.
The secret is, He advises, is to claim your addiction.
It sounds personal.
It is meant to sound personal. Claim it, He repeats, and pamper it.
I Ching 25 – No Error
Today’s I Ching – 25 – No Error
Heaven above, Thunder below. No Error follows Return in the order of the Hexagrams.
Spirit explains: Every step we take leads us away from somewhere and toward somewhere else.
We each move Live with awareness; some with more and some with less, our choice.
Return refers to choosing to be aware of having wandered from our personal path and choosing to return to it.
No error expresses the concept of “no blame” which is inherent in the I Ching. Perhaps wandering from The Way of Enlightenment, or Tao, was necessary for us to become aware of where we really want to go, or do.
What does this say to me? I ask.
Figure it out, He tells me.
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