Easy does it!!!

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We try to complicate our lives soooo much. This

is funny when the nature of nature is to do the

least amount of work!!! Think about it, lightening

strikes the path of LEAST RESISTANCE and always succeeds.

Water falling in a vacuum is perfectly round, spreading

itself out as little as possible. When falling through

atmosphere forms a teardrop that is perfectly aerodynamic.

Rivers flow between banks because it expends less energy

than to overflowing, but when heavy rain comes, the

easiest way is to overflow.<br><br>This gives us a hint

of our creator doesnt it? An effortly formless being

that spontaneously expresses itself as any given form.

It does but does not work, the doing that never

loses the unruffledness of Being.<br><br>"O master, how

long will it take for me to attain enlightenment?"

<br>"You?Thirty years."<br>"And how long if i give up

everything and through myself into endless

meditation?"<br>"Hrmmmm, thirty thousand years"<br><br>We should relax.

"What - Me Worry?" - Alfred E. Newman<br><br>If we

would just relax, we open ourselves and that Intellect

reveals itself. Each moments experience is already as it

is, continuing to be what we have always been;

perfect within which thoughts and sensations

frictionlessly come and go. Just be alert!!! <br><br>It is so

hard to empty that chattering mind of ours long enough

to listen to that Great Intellect. Dont focus, dont

concentrate, dont manipulate, dont try to figure out anything.

Simply rest, let go, allow and BE.<br><br>om tat

sat<br><br>>:*)

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Dear peggy,<br>Your post regarding path of least

resistance strikes a very deep chord in one, a flash of

revelation occurs, thank you for that !<br>Here is an

attempt to put in words whatever insight one gained at

THAT moment from your posts.<br>To any goal, name it

god, brahma, or whatever, there can be two approaches

from one point of view. They are, using disbelief as

the modus operandi in which even the smallest tenet

has to be proved first before our assimilating it,

this is a very arduous path and

unfortunately(fortunately for some) this is inculcated by modern

'scientific' approach in ALL of us irespective of our

tendencies. This path may be sefer but is looooong.<br>The

other alternative is the path of trust and belief, in

this the tenet is first believed absolutely by the

sadhak and his approach is greatly speeded up by this

since established ideas by people who have 'walked the

talk'(copyright uma :-)) and been making due corrections

etc.<br>But this path of belief is fraught with obvious

dangers of kaliyuga in which falsehood so abounds that a

path initially appealing to one's intellect may

towards the end be a cause for total confusion, indeed

this may be risky.<br>So what is one to do ?<br>Is

there a middle path ?<br>There is another fact for all

those of us so much affected by modern day scientific

approach, viz. in the latest research fields the approach

is heavily dependent on "Hypothesis", ie first a

vague idea occurs to somebody and then a huge

excercise(sometimes expensive) begins to establish the trueness of

that hypothesis assuming it to be absolutely true;

there is a everpresent danger of the theory falling on

its face but still our 'believing' scientists go

on.<br>One knows that revolutionary discoveries like 'atomic

power' etc were the result of this kind of approach

only.<br>Does this not show the validity of the approach of the

attitude of believing first and then continuing further ?

In short the importance of FAITH ?<br>Although many

risks are there, but I'm game for it when on the other

side I see a path that is going to ultimately defeat

itself(logic vs logic = zero) to reach somewhere

?<br><br>Again, what is one to do ?<br>You mention "THE PATH OF

LEAST RESISTANCE"<br>But this path of least resistance

is not as easy at it seems, it needs extreme

sensitivity to detect that direction offering least

resistance without colouring our search by prejudice or

negative conditioning of any sort.<br><br>So this was just

an overview of all the argument that seems to be

going on.<br>Faith and belief are BLIND emotions but

are very powerful tools to crossover to that state of

full understanding. <br>still more... (later)