thanksgiving Billy Billy!!!!!!!!!

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Billy brotherrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr big hugs to you!!!! tons of kisses...

I feel at home here in this forum where people show their love and

respect and good sens of humour!. As you said, my spiritual practices

sometimes may be different from the rest of the members, but this

doesn´t trully matter. I feel deeply that we are all trying to do our

best in wich ever path we have chosen to walk, working within ourselves

to unfold our true nature, either with hinduism, christianity, buddhism

or whatever spiritual tradition is chosen.

 

If spirituality doesn´t unite us as human beings and on the contrary

divides us and create hate, anger or duality, then it its not whorthy

to enter the spiritual path or then, it is because we are totally

misunderstanding the teachings given by our own particular paths.

 

Spirituality for me is about realising who we are not and who we are,

its about openess towards myself and towards the rest of my fellows

brothers and sisters of the world.Its about love, kindness, compassion,

friendship, help...its about letting go of the ego system, that wich

divides us, its about watching and observing how the ego system works

and how it tries to trap us in what we are not, creating divisions and

wars inside ourselfs and between people.

 

I am in this forum because I love Ganesha. I don´t particularily feel

Hindu, nor Christian, but I think I connect with Jesus´s teachings

aswell. I have decided to choose the buddhist path as a way to achieve

enlightenment because buddhism is beneficial for me, but I also know

that enlightenment can be achieved with other paths. Creating wars due

to being in a different spiritual path or having different ideas only

shows you that those who fight are attached to their path, their

teachings, their views, and attachements are no good because they will

keep you caught by the neck with no freedom. A path is a finger

pointing at the moon, a raft taking you on the other side, but once

there you have to let go of all that. If not, heaviness on your legs,

big black metal balls as the prisoners of Alcatraz.

 

 

If someone is not respecting you in a forum, well probably its because

you represent the side of themselves that they are not respecting. You

act for those people as a mirror where they can reflect those inner

problems they have. Don´t blame them, I know you don´t do so, and don´t

feel sad either. Its the only thing they could come up with, and that

is their own level of understanding at this moment in time. I am sure

they will improve this in the future.

 

As Jesus did when someone kick him, give them the other cheek. This for

me doesn´t mean to become a martyr, but it means not to react to the

theater play or game someone is performing in front of you. Awareness

and non compulsive reaction to an atack is a good basis to start

cultivating inner wisdom and compassion.

 

Tons of love

Barbara