Living Light

God will take every last Light Bearer; Every Good Intention; Every Kind Thought; Every Smile and Friendly Word; Every Considerate Action, No matter how large or small, And will see it bears fruit. Nothing good is ever lost, no Light Bearer left behind !

I got bored this week studying health care finance and started thinking about spiritual finance instead [grin] , like what is spiritual... Investment Capital - Our Service to others and participation in awakening - both our own and that of the planet. Cash Flow - Karma, the ever flowing law of cause and effect. Savings Account - Good Karma (results from good actions). Debt - Bad Karma (results from limited, self-centered actions). Spending Money  - Compassionate Thoughts, Kind Speech and Generous Actions. Bills - Samskaras, limited mental/emotional habit patterns that create Karmic Debts and are overcome in the process of awakening. Income - Meditation, Prayer, Worship, Zikr. Operating Budget - Life. Balance Sheet - Akashic Record. Gifts Received - Grace, Forgiveness, Mercy, Love. Gifts Given - Charity, Compassion, Forgiveness, Praise

Being centered in life means neither running toward nor running away but taking all things as they come. Running toward is attachment and running away is aversion. This is the great repose of being in the moment and it is a manifestation of   Peace. In this state we can act rather than react.   Abdul Qadir Jalani said that " we can't avoid nor turn away what is our measure!"  So why run toward it for it will come and why run away for you can't avoid it, yet how we act in the moment makes a difference.  In Yoga this is called detatchment, but it is not indifference! There is a time for the unfolding of all things, we are all riding upon the cosmic flow of the divine breath of awakening. We generally learn this lesson only when we are forced into situations that leave us no choice but to accept, tolerate or endure something, or require us to hold back. All contemplative meditation helps us with this ability to be centered in the moment but Zikr and Zazen are the ve