One slogan that may be useful to hold on to for your spiritual growth is move on. Even during one day so many things happen in which we can find ourselves getting stuck, getting caught up in conflict over or regretting! Move on is a great mantra for those who like adventure, risk-taking or simply daring to live, but then, no matter what the outcome, using those experiences to grow and keep moving on! To move on means to hold on to only the beauty and lesson of the moment. If we have taken pain or praise then it is assured we will not be able to move on. The pain anchors us in negativity and we lose the inner strength to see the meaning. Only, when we take the courage to look at the lesson, and the direction it is pointing us in, can we begin to free our self from that sorrow. To dwell on praise received can equally hinder our spiritual progress, interfering with recognition or full enjoyment of the next opportunity. From this place of strength, we begin to appreciate and trust ourselves and attract others. We are not delicate, needing to be treated with velvet gloves! When we are strong enough to move on, it is a sign of maturity. Others then feel comfortable, working with and in relationship with us. The best way forward is to imbibe the humility to accept and learn from the lesson of the experience. When we are unable to move on from a place of honesty it is because of ego. We feel wounded, insulted, betrayed, offended and much more. We then spend time staring at the wound rather than healing it with our strong and powerful thoughts. As we give ego more attention it continues to grow and becomes our controller, our master. It traps us in a cycle of fear and desire for revenge. We are stuck and the cycle repeats and repeats! Water is a wonderful example. Water naturally moves on, at times forging its way to the ocean, smoothing rocks, creating rivers and streams but sometimes also collecting in lakes or pools. When we are able to move on as fluidly and flowingly as water and not get stuck in a pool of negativity, we will indeed be merged in the Ocean, cleansed of our hurts, and experience pure freedom. Om Shanti (I am a peaceful soul) Tel: +973-17-712 545, meditate@batelco.com.bh, www.bahrainmeditationcentre.org |
