Mistakes
posted by Virginia Jester | November 12, 2009
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IcerocketToday I took a day off from spiritual practice. For a moment I told myself it was because I simply had too much to do. The truth was that I just didn't want to receive anymore guidance that I might not choose to follow, something I have been doing with a certain issue quite a bit as of late.
Throughout the day I was reminded that consequences are part of mistakes, and mistakes are part of new beginnings. So... this led me to thinking about karma, dharma, purpose and punishment. (It was a deep day, you can count on that!)
I began to wonder why we fear Karma, why we run from the energetic debt it creates/indicates, and how it is most opposite and yet connected to Dharma. Without the lessons we learn from our Karma, how can we ever hope to live out our Dharma? But wait, that train of thought could be dangerous without parameters, so lets just say that its also important to maintain a healthy sense of groundedness about all of this and remember that some consequences are life-threatening, and still others can tear apart our souls for lifetimes to come. Is it worthwhile to suffer in the name of fear and ignorance? I think not!
To arrive in the world with painful childhoods, or afflictions that seemingly hinder our joy... are these the result of Karma? And, if so, aren't they also the makings of our Dharma, our destiny, our potential waiting to be tapped if only we can find the strength of our inner light? Won't we simply continue to accrue Karma until the weight of it comes crashing down on our bullshit to reveal the Dharma inside our very hearts?
Maybe its just this place I'm in, this middle world between the last life of identity I knew and the one that is coming, like I'm in the transition stage of childbirth while also watching an elder die. Maybe I'm just lost in the threshold of life and death, here in Scorpio, here in my Pluto transit...
But the question still plagues me; are mistakes to be shunned, avoided, quelled, or are they meant to be lived out and experienced? Aren't mistakes the way we learn? Like babies and children and adolescents and, well, you get the picture...
I'm talking "big" mistakes here, like moving cross-country for potential relationships with little solid ground, leaving behind opportunities of a lifetime, and not doing the little things in daily life that we need to do in order to keep up to date with our "responsibilities".
The only fair means of balancing such questions with a sense of justice that I can think of is to consider the amount of heartbreak those mistakes will cause. This system, however, is tricky, because the heartache of, say, severing a relationship with a loved one who is physically abusive is, many would say, a worthwhile heartbreak. But the heartbreak of rejected unconditional love is a sad heartbreak to witness. And what of the heartbreak we do not know we cause? After all, we know by now that ignorance does not equal immunity.
Grapple, grapple, grapple, girl! My day was full of this. And then I realized something that may serve to transcend the question all together. Karma and Dharma are one in the same. Yes, they are seemingly opposing energies, and yet, much like making love, there is a point where one is enveloped inside of the other and one is enveloping the other inside, and in that connection comes a complete connection, a unity that truly balances and melds the energies to create spiritual bliss. Karma serves its full purpose until it becomes so complete that it becomes Dharma. This is, I believe, the ultimate lesson of Pluto and Scorpio, the threshold between one world and another, the open gateway to secrets that reveal the nothing is separate, including Dharma and Karma.
So where, then, do mistakes register on this scale? On one hand, we can say that its dangerous to open the door to accepting mistakes without judgment because it creates an easy opportunity for us to become developmentally lazy. On the other hand, if we become too militant about correcting our mistakes or not making any in the first place, we lose our gentleness, our sensitivity, and the ability to feel, the ability that makes our existence so sweet.
The balance then, it seems, must be found in the heart, where we know what choices are the correct mistakes to make and the incorrect correctnesses to thwart. Paradoxes everywhere! But, alas, the heart really is the most dependable navigation system around, no matter what the terrain looks like, wether it be the threat of karma or purgatory. Inside is the true way.
So, it is important that we nurture healthy hearts, that we learn to understand the language of feelings, that we learn to listen to and interpret our heart messages clearly, beyond our constructs and conditions. The heart is unconditional, so any message we receive that contains judgment, fear, distrust or anguish, is a distorted message. When we receive such messages we must go deeper into healing, into listening, and into uniting with the one power that is all of everything... love.
What says you? I thirst to know, to connect with you about this deep place between birth and death where all is one and the same...
I'm off to get guidance and engage in daily spiritual practice... to cleanse my heart and feel its navigational messages, for I feel its pull after all, and I choose to cleanse the voice inside that speaks ever so clearly...
Be well, and take very good care.
Namaste
Oh yeah, and here is a present from my heart to yours, by way of my vocal chords to your ear drums... Enjoy, and happy receiving.
http://virginiajester.podOmatic.com/entry/eg/2009-11-10T15_12_41-08_00
Comments
The mistake may be seeing a mistake.....
— Nov 12, 2009
Religion is such a poor vehicle for gnosis for the simple reason it requires followers. Most religions, Christianity for example, offer a cannon which is damaging in a very severe way. Some, like Bhuddism, expose more subtle problems less detrimental but still stifling.
I speak of the carrot and stick concept of karma. When we separate ourself from the ONE we create maya. The ONE is eternal, the ONE exists in the perfect moment of NOW. When we embrace concepts like karma we buy into the ideology that we have done something which needs to be balanced or atoned for. We also separate our soul from the divinity of the ONE when we consider our soul to have a personal lineage or generations of past lives. This can be a very confusing issue to deal with as we all are aware of the " realness " of past life regressive therapy.
The essence of the illusion is based in the concept of good vrs bad, right vrs wrong, mistakes vrs correct living. There are no mistakes, there is no bad and wrong is just a confused perspective. There is nothing which is not GOD, the flowers, the trees, the people and animals, the stars and galaxies. Time is an illusion, there is no past nor is there a future. There is only the perfect moment of NOW where all manifest and unmanifest experience happens at once. Make a choice, follow your heart, only perfection can follow. We escape maya when we finally in our heart remain grounded in unconditional love for every expression of the ONE. See the glory of everything, eliminate judgement thereby freeing yourself from all pain. No longer will you perceive your choices or those of others to be mistakes. All choice remains sacred, all dance becomes synchronous, all is seen as love. This goes beyond forgiveness or atonement it strikes to the heart of truth. There is no need to say sorry to self or others just say I love you and accept the " is " of consciousness.
Namaste, my sister Virginia, walk in fear dance in love.
Listening To The heart
— Nov 13, 2009
Love, and Mistakes.
The two in many cases walk hand in hand with negative emotions trailing behind. And although I agree with listening to your heart completly!
I feel that a balance between heart and mind is vital when making any decision. Including those tied to the frightening yet gentle captivity of Love
Even when we listen to our heart, and our judgement mistakes can still be made. When other people are involved, we rarely have control over the events that can take place.
...So I guess then mistakes are ment to stay with us forever, not to bog us down but to remind us of lessons learned. Perhaps, as the mistakes continue the bond between our judgment&heart grows stronger and we make decisions that lead to a life filled with less mistakes and more achievments.
Some thoughts.
— Nov 13, 2009
I believe that there comes a point in spiritual awareness and connection to the universe that there are no longer any mistakes. I feel like if you are correctly tuned to the universe and can listen to it correctly than things happen for a reason. Although I dismiss the idea that everything happens to everyone for a reason. As fas as Karma is concerned I tend to lean more towards the idea of the Karma wheel. That we don't build up individual Karma for ourselves; that we generate both positive and negative Karma and project it out to the Karmic wheel of the entire universe. So as far as my stance on that I'd rather put as much good Karma into the wheel as I posibily can and not worry about directly happens to me as a individual.
Swimming in it
— Nov 13, 2009
Thanks for weighing in, guys! I love your perspectives. It helps, it really helps. This issue really stems from a recent experience wherein I was approached by someone I really respected to explore the possibility of a romantic relationship even though this person was in a committed relationship with someone else. I tried to remain detached, help him as a friend figure out what was going on with him because his relationship is, seemingly, beautiful. But he insisted upon exploring his feelings. Thankfully, nothing happened between us, but now, due to the obvious strain it put on his relationship, we chose to sever all contact. I'm really struggling with this one because, for him, karma was a major factor in the exploration process. Even though I did my best to remain detached, I feel buried under sadness. Especially at the pain my sister is experiencing, the way in which she seems to hold me responsible for his choices. I know very well that I am simply dealing with the burnoff that comes from two people who are avoiding some very real truths between them, that it really has nothing to do with me... but I feel sad about the pain that awoke and the service my "character" in the whole thing provided, to awaken pain and be shunned by two people who needed me to serve as some kind of invitation or another. I guess I'm just swimming in it, not to mention my own hurt feelings and the realization that I actually was not detached at all, that I formed expectations that were not met. Just not feeling like I did a very good job on this one. Possibly, with this whole karma thing I have exposed a key factor in my methods of keeping myself in fear in life... either way, the fresh perspectives, the open air of remembering that a choice is borne from the perfection that we already are... helps, a lot. It reminds me that black and white need not apply. Thanks guys!
Namaste,
Ginnie Jester
www.everyempress.com
Emotional Self
— Nov 13, 2009
That actually doesn't sound like its your fault at all. We can't controll are emotions, we don't even know why we have them or what causes them really. All you can do is try to control how you react to them. You also can't control how much other people like you, thats their emotions and how they are trying to deal with them. Detachment is rarely the key. You need to embrace your emotional self not try to suppress it. You may have had feeling for this man but you will also have feelings for others. Its never a bad thing to like someone. In this case and most others I think the only thing worth detaching yourself from is expectations.
Emotional Self
— Nov 13, 2009
That actually doesn't sound like its your fault at all. We can't controll are emotions, we don't even know why we have them or what causes them really. All you can do is try to control how you react to them. You also can't control how much other people like you, thats their emotions and how they are trying to deal with them. Detachment is rarely the key. You need to embrace your emotional self not try to suppress it. You may have had feeling for this man but you will also have feelings for others. Its never a bad thing to like someone. In this case and most others I think the only thing worth detaching yourself from is expectations.
Emotional Self
— Nov 13, 2009
That actually doesn't sound like its your fault at all. We can't controll are emotions, we don't even know why we have them or what causes them really. All you can do is try to control how you react to them. You also can't control how much other people like you, thats their emotions and how they are trying to deal with them. Detachment is rarely the key. You need to embrace your emotional self not try to suppress it. You may have had feeling for this man but you will also have feelings for others. Its never a bad thing to like someone. In this case and most others I think the only thing worth detaching yourself from is expectations.
