Appearance As A Gift

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La apariencia como regalo
--por Isira

Toda nuestra experiencia de la vida es una relación. Cada momento se centra en la forma en que nos relacionamos con lo que está sucediendo.

Comprender esto más profundamente, nos ayuda a reconocer los problemas centrales que se manifiestan debido a la percepción errónea de la separación. Nuestra desconexión percibida del espíritu/fuente está en la raíz de todos nuestros conflictos.
Esta sensación de desconexión subyace en TODOS los problemas que enfrentamos como individuos y como raza humana. Como resultado, nos sentimos dislocados en nosotros mismos y en la vida. Tenemos una percepción distorsionada de todo lo que encontramos, lo que a su vez influye en toda nuestra experiencia. Porque, en pocas palabras, todo lo que experimentamos se filtra a través de nuestras percepciones.

Estas percepciones nos llevan luego a experimentar lo que pensamos. A medida que experimentamos lo que pensamos, lo convertimos en nuestro sistema de creencias. Desde nuestro sistema de creencias, seguimos pensando y actuando de maneras que dan forma a toda nuestra experiencia de vida.

El primer síntoma que surge de nuestra (percibida) desconexión con el espíritu es la creencia de separación. Esto se manifiesta en nuestras ideas y construcciones mentales de 'otro'. Desarrollamos una experiencia de que la fuente, el alma, la vida eterna son ‘otra’. Y aparte de todo lo demás que vemos.

Este sentido de separación se extiende más allá de una separación de la fuente y de un@ mism@, hacia un sentido de separación de cualquier otra parte de la creación. Cada persona con la que nos encontramos (que realmente es una parte de nuestro Ser infinito), se encuentra como otra. No solo hay un sentido de 'otr@', también hay un sentido de 'opuest@'. Nuestra experiencia es de dualidad; tú y yo, est@ y aquell@, lo correcto y lo incorrecto.

Todo lo que se ve como fuera o como "otr@" distint@ de nuestro yo, se ve como una amenaza o como algo deseable. Buscamos rechazar para protegernos o poseer para sentirnos más completos. Nuestra experiencia se convierte en una relación dualista, que finalmente resulta en una lucha sin fin. [...]

Cuando nos vemos a nosotr@s mism@s en 'otro@s', ya no es posible formar una relación basada en el miedo. Ya no es un encuentro de competencia, protección o esfuerzo por poseer. Es un estado de relación profundamente encontrado, centrado en el amor. Se ve como una expresión que está viva y centrada únicamente y para siempre en el ahora. Se ve como una oportunidad para expresar nuestro Ser auténtico y para sentir y atestiguar nuestro Ser como Amor a través del reflejo de lo que aparece como otro. Esta apariencia se ve como un regalo; un espejo multidimensional, para conocer nuestro Ser infinito en y a través de infinitas formas.
En esencia: cuanto más conectad@ estés en tu Ser, más conectada estará tu experiencia con la vida.



Preguntas semilla para la reflexión: ¿Cómo te relacionas con la noción de que esta apariencia puede verse como un regalo? ¿Puedes compartir una historia personal de un momento en el que pudiste ir más allá de la relación dualista y, en vez de eso, centrarte en el amor? ¿Qué te ayuda a ver todo lo que encuentras como tu propio Ser infinito en y a través de formas sin fin?



Isira es una guardiana de la sabiduría indígena de Australia. Cuando era una joven adulta, los lamas tibetanos, reconociéndola como una encarnación importante, viajaron para llevarla desde Adelaide, Australia Meridional, al Himalaya para que Su Santidad el Dalai Lama la ordenara.
Seed Questions for Reflection

How do you relate to the notion that this appearance can be seen as a gift? Can you share a personal story of a time you were able to move beyond dualistic relating and instead center in love? What helps you see everything you encounter as your own infinite Self in and through endless forms?

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Dec 1, 2022
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AP
Dec 1, 2022
Deepens my belief " Is-I-Ra"? ... Yes I-am-Ra ! Ra meaning the root of everything .
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Craig
Nov 30, 2022
I love to stargaze and, aided by the amazing tools we have to view deep space, to witness celestial bodies and entire galaxies millions of light years in the distant past. Yet the forms we see "out there" are mirrored in the forms we encounter in a pool of water. An experience of oneness and wonder emerges that helps me relate to the world and to other beings - knowing that we are all, like stars, an expression of the infinite.
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Christel
Nov 30, 2022
It's great that you are getting ideas fro this piece off writinjg as well aas from our
dialogue made at this place.
Nov 29, 2022
Becoming essence, not form.
JW
Nov 28, 2022
I believe that the best songs are poetry that connects to the universal spirit. The Beatles where a group that oftentimes connected to the universeal spirit. That is why their songs resonate with generation after generation.Their song All you need is love says it all. Lennon & McCartney have oftentimes said they did not know where their ideas came from, the songs just came into their minds out of seemly out of no where. This happens when you have a open mind. I learnt totake walks without my camera ,not looking for the perfect shot, but open to all that was around me. Talking to people that I meet along the way. On my walks I find young children come up to me start and telling me about their world. Children tune in to the vibrations people send out. Often times adults taking care of children do not lisen,only try to impart their knowledge. Children are looking for someone who will lisen and not try to guide them. Once a child came up to me and said did you see that big dog. The child's... View full comment
DD
David Doane Nov 29, 2022
Thanks for your reflection. For me, you are talking about learning to be, let it be, simply be.
JW
Jon Williams Nov 30, 2022
Yes,you put it well. That day I was opening myself to all that was around me. At moments like my walk in the woods one opens themselfs to all to thats around, not only nature, but also the path one is walking on. Children often sense your connection. I forgot to say the child said the dog scared her, and thought the dog was going to eat her. Perhaps she responded to my smile. Smile at every one you see you may change a life. I heard of person who committed suicide, left note saying if just one person had smiled in her direction, should would not have not committed suicide.
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mouli
Nov 28, 2022
The need to be connected to self and that see the larger self within others is profound and very well articulated. It also reminds me of two things - oneness (entire universe is a single form) and matter is neither created nor destroyed.
would love to learn more about the journey towards being more connected to self. thanks
RC
Nov 28, 2022
There have been many many "helps" along the way of coming gradually to this realization of unity and oneness. Perhaps the most practically helpful has been studying Advaita Vedanta, especially the Upanishads, as they lay out a framework for just this.
DD
Nov 27, 2022
There is an essential me that perceives appearance through a human body and world, all of which is given to me, not created or earned by me, so it is a gift. I very much believe that beyond appearance is ultimate existence, that is, one existence or activity that includes me and all that is, all of which comes from the same source and is made of the same stuff. Love is living in and from awareness of that oneness. I sometimes have and live from some of that awareness, and in such times I am to some degree being in love. I believe the essence of me as well as everyone and every form in creation is an expression of Infinite Self or Ultimate Reality or God or whatever name is used.
JP
Nov 26, 2022
Relationships give birth. Relationships nourish life. Relationships connect us. How do we relate to each other makes a big difference. Relationships unite us. Relationships divide us. Re become a freind. Reltionships can be an enemy. Healthy relationships create oneness. In wholesome relationships me becomes you, you becomes me. There is no dualism in healthy relationships. There is Divine union. Our True Identity, our True Nature has no divisiveness. Body and mind have forms. Soul is formless. When we perceive the Realty this way it becomes a gift. Life becomes a blessing. I felt oneness between me and my parents, me and my spouse, between me and my friends, between me and a stranger, between me and nature. In such realtionships, I felt oneness. Daily meditations have opened the door of Oneness for me. When we do weekly satsanga we feel such oneness. In such experiences the individual self becomes the universal Infinite Self. It is an experience of Unitive Consciousness. Namas... View full comment
TE
Nov 26, 2022
I agree! We seem to each be born into separation from our mother in entering this life, but perception through these finite eyes is limited to transience, all that comes and goes, has beginning and ending. Every "Thing" is recognized and categorized by differences and contrasts to every other "Thing"; this is integral to how our conceptual (mortal) mind operates. From that perspective "love" is only recognized in contrast to its absence or opposite (fear? isolation? separation? hatred?). When I am Aware that my finite perception is the source of my experiencing separation, it becomes clear that that's an illusion; the appearance of separation is simply an artifact of my limited perception. And I am reminded of the infinite including ALL when see the reflection in each apparently separate person, thing, place, and time. Metta or Agape are perhaps attempts to express what Love is in that infinite light. Yet how can I come to recognition and appreciation that Love without my finite mind h... View full comment