THE SEARCH

[cyberangel]

Dear Friends,

I thought I would share what just happened to me in meditation. This is what was revealed to me. I am just sharing it because it felt sincere and spoke a real meaning to me. Thank you for reading. Love and Light

Sometimes in searching one can become lost. When one makes a decision to go ‘Searching’, it is very important to decide, before the journey, what one is actually seeking. How else will one know they are searching in the right area? One can get very distracted between searching and wandering.

Searching is to look purposely for something which may be concealed or hidden from sight, to explore in order to discover, to examine all avenues in order to gather the information needed and to expose the truth one needs to find.

Wandering is to roam without direction, to just go with the flow, to not allow ones self to make a conscious effort to gain control of their own path or to aimlessly follow others in the hope of attaining others experience and claim it as their own truth.

Often it is said that one is searching for answers. But if one is not sure of the questions how can one search for the answers? What questions are asked, often differ from one to another. Only oneself, can determine the questions that need to be asked in order for one to determine the truth one is seeking.

All have questions and answers, and all can share the discoveries, but what is truth for one may not in reality be truth for another, it all depends on what each is searching for.

So how does one know that one is enlightened?

It’s simple, one does not ask.

One becomes a state of being.

Oneness.

[gruntal]

An interesting post and one of the most honest ones I have read. How often have we heard about "searching for the true religion" or "searching for the best system" or even "searching for the soul mate" and giving up in utter frustration? And just accepting things that are with the lament "I don't understand and never will and I am happy now so who cares?". I do not think that is giving up as it is just an espression of how deeply you are willing to ask the right questions.

I am thinking life is viewed from the past so as to find a way to manipulate the future. But our only reality is in the present tense. That is the only thing we can control. If we do not understand that it is not our fault. Nobody knows everything and if they did they would not be here wasting their time and existance. They would move on to something bigger and better.

But the biggist mistake is assuming you will never even know which way to go. I have reason to believe human being have an innate sense of consciense that points them in certain directions and makes them very uncomfortable if they ignore that. That it would be so is less a genetic defect as it is a fact of life we do not seem to be capable of endless existance on a purely static level. We were born to do something untill our dieing day. Beyond chasing our own tails like a puppy dog!

[sparklekaz]

Hi Lorraine.

A very interesting post. I think to be honest we can view searching or going with the flow in two ways. Searching for me is about looking for something in particular. I guess that is why I like the word seeker better. For me seeking though it may sound similar to searching implies a openness to all experiences rather then having a single goal in mind.

I agree with George, that it is part of our nature to be explorers, thinkers and questioners. I liked the analogy he uses about 'chasing our tails'. It does sum up going around in circles in life and never seeming to get anywhere. I think being literal tends to do that to you. While lateral thinking to me is about thinking outside of the box. Being original and not just jumping on the current bandwagon of whatever is in vogue, the latest fad or new way of thinking. A quote I love is 'if you are following a path someone else has already trodden, then you are probably going the wrong way'.

I never make assumptions in life anymore. I've been caught out on that too many times and got it completely wrong. I am very open in that way. I like to listen to the opinions and idea's of others but ultimately will make my own mind up or go my own way. I will intellectualise something and process it. But often it is my 'gut instincts' that have the last word.

Going with the flow can be seen as drifting aimlessly and having no goals or direction. Or you can view it as being open to what life is presenting to you in any given moment. Being versatile and ready to change direction if need be. Adapting to what is happening, rather then being fixated on doing something in a set way. Going with the flow to me is about being fluid, receptive and open minded. I guess it is all about what a word or idea of something means to us really doesn't it, as you said we are all unique. I believe, if we tend to think of things as being aimless and directionless, it would indicate on some level, that is how we are feeling about life in that moment.

I agree we do all need a degree of self discipline, else nothing we do in life would ever get done or completed. So I am all for that. But I would not like to be so rigid in my thinking that I would pass up the many opportunities that life offers up to me, because I am too inflexible in my behaviour or mindset to try something new. From what I have seen, letting go of outmoded idea's and behaviour is a problem many people seem to have these days. That is why I am always advocating 'going with the flow'.

Great post Lorraine, it made me think.

Love and light
Kaz

[Ishtahota]

When they pop you open there will be no doubt in your mind. Those of a lower body vibration will be dumbfounded. Those who are only fooling them selves and have some spiritual development will run from you because your presence brings up all of their fears. And those who are real close to enlightenment will be in ecstasy. Your consciousness will change so drasticly that you will feel like you are on LSD, but it will be different. Crystal clear awareness. YOU WILL KNOW. And those who have already had a taste will feel you coming.