The Meditations Of...

I'm supposed to do what?

2009-05-18T09:39:00.000-07:00

I find it increasingly difficult to think of the answer to 'what am I supposed do to.' I then recall a passage from The Shack, "...you're not supposed to do anything." If I'm not supposed to do anything then what should I do. But there again we shouldn't 'should on ourselves.' That could get messy.

I suppose I'll just do whatever it is I chose to do. And whatever it is I chose to do will be exactly what I needed to do at that exact moment in my life. There is no need to judge the choice as good or bad. The interesting aspect of 'good' and 'bad' is that there could not possibly be good without bad nor bad without good. There needs to be something bad so that you can judge something as good, otherwise it would all just be as it is.

For some reason this only makes sense from a philosophical, unworldly standpoint. This is because in this physical reality we have created, we believe we must adhere to the written and unwritten laws that govern this physical universe. Maybe we don't need to.

What if everyone loved their neighbor as themselves? Wait a minute, maybe we do love our neighbor as ourselves, but we don't really love ourselves so that reflects in how we treat everyone we come into contact with. Hmmm.

The law of attraction, if I think it, feel it, believe it, it should manifest. Maybe I'll try it. I'm going to attract a, what am I supposed to attract...?

Row, row, row your boat...

2009-05-18T09:21:00.000-07:00

"Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily life is but a dream."

Read the words and sing the song. This simple nursery rhyme provides a doorway to a teaching that our human mind finds difficult to accept. There's is no need for me to go into detail on what the rhyme is saying; for sometimes too many words and too much talking doesn't add, it takes away.

I choose...

2009-05-05T19:36:00.000-07:00

For it has been far too long since I have been on a great adventure. This one will be the "one" of legend. As my great granddaddy used to say,

"You only live life once, so do everything that you came here for. Don't tell children that magic is not real. And it is up to you and only you, to make the life that you wish for."

Well whatever, I believe in reincarnation. I do think it is important to keep magic alive. Without a belief in the unbelievable, it would be very difficult to lift the veil of reality.

It is my choice and mine alone to create the life of my choosing. Perhaps I don't do this consciously or unconsciously. It was a plan set in motion and agreed upon before I even came to this reality. Therefore, most and maybe all of this physical life has been ordained, so I should except what is and live life for each moment. That means accepting what I perceive as good and bad, sad and happy, abundant and scarce. It is all happening for a greater lesson. But what about free will? If my life already has a destiny, then I'm not really making any choices am I? Maybe free will is a false sense of security given to us to make us believe that we are in control. Perhaps free will is more than just a human component in this world, it is a power that we can use at any time to transcend in spiritual form.

This adventure is already taking its toll, and I haven't even left my chair.

~C.B.Schroder

Choose...

2009-05-04T08:12:00.000-07:00

Today, today you have the privilege of embarking on a journey never before undertaken in the land of the Blog.

There will be pain, there will be misery, but this is an essential part of the life quest that we must accept with arms wide open.

We do not know what the destination is. We do not know what we are trying to achieve. We don't even have a map to guide us.

We don't know what to expect, we can only make assumptions. Around the corner the beast of evil could be lurking, waiting for us, ready to take us in. In the dark forest we could follow the glowing path of the guardian, if we could learn to see without looking.

We must be prepared, yet nothing can be taken.

It is natural to be afraid. For if there was no fear, then courage could never exist. Embrace the fear, hold it close, accept it for what it is and it will no longer be your enemy, but an ally.

Give up who you think you need to be, to become who you are.

I must now meditate and prepare myself for the journey.

~C.B. Schroder