The Master Will Be Tested
Dhammapada – Impurity 18
“But life is hard
For the man who quietly undertakes
The way of perfection,
With purity, detachment and vigor.
He sees the light.”
Just like silver and gold it shall pass through the fire to be refined, the Master will be tested. You will have good days and you will have bad days, that is just how life is when you seek the way of perfection, the good path.
Our biggest opponent is the opponent that walks and sleeps with us, OUR MIND. Sometimes, we observe the thoughts, but sometimes, we listen and pay attention to the thoughts. Thoughts are like a fiery dart, that if you allow it to stay and burn, it will slowly start to burn the house down. The fire must be put out immediately.
In Christianity, the New Testament says:
James 4-7
“Submit yourselves, then, to God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. …”
The devil is the thoughts of your mind, your ego, the self. It likes to remind you of certain things or memories, to awaken certain desires or emotions. Observe the thought and do not feed into it but submit to the truth, because those thoughts are not you, it is not truth, its lies that the voices behind the gate, the army of illusion is spitting to you so you can believe and react to it. Its not a spirit, but your mind that is playing the game of reminding. Empty out the mind.
Thoughts first hit the mind, then if you accept it, it will hit the heart, if you allow it to hit the heart, the next place it will hit, is the action. If you commit the action you will have to immediately pull away and resubmit yourself to the truth and go and meditate to quiet the mind. Detach from the thoughts projected by the army of illusion, the mind. Submit to emptiness, practice it daily, learn what is emptiness, so that you want nothing.
Dhammpada – The Just 19
And yet it is not good conduct
That helps you upon the way,
Nor ritual, nor book learning,
Nor withdrawal into self,
Nor deep meditation.
None of these confers mastery of joy.
O seeker!
Rely on nothing
Until you want nothing.”
The way to perfection is not easy, but it is attainable. Only because you are following the path of goodness, the path of God, it doesn’t mean you are exempt form problems. Everyone receives the same weather, rain or sunshine, but it all depends how you receive it and how you react to it. Master the mind and practice emptiness. All virtue lies in detachment.
In other words you cannot give up, this world needs you, not everyone wants to seek the good path, because its not easy. The road to the good path is narrow, but the road to perdition is wide and spacious, and that is the path the majority of people want to walk on, because its easier, no rules, no laws. But the sad thing is that Karma is more real than we think. What goes around, comes around. Karma is real, but our motovation should not be fear of karma. Our motovation should be to love the path of purity, love and peace. There is nothing like this path and the feeling can only be describe by people who are actually walking on it. Every person that seeks the good path of purity, delivers positive energy into this world. Too many people are lost in the path of destruction and people like you and I, are needed to continue to walk the good path so we can give the message of peace and hope. Let us be mouth pieces for peace and love, for God, for truth, for the sake of this world.
Stay encouraged, stay blessed, keep seeking and walking in the path of purity and goodness.
Here is a song that helped in my time of testing, I hope you enjoy it.
Its from Trevor Hall – Parachutes.
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