05-14-2014, 03:31 AM
(05-14-2014, 01:10 AM)Adonai One Wrote: And how is that relevant to the daily life of the human subject that wants to be more "service-to-others"?
How do we radiate our essence and our heart and what does it consist of in our lives? What are we doing with our lives when we share love?
I believe it's important these terms have meaning. Saying "it's a mystery" leaves the quote quite dead.
This is what it can be used for:
Quote:We cannot offer shortcuts to enlightenment. Enlightenment is of the moment, is an opening to intelligent infinity. It can only be accomplished by the self, for the self. Another self cannot teach/learn enlightenment, but only teach/learn information, inspiration, or a sharing of love, of mystery, of the unknown that makes the other-self reach out and begin the seeking process that ends in a moment, but who can know when an entity will open the gate to the present?
I am not or ever trying to give "answers", only show others the threshold of their own mystery-clad being.
This is my orientation of self and service to others is I nurture and grow the desire to seek through the sharing of mystery, mystique and wonder. I am not here to tell anyone the path but to show each that there is a path if they so desire to look. I sit at the crossroads and beckon the mystery of each direction, yet I do not walk for any.
Everyone I meet with I share the mystery and wonder and unknown reverence I hold for all of creation. It does not matter to me whether or not I am "correct" in a logical, rational sense, only that I am able to inspire wonder, curiosity and seeking in the self and other-self.
Indeed, I see the mystery as not being a cop-out but an acknowledgement of the actual state of things. It's not a mystery because it is elusive and incapable of being understood, it is a mystery because infinity, by its very nature, must account for mystery. I see the mystery as being a thing in itself, not just a cloak or obscuring of something else, but the mystery, and the essence of mystery is the core of being itself. This isn't to say it is untouchable and unknowable, but rather it is only knowable as a mystery which grows ever deeper and deeper. The more you know and learn, the less you do. The more aware of the self you are, the greater the self becomes and the more expansive the mystery gets. I do not long to "know everything" because I know that mystery is eternal and that so long as there is existence, there shall also be mystery. Without mystery, there is no seeking, period.
For me, I seek to be of service by showing people of their potential and capacity to grasp that potential on whatever level they are able to do so. This is offered, of course, not enforced and only when it is asked for or welcomed.