Concepts or Constraints

Last night, I went to a meditation workshop and the teacher commented that both the understanding of concepts and the actual meditation are significant, with the former deepening the practice of the latter.  The next question from the audience was: "So teacher, when do we drop the concepts?"  Here is my two cents:  Spiritual practice is never a linear equation, or one will exactly fall into the pitfalls of clinging onto concepts.  The tendency will be to attach more meaning to the results rather than to see the true nature they can bear.

To know if you are consumed by concepts, try to quiet your mind and use your body senses as the reference.  With the day to day challenges, can you still feel peace, calmness and lightness within yourself?  If yes, then I would like to congratulate you as it is very likely that you are using wisdom to observe, investigate and research the concepts.  And maybe even bringing such concepts from your mind to your heart and turning them into your own experiences.  The observer and the observed thus become one.

After all, your body is your loyal messenger that never lies to you, but your mind often does.  Have you been listening to your body enough?  Are you the driver of your mind or is your mind driving you (nuts)?

Spiritual Beings Having a Human Experience

Spirituality has always meant different things to different people.  Some equate it with their religious faith, some make it the quest of a lifetime (or more), yet some find it something out there.  And for me, if spirituality cannot be explained in some easy words, it just defies human understanding.  Simply put: It's finding our way home, tapping into our own consciousness and remembering who we are.  It is precisely through this connection with yourself that you can connect with other living beings, and eventually, the Source.  And this connection all happens with your very own self-realisation before you can ultimately re-discover the Source.

If you ever have the slightest thought of why you were created and what you were born to do, then whether you know it or not, you have already embarked on your spiritual journey.

Given that it is Easter holiday now, I might want to end this briefly mentioning resurrection.  Metaphysically, resurrection is the restoring of mind and body to their original undying state.  Perhaps it's time that we wake up to our spiritual amnesia and be mindful again about our true purpose here.  

Blessings to you on your journey!

P.S.  More to follow on consciousness, so stay tuned...

Pixie's Journal is Born!

Today is March 21, 2016!  It is the birth of Pixie's Journal, and what a coincidence that it is also the first day of Aries - the Spring equinox, the first sign in the new zodiacal year, and thus the new beginnings. 

The young ram is adventurous, enthusiastic and vibrant.  The Arian is a true pioneer both in thought and action, and open to new ideas and freedom.  Often, it may coerce others to look at themselves in a new way.  Aren't these also some of the objectives of this blog?  It is born out of one commitment to myself: to share my collection of spiritual, or rather, human experiences.  If it triggers something in you whether it is a thought, feeling or even judgement while reading it, my purpose is met.  

So, are you ready to remove your filtered lens, today?