Transformation Redefined

Spiritual seekers aspire to transform - transform themselves, transform their beliefs, even transform others.  As the word transform is a verb and thus has a connotation of “acting”, how do we reconcile that when spirituality advocates “being” rather than “doing”?  Well maybe we urgently need to rethink what transformation means.  Very often, we are eager to see changes in our external world, or more accurately, our outer experiences.  Obviously that has everything to do with our senses as we believe what we see, hear, smell, taste or touch is real.  But we never question whether that is true, and what we connect with our senses may not be as real as you think.  And conversely, what we cannot experience may not be unreal and non-existent.  This has all to do with the limitations of our human ability.  Fundamentally, if the entire universe is manifested from our collective mind, then what is so-called transformation may not necessarily translate into changes in the outer world as those can only be a by-product from changes within.  In fact, often we do not need to change any action at all.  What we need to “do” is to contemplate so that we can truly understand where our discomfort and pain are from.  And from that we can derive the root cause of our distorted beliefs and learn to be compassionate to ourselves.  This is already transformation to the fullest and the rest, by universal law, will naturally flow.