GratitudeLog

Lucien Gagnon Happy Thursday, January 20, 2011

Good Morning my wonderful friends !

Hello to the love of reality

I am so Happy and Grateful now to be a lover of reality . A christian asked me if I had ever met Jesus . I 'm a lover of God ----in other words , a lover of reality . I like to meet you there , which is here ,now.
I don't know much about Jesus, except that he loved God . he was a man with a wonderful way that worked for him ---someone who truly lived it , I know what that is . I found a wonderful way ,too, and I live it . And , of course , that's not true . " I" didn't find the way , it found me , when there wasn't even a me to find . The way is simple what is . It doesn't bend to what anyone thinks it should be , it is its own integrity, it is infinitely intelligent and kind . To my mind , if Jesus is the way , I meet him in everyone , because the way is nothing more than a mirror image of my own thinking .
Christian say they love Jesus, but that's easy to believe when things are going your way . If Jesus walked into this room , everyone would love him , some would even fall at his feet and worship him, until he said something that threatened their religion, which is the concept they're attached to in the moment . Then he'd become an enemy . " He's a radical . He's not what I thought he'd be . He hangs out with the wrong people . A spiritual teacher shouldn't be political. He's contracting the scriptures . His head's in the clouds . He doesn't understand " People will write off even the clearest , most loving person in the world when he opposes their belief system . They will invalidate him , negate him , obliterate him , prove that he's wrong , he's a fraud he's dangerous to society , so that they can protect what they really believe is important . they rather be right than free.
When you revere a spiritual teacher , it's yourself that you've revering , because you can't project anything but yourself . And as long as there is something unhealed in you , you have to attach that to the teacher when you don't get your way or when your belief system is threatened . He say something , you put meaning onto it , you think that he's wrong or lacking , and you move out of reverence . What you're reacting to is not what he said , but what you heard . It's a fine thing to love Jesus , but until you can love the monster , the terrorist the child molester , until you can meet your worst enemy without defense or justification , your reverence for Jesus isn't real , because each of these is just another of his forms . That's how you know when you are truly revering your spiritual teacher : when your reverence goes across the board.
If you think you're devoted to a spiritual teacher , that's a wonderful beginning ; you get to see how devotion could look when it's directed to all of us . Whatever disrespect , invalidation , or fear you project onto and enemy ----- sooner or later you'll project it onto your spiritual teacher. Everyone is your teacher , and the most powerful spiritual practice is to hang out with the people who criticize you . You don't even have to do that physically , since that live here in your head . And when you think that you've grow beyond all your defensiveness and justification , then hang out with your enemies physically , and see how lighthearted you are when they they trash you . that's the real test.
To become aware without any spiritual teacher , without any scripture or tradition or authority , is to meet the teacher where you are . For me , the truth was right under my nose . Most amazing , it was sweet and simple , with nothing complicated about it . If it hadn't been so simple , I would never have found it .

Wishing everyone to recognize your teacher withing in Love light and Magic ------ Namaste------