Vivian Amis's Blog: Spiritual Insights - Posts Tagged "realization"

One day I was sitting outside and thinking about my relationship to God and where/what God is, when I heard...."I am closer than you think" My first reaction was "Of course your are, everyone knows that" but I heard no reply. Then I started to think....closer than you think....closer than I think....closer than thinking....thinking...thought...closer than thought....before thought! I understood that my very being is God and one with God in the absence of thought. Only "thought" separates us from God/oneness with all. It is in the silence of our mind where we find our true Self. It is in the absence of who we think we are....there.... I am.

Introduction

In the eastern religions, the Lotus is associated with purity and beauty, which comes to the surface as a result of cleansing the mind and detaching one’s true Self from the mind.

As a means of becoming the Lotus and the only way out of the murky water of suffering, we have created religions that may not be the shortest way to the desired destination. What is needed is an understanding that surpasses all scriptures.

What is needed are not more paths, but a way that is inclusive rather than exclusive, a path that is not a path toward our desired destination but a return to who we truly are before anything came into being. What is needed is a clear understanding of the principles that outline such a path so the seeker within all of us may return to its rightful place and the suffering in this world may come to an end. Then and only then will we know without a doubt that we are the sons and daughters of eternal life and the Lotus of purity and beauty.