Allow everything to be as it is
- March 19th, 2010
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This statement: “Allow everything to be as it is” which came from a few enlightened beings, resonates very strongly in me that it made me reflect over how often we have a tendency to want to have control over almost everything in life. And this ‘control freak’ in us is often the cause of much of our sufferings and pain that we think that if we ‘do not control’ whatever that life offers to us, we will end up the ‘loser’.
The extract (below) was taken from the book: “The Best of Inquiring Mind”:
“Our intention is to affirm this life, not to bring order out of chaos or to suggest improvements in creation, but simply to wake up to the very life we’re living, which is so excellent once one gets one’s mind and one’s desires out of its way and lets it act of its own accord.”
Life is complete and perfect. It’s our egos who will go into a lie that it’s not so; and we have enough advocates of this illusion in society who are constantly bombarding us with messages of fear, that unless we ‘buy something or follow someone or make an offering of sorts’, our lives will be ‘less than pristine’.
Take a look at our relationships with people. How often have we ‘interfered and intervened’ with how they live their lives just because we have another idea how they ought to live their lives?
Notice especially with people closest to us: our partners, our spouses, our children, our family and friends – how we have a tendency to want to ‘control them’ according to our misplaced perception of what’s best for them? Yes we can offer advice and share our feelings but the choice is theirs, and it is for them to discover the beauty of life on their own.
Be mindful every time you see yourself veering towards controlling someone or manipulating his thoughts and actions – pause, reflect…and allow everything to be as it is.
