The difference between a long-ing & a com-puls-ion is one endures, the other pulsates. One is equanimous, the other is erratic. One is remembered, the other is easily forgotten. To invest in balance or conflict is the choice of everyone.
In the vain search of belonging, the intelligent being will adopt the compulsions of others in their vicinity, & abandon the unique genius they were gifted with that makes them feel like an outsider. But what's beyond the village is not death; it is a profound space to invite greater levels of self awareness one can use to lead their own Life, & even those of others. Even if you love someone, their insight & love only should influence you, not the thrills of their restless behavior. Know that if you are not at rest, then your state of rush means you've become a slave to a foreign program. If everyone around you is indulging in the tones of hedonism, you remain still & watch your experience yield to supreme peace. Yes, the temptations to mirror their ways will come, but they will go just as quickly as the tempest swelled within you. The flash of lightning is but a passing ripple in the lake's quietude. To be socialized, or timeless is in our hands.
Sadhana is heartbreaking because on the way to join the eternal light of awarness, the compulsions one held dear evaporate one after another in a painful process of withdrawal. But during the elevation, it occurs to the witness that the methods one thought they needed to keep themselves together were just the fruits of arrogance. These mentally imaged nations placed a veil over the insight that approaching wholeness consciously through Yoga is truly the only way Life has offered. Hell, the place our minds fear the most, isn't a pit of immortal fire beneath the Earth's crust. It is the heat of one's own impulses consuming their ability to see & choose the quality of their Life. The conscious being is flame proof to all vices inside & out because this one finds safety not in false idols that provide directions to detours of lower planes, but within the one provider of clarity that reveals the straight path up.
To the addicted, releasing the support of intoxications they were misled to be needs appears to be a loss: a lowering of one's state. But the keen eye shows the simple state of open sobriety was the beginning & all one has ever been. From here, the truth of vices becomes clear that their ability to solve oneself is illusory. Their corrpution is founded by the repeated experiences of suffering when they don't work. & after the grief of reorienting to sense has been accepted, one realizes what they've gained is sincere connection with Life & not just passing, clever schemes of short term pleasure. In this profound knowing, there is an unshakable serenity as the door of past counterfeit relief has closed for good. So Yoga cannot be faked. It can only be practiced.
Life created the things we indulge in, but they are only a fraction of the complete. & the Supreme awaits in its spacious domain to greet those who finally turn inward towards its nonphysical fulfillment: the only resource that works in bringing our souls to rest. What leads us astray from the paramount value of oneness, are the physical possessions & knowledge we cling to. In the eyes of existence, accumulation is senseless as it disturbs the signal of Wisdom that contains natural information congruent with the arrangement of Life. But if one is hypnotized into trusting their records over their Eye for navigation, they will ascribe the words above to be insanity as they abide in the psych wards of occupations, schools, & families many confuse to be home; even when their heart isn't there. The toys Life created to amuse the intellect are merely tests of distractions to overcome to earn the Sacred state as only those with a consistently sharp vision can gain entry & maintain the position. The trial & errors of our lives are refiners of observation that call us to look deeper with each engagement. To perservere through the threshold of illusions & clarify our self awareness is Life's curriculum for us. Those who pass receive & exist as a timeless value. Those who struggle or attempt to escape are anyway on their way home as no child gets left behind. If they must be dragged back to truth, then so be it. & though they don't believe in themselves yet due to too much misinformed expression that causes inner dissaray, Life will attempt again & again to drive this point home with lesson after painful lesson. When there's nowhere else to find shelter from God's reign, one is forced towards the Kingdom within where their Heart is at long last actualized.
The price to pay for boastfulness is inescapable; & exhaustion from the self inflicted ordeal finally leads one to rest & reside in space where the mirror of their Eye delivers the darkenss they wasted so much strength to hide to the forefront of the firmament of their mind. Here, the healing process can begin & end to produce a reborn being of light.The proud try to stop the unstoppable force of evolution is the arrogance of expression & cause of suffering. To surrender to the boundless power of transformation is to gracefully accept the fact that sins were commited so one can finally see for themselves first the error, & then the solution. The ephemeral hardship matters not as all things shall pass.
Ultimately, the lesson is realizing emotional resonance is far more valuable than intellectual prowess because Life's language is energy. Symbols are just shadows of the now. It is true that competence of thought carries a level of resonance; but it pales in comparison to the vast sensitivities of affectionate texure. & with an honest look, one will see the underlying motivation of demonstrating mental gymnastics is an energetic outcome anyway. That is the present we all seek. & the sooner one understands this, the sooner they can mature beyond the cages that bind them.
The intellect is the servant of energy. Both are enlightened by attention. This is the order of Yoga; which means
Union.
