Leo Tolstoy on God

LEO TOLSTOY ON GOD: "When you look inside yourself, you see what is called 'your own self' or your soul. You cannot touch it or see it or understand it, but you know it is there. And this part of yourself--that which you cannot understand--is what is called God. God is both around us and inside of us--in our souls.

The more you understand that you are at one with God, the more you will understand that you are at one with all His worldly manifestations."

Sunday, September 7, 2014

In Defense of EGO: The Power of Order

    Photo Credit: Hassim Haramein whose unified field theory describes mathematically how the universe has a self-similar structure and dynamic on all scales from the infinitely big to the infinitely small, how within each scalar boundary condition there is a holographic representation of the whole: an infinitely connected holofractographic universe... http://resonance.is/More details in Nassim Haramein's paper: "Quantum Gravity and the Holographic Mass" in the journal Science Domain International:
http://www.sciencedomain.org/abstract.php?iid=224&id=4&aid=1298#.UYpH5oLnyBN

At the quantum and cosmological levels, everything is connected.

That's the theory of many scientists, including Hassim Haramein, whose work is highlighted above.

Using Physics, and Quantum Physics, to explain this to the average non-science person may be challenging. So we'll take it from the bottom.

We first look at the basic building blocks in life, which physicists say are protons. These are the primary foundation of everything; they are at the center of every atom and therefore are everywhere and in everything. If we understand the movement of protons, we would understand the connectedness of all things, scientists say.

So what's the bottom line of all this to you and me? 

There is an order to everything in the Universe, even at the minutest level, and at that level and throughout the Universe, everything is connected.

That's it...in a tightly knit shell.
Photo Credit: Rosario Egovil Forttini

The significance of this connectedness may not strike us in any way as new information.
We're aware at some levels that we're all the same.


Just look at us: African, Arabian, Asian, Caucasian, Indian or other, we're fundamentally the same in the way we function in the world. We all need the same key ingredients to stay alive: air, water, food, sunlight, sleep, et al. The race or color of the person does not make the necessities of life go away. 

Purple, green, yellow, orange, blue...fundamentally...all things are the same.
 Knowing we are the same in our essential humanness has created the bonds we have when we interact with each other in our households, communities, workplaces, country and throughout the world.

Our humanity is the key that connects us. 
Yet, it is this humanity that separates us.

If, in our essence, we are aware that we must come together for our basic survival, somewhere else in our makeup, we're aware of our separateness.

The part of us that connects, yet separates us, is our EGO, which is all so very human.

Our humanity requires we have a sense of identity, an Id, an EGO. This allows us to evolve as individuals. But somewhere in the development of this Id, our EGO, we also believe that in order for us to thrive, not survive, we must remain separate.

So, many of us find ourselves sharing ...up to a point of necessity.
Then comes the separation.

"It's human nature," we cry. 

Yes. It is.

Are we then going to be relegated to the pits of hell that develop from our separation and our humanity?

Luckily for us all...there is that order in the Universe...that connects all things.

It is: Divine Order.

This reigns supreme throughout the Universe.

Just as the patterns are the same at the quantum and cosmic levels in the Universe, so are the patterns of our days and our ways. All is ordered in the Universe by this activity we recognize in the spiritual world as "Divine Order." 

At our essence, we are Spirit. This allows us to connect at our minutest levels, when our physical differences would cause us to separate.

This Spirit is the beingness of us all.

With this one spirit operating throughout all mankind, we should be able to stay connected at all times.

What then, is the problem?

Again...our humanity...our EGOs.

The activity of Divine Order then has to supersede the activity of our humanness and our individual EGOs. And actually, it does.

Throughout our days on Earth, we may individually plan our lives to unfold in such a way that benefits us and our families primarily in all that we do. 

Were it left to our individual selves, every man or every family would be for himself and themselves only. Yet, we know that this does not occur.

Daily, we witness acts of Compassion, Love, Sharing, Caring, Giving and Receiving.

These very acts are Divine Order in operation at the most fundamental levels.

But even greater acts than these occur minute by minute in our lives when we receive good or bad news and tend to be euphoric or sad. In these minute-by-minute occurrences, life is evening the score by Divine Order.

Were we to look at the patterns of our individual lives and those around us, we may see instances of tremendous joy and sadness,  successes and failures, periods of extraordinary accomplishments and voids...
Photo Credit: Lofti DK

It may seem unfair that certain people and/or groups' lives are filled more with joys, successes and accomplishments than others. On the human level, yes, it does seem unfair.  
"What about cosmic balancing?" we ask.  
"Where is the Divine Order in this?" we ask.
"Do not judge by appearances but judge with righteous judgement."- John 7:24
The life that may shine with all the wealth and the glory may have miseries untold. 
Still...give me that life!
Really?
"I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. The ability to be present in the moment is a major component of mental wellness." -Abraham Maslow, via Gratefulness.org
Yet were we to focus on our lives in the moment, instead of being trapped by past errors, past habits and behavior, and look only to what's in front of us to do, then we would overcome these instances of jealousy, envy and resentment.

By going deeply within when life overwhelms or troubles us and connecting to the source of our being, we'd know that our Soul is moving inexorably on its path to good. We may not see the good, in the moment, but we can trust Divine Order is at work in our lives. 

We know there is order in the Universe, as we know it takes a baby nine months of gestation before being born. Yes, science explains part of it, but we know the truth that is buried within that explanation: something greater is at work. 

Release, let go and do the work that is yours to do...trusting that all is well.   

A lake suddenly appeared in the middle of the Tunisia desert earlier this year. 
Whether the water were polluted or not, people were intent on enjoying it. (Lake appears in Tunisia desert.) In other areas of the world, people complain about the rain. They want dryness.

How did the water appear in the middle of the desert, and why?
Science, of course, may soon get to the bottom of this occurrence ...Yet, there never will be a full explanation of how, why, in a desert where bodies of water simply don't exist.

Order.
Divine Order.

Correcting and balancing those areas that need to be fixed....and those that need to be left alone...drifting along alone to its own unfolding.


Oops...it's a little off course, there, and there...let's fix it. 
A slight adjustment here... a slight adjustment there.

Do you feel it in your life? Do you trust it to tweak what needs to be tweaked and to let what is moving along just the way it should...alone?

Can you feel...the order...the Divine Order...at work in your life?
Happy Fall!
Namaste',
Che'  

Personal Authenticity: "To Thine Own Self Be True"...

"To Thine Own Self Be True and it must follow as the night, the day, Thou canst not then be false to ANY man."
William Shakespeare.