The Inheritance
From Integrating Awareness with Being, Lesson 6
What might your thoughts be, if you came to know a man who had received an inheritance - a great estate that had many beautifully furnished mansions, many lovely gardens, flowing streams, fertile fields, singing birds, and trees bearing every manner of fruit - all walled in from the noise and curious people outside.
Upon arriving to take possession of his inheritance, he entered the back gate to the outbuilding that received the deliveries and sent out the garbage, and he spent his entire life from that point on in that outbuilding. He did not even know about the wonderful estate beyond the gate, and so was unable to experience it for himself.
Further, if someone who knew about the estate came by and told him about his wonderful estate, he would say that he was being lied to, that he had been here in this outbuilding for forty long hard years and that he ought to know. He would probably say, "I am just a poor, unhappy man, and now somebody is trying to make me an object of ridicule."
What would you think about this man? That he was ignorant? That he was insane? That he was indolent? Would you tell yourself that if you were in his position, you would at least investigate to see if you had all your estate?
That man is any one of us. We have received an inheritance of a very rich world. A world of many states of being - all the way from the pit where garbage is burned, to the mansions and beautiful gardens. We arrived at the broad gate of the senses, gave sensation great value, and became a slave to them. We became totally involved in trying to gain sensations we like, and avoid any we don't like. Then we are anxious to store up means to have only the kind of sensations we like. This creates a constant state of anxiety of one form or another. This leads from the out-building of the receiving shed to the pit as we look for the sensations of comfort and pleasure, attention, approval, and sense of importance.
With ever increasing awareness, we go from the pit of blame and feelings of inferiority, being less important - to mansions (dimensions) of joy and being-ness. Our soul is healed and restored quickly when we release false beliefs about others and ourselves.
From Integrating Awareness with Being, Lesson 6
What might your thoughts be, if you came to know a man who had received an inheritance - a great estate that had many beautifully furnished mansions, many lovely gardens, flowing streams, fertile fields, singing birds, and trees bearing every manner of fruit - all walled in from the noise and curious people outside.
Upon arriving to take possession of his inheritance, he entered the back gate to the outbuilding that received the deliveries and sent out the garbage, and he spent his entire life from that point on in that outbuilding. He did not even know about the wonderful estate beyond the gate, and so was unable to experience it for himself.
Further, if someone who knew about the estate came by and told him about his wonderful estate, he would say that he was being lied to, that he had been here in this outbuilding for forty long hard years and that he ought to know. He would probably say, "I am just a poor, unhappy man, and now somebody is trying to make me an object of ridicule."
What would you think about this man? That he was ignorant? That he was insane? That he was indolent? Would you tell yourself that if you were in his position, you would at least investigate to see if you had all your estate?
That man is any one of us. We have received an inheritance of a very rich world. A world of many states of being - all the way from the pit where garbage is burned, to the mansions and beautiful gardens. We arrived at the broad gate of the senses, gave sensation great value, and became a slave to them. We became totally involved in trying to gain sensations we like, and avoid any we don't like. Then we are anxious to store up means to have only the kind of sensations we like. This creates a constant state of anxiety of one form or another. This leads from the out-building of the receiving shed to the pit as we look for the sensations of comfort and pleasure, attention, approval, and sense of importance.
With ever increasing awareness, we go from the pit of blame and feelings of inferiority, being less important - to mansions (dimensions) of joy and being-ness. Our soul is healed and restored quickly when we release false beliefs about others and ourselves.
