Regarding the Inner Work

[Sacred Fool]

Some may perhaps find this useful.

https://www.llresearch.org/channeling/1983/0903

The inner work, the work upon the self, is not selfish. For it [is] only the whole self that can serve the Creator it sees in others. What you see is a reflection of what you are. If you have not found enough, then you will continually view outer shortages. If within yourself you have discovered the wholeness of your being and the adequacy, indeed, the perfection of your consciousness, you will then find that same consciousness buried however deeply in the illusions about you. You may think to yourself that you cannot possibly find a whole and complete being within yourself. It is certain that your culture does not encourage you to feel whole. However, through meditation and the discipline of analysis of your thoughts and your actions you can find the keys that open the door to wholeness.

This wholeness is another word for love, for love is that which is not broken or battered or in any way imperfect. Love indeed is creative and multiplies that wherein it dwells. Sometimes you may feel as if your situation were that of a certain crowd spoken of in your holy work called the Bible, gathered upon many hills, many thousands of people, and you have a few loaves of bread and a couple of fish. And you feel completely inadequate to nourish that which is about you, those who need you. You feel that you do not have the food, the nourishment, the love that is necessary. But this is the point. Such is the power of love as it flows through you from the infinite source which has created all that there is that that which you have will be enough. You are enough and you have enough.
And so our young man could grow old and die and never find enough unless the attention had been turned to the inner silence that beckons all who seek, an inner silence so filled with joy that those who have felt it recognize others by that one smile that says to the world, “Yes, I have felt it too, I have known infinite bounty, I have felt the sunshine of a universe scattered carelessly, abundantly and wastefully upon my upturned spirit. I have asked; I have received.” Those who have received radiate that which they have received, and give it again a hundredfold.

And so my friends, please do not think ill of your poverty, whether it be of power or of money or of the right words or of enough love or of the ability to deal with a situation correctly today. For a little while you have left eternity, and you are living in time. You brought infinity with you; you brought the infinite love that created you and is you with you.

 
 

It's pretty well impossible to discuss this sort of thing if you haven't tasted it.  One can talk around it, but how can you discuss the feeling of the One in all and the All in any one portion without the direct experience?  What's the use of just talking about it?  I don't know.  The best one can do, I suppose, is what the Confederation dudes are doing, viz., encouraging us to seek and seek and seek within until we come upon that wondrous experience of self as All.  And again, at that point, why talk about it?  (...or type about it?)

So many questions.

[Diana]

It's pretty well impossible to discuss this sort of thing if you haven't tasted it.  One can talk around it, but how can you discuss the feeling of the One in all and the All in any one portion without the direct experience?  What's the use of just talking about it?  I don't know.  The best one can do, I suppose, is what the Confederation dudes are doing, viz., encouraging us to seek and seek and seek within until we come upon that wondrous experience of self as All.  And again, at that point, why talk about it?  (...or type about it?)

So many questions.

I have pondered this myself. All my life I have been "thinking" about philosophical concepts even as a small child, and finding out very young that there was no one to talk to about them. So I stayed in my own head so to speak. This I think was a good habit to form, as it focused me on self-growth and inner seeking. 

But I think the purpose of talking about it, aside from the idea that one doesn't just talk about growth but does the work and takes action toward growth, is that it can feel isolating to always be focused inwardly which can put one out of balance with the idea of being one with others. A connection to others in speech and communication is also helpful for balancing and clarifying what is inside one—there is a transformation that takes place as thoughts are expressed into the world, which can help one to be an observer of the words formed from thoughts. In one way I think this constitutes a loss in scope since so much does not lend itself to words, but it can bring resolution or coalescence of amorphous glimmers intuited from the deeper parts of the mind. And more so for me, I use communication in words to develop my ability to express the truth (transparency) of what is in my heart and mind, and to open up a channel to do the reverse, and this I think strengthens connection in this world, like neuro-pathways in the brain of the collective consciousness.

I also think, and this is an incompletely explored idea, that there is a fine line between being self-involved and inwardly seeking. The idea that Wanderers are not here to fix anything can, I think, lend itself to excuses of ignoring this existence or not getting involved rather than accepting this world while also being of service within it. I find this at times to be a great challenge.

[AnthroHeart]

This reminds me of building the merkaba, and feeling wholeness.

[flofrog]

I think such websites as this one are helpful for newcomers to express their search once they discover such as the Law of One and how it resonates with them.

True that once you discover bliss with love and/or Creator, one feels perhaps less the urge to discuss ? But sharing this bliss is never useless too…

[AnthroHeart]

I think such websites as this one are helpful for newcomers to express their search once they discover such as the Law of One and how it resonates with them.

True that once you discover bliss with love and/or Creator, one feels perhaps less the urge to discuss  ?  But sharing this bliss is never useless too…

You may be right flo. I like to try to teach, but don't feel an overpowering desire to do so.

I didn't realize you could share bliss.

[IndigoSalvia]

Such a beautiful quote from Hatonn, Sacred Fool. That quote itself - beautifully-crafted - is an example of talking, typing and contemplating with words. Insufficient and confining though words are at times to capture the sensations and experiences of spirit, words are one of the mediums we have for sharing, interacting.

When we try to capture divine experiences in words and thoughts, the experience seems to slip through our mind's fingers. Yet, like this excerpt, words can inspire and connect us. Words can also divide us.

Words are yet another form of energy. What do I choose to infuse my words with? is a question I often ask myself.

This quote brings to mind the balancing of scarcity and abundance. I react very differently when I am in a place of scarcity versus abundance. I often reframe scarcity-based thoughts to abundances-based thoughts. Immediately, I notice a calming energy fill me up. In me, scarcity inspires fear while abundance inspires being present and unity, a sharing.

[meadow-foreigner]

To talk about issues is a way of gaining in understanding, as long as the Self is open to different perspectives than their own.

[Diana]

This quote brings to mind the balancing of scarcity and abundance. I react very differently when I am in a place of scarcity versus abundance. I often reframe scarcity-based thoughts to abundances-based thoughts. Immediately, I notice a calming energy fill me up. In me, scarcity inspires fear while abundance inspires being present and unity, a sharing.

So true. The fear of survival is a driving—conscious and unconscious—force in humanity. Most people in this world live in threatened circumstances continually (paycheck to paycheck, no job security, government corruption, separation between the advantaged wealthy and the rest of the population).

To address the symptoms of the problem is to extend kindness and compassion to those who live in such fear. But as you point out, the underlying paradigm is what really needs shifting. And yet, without some relief from struggle I think it will be difficult to bring this about for most people. 

To talk about issues is a way of gaining in understanding, as long as the Self is open to different perspectives than their own.

I very much agree.