Too Sweet To Stomach

A friend texted me this poster a couple days ago querying me as to what I thought of it. First of all, I treasure my brother who sent it. He is always sending me material that somehow looks good but feels a little bit off and asks me for my take on it. He playfully challenges me to see if I'm awake. I love it.

It's a beautiful shot with the words, "You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible." It is attributed to Deepak Chopra.

At first reading, I found myself wanting to agree with what was said, but the more I tried to say, "yes", I kept running into a part of me that wouldn't agree. "What is this?" I thought. "Why can't I just pass this on?" I found this dialogue fascinating because consistently when it comes to truth, my picker is a clear on-off switch. And though I wanted "yes", it was clearly saying "no".

Then it hit me. The quotation was a powerful example of the core flaw that underlies most present, pop spirituality and human potentiality thinking, i.e. a platitude that seems so delicious, yet is impossible to swallow.

The lie lies in the very first words, "You must find ...". "No. This is an act of will." And in fact, no matter how you try, you cannot will yourself into that place inside where nothing is impossible. It's already your natural state. It's not missing, nor a quest. And it's not hidden. It's right before you now and you know it. You just don't want to know that you know it, because you intuitively know how accepting this will impact your efforts to stay busy sustaining your place in your world. It will collapse it.

And rightly so will it dissolve away, because what would you do with this unlimited power if you were able to claim it? Turn it over freely to be used as is It's Nature, in meeting the needs you face all around you, without a shred of resistance, spontaneously, for the immediate good of all led by Divine Wisdom? Come on. Maybe after paying off debts and manifesting a new car, house, relationships, life and a better world according to how your mind with its thimble-full of experience would pattern it. Keep in mind that this means letting go of all your pre-conceived ideas that exclude Wonder and Beauty flowing equally out of utter seeming Chaos as well as Order.

And another point. To find something, you need time and space with which to find it in. Spirit, that place inside, is a Present Moment experience that shows you there is no space and time. This is nuts, yet we continue to talk about the future as if it exists. Here's what's true. If something has to happen in the future, you can be sure it won't ever happen. Why? Because it's the pure fantasy of what's next. Everything happens now. Describe to me what it's like to live anywhere but Here and Now. (Microphone drop.)

The thing is we are all, in this Present Moment, complete vessels of manifesting anything, everything without limitation. All we have to do is surrender and LET THE MANIFESTATION BE AS THE SPIRIT LEADS. But as long as we look to use this Power as our own personal strike force, delivered in some future time and space, well good luck in finding it.

Chopra's saying is very subtle, but it is at the heart of what I would call White Magic or Furniture Moving. Yes, it appears you can tap this force to make what you want to make until you can't make it anymore. For those of you who are still happily engrossed in making things, you don't know what I'm talking about and that's OK. And for those of you who are experiencing the progress of your personal impotence in the world ... I know ... let's just say, ease up on yourself. It's hard to be much of a kite when you've started seeing that your also the wind. It's kinda distracting.

More to come. Love questions & feedback
and thanks for the poster Sal.