gazing at my tea pot
i was really feeling relaxed
at least a warm tea pot
let itself being gazed at
and it does not make a fuss
the tea is from the earth
and you are also made from the earth
won't it be strange that earth elements can't be in harmony?
yet, human beings who are also made from the earth
and having the extra advantage of being of the same specie
are really the most difficult to be with.
guess a human being is more challenging than a tea pot;)
i think it is the secret
letting being gazed at
to adopt a respectful and open attitude
in watching or being watched
is two way
the one who observe is usually easily shaken
by the object of his observation
who has the free will of choosing of not being gazed at
for all the transformative power is in the gaze
in the observation
in YOUR attention
what has the earth more than you
that makes it successful?
vegetation are in the seed already
they grow to manifest their potential
they are yet without any shield
and exposed to all kinds of hectic weather
and yet they flourish...
how come?
the difference with man
is that they let themselves be
whatever happen
they keep in touch with their inner state of nature
the human being can't stay in rest
he has always to DO something
thus he lets no time to the power of earth in his body to work
he will spring from one conclusion to another
getting more and more far away from his body related sensations
and will be carried away by his mentalized way
while Life remains in Meditation
because It knows how to BE
while man only knows how to become, do etc. except to be.
because he does not know that he already IS in the seed.
"Be or not to be, that is the question" - such a timely and clever question,
isn't it? ;)
actually that is what is at stake.
goal of meditation is to reconcile (unify ourselves within) with our self
and not to constrain ourselves to live in such or such state
we have nothing to DO
but only to make ROOM (give all chance) to the manifestation plane,
like the Earth
it let itself Be
and then you see the different levels of manifestation from seed to fruits and so on.
but the human being has not even realised that he is a seed
even less understood that there is cultivation
needed for fruits to be born
so this is why he can't let himself BE
he always has to DO something
yet the doing is just based on reaction
and this reaction is like each time putting a stop
to an inner grow of a seed planted in the earth
like when we bring a counter to zero
each time it tries to run.
normally, all that is needed
is the desire to discover and feel the NATURAL changes
that takes place within us.
AS THEY TAKE PLACE
for a seed in the earth
till it becomes a fruit
we just need to make room for it.
actually, we just need to treat our body
as the Earth treats its own vegetation
LET IT BE.
so that we might see how it naturally PRODUCES FRUITS
or MIRACULOUSLY produce fruits
why does it seem a miracle?
because it is a miracle when
we have made the right choice
by trading our long earned way of dealing with life
with a new way of living
THIS IS MIRACULOUS
because rarely people do that
and its NATURAL AND LOGIC consequence IS
that it bears FRUITS
and as it is a new level of manifestation
different than the one people are used to
for they are used to witness their seed
which becomes dust
and their attention goes on another seed
and again dust
FOR ONCE
they could see their seed becoming a fruit
and THAT is miraculous!
so this Success/fruits etc.
will come NATURALLY
so don't seek for it
don't expect it
don't look for it
for it ALREADY IS IN YOU
AS IT IS IN THE EARTH
you just have to change your old inherited attitude
"for it (success) will
happen naturally
because it is only the consequence of your "renunciation to control everything"
just remain naturally present to yourself
just with an Attention FREE from all grasping/acquisition."
- from The Art to transform your life by Bruno Lallement.
