Don’t Contribute To The Divisiveness Of Our World
Don’t Contribute to the Divisiveness of Our World
Of course a question came up about how we can live consciously during a time where there is so much divisiveness in our world. Eckhart’s solution is simple – do not add to the division.
Recognize that people who feed into this division have not yet accessed the deeper state of consciousness existing inside of them and inside of each of us. When this higher state of consciousness starts to awaken, the ego slowly starts to dissolve. However, the ego wants to survive, and can only do so when divisiveness, or otherness, exists. Once you reach a state of higher consciousness or “being,” and understand that we are all one, your ego and the narrative of yourself that you have projected out into the world, dies.
When communicating with someone with different beliefs than your own, try to set the example by responding not from your own ego, but from a state of higher awareness, and recognize that the other person has the capacity to do so as well.
Conscious Living is like Tasting Honey
The conceptual mind, or “knowledge-seeking” mind. Individuals enroll in higher education in order to gain knowledge about certain topics or concepts. Society greatly values the development of knowledge. But there is a huge difference between knowledge and wisdom. Our world is inundated with knowledge, and what we really need is more wisdom. Living wisely, or consciously, is like tasting honey.
A person could understand honey so well that he or she could get a PhD in honey. This person could understand the chemical compounds that make up honey, recite the historic facts that surround honey, even describe the sensory qualities of honey without ever tasting its sweetness. However, a person who has tasted honey has a completely different understanding of honey than the person who learned about the concept of honey. This deeper dimension of knowing honey is comparable to conscious living. We can live each moment of our lives in the conceptual mind AKA through our thoughts. Or, we can start to integrate moments where we experience living by being.
Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of being and the deep, unshakable peace that comes with it, are beggars, even if they have great material wealth.
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