Choose A New Experience

Last week I touched on the difference between knowledge and experience, also mentioning time as a part of the equation. The truth of your, my, or anyone's experience is that we can change it, at will, at any time, with intention. Simply changing your thought is sufficient, not just in general, but one at time.

This turns out to be a double-edged sword for many of us, because in western culture, impatience is an in-bred expectation and heavily leveraged by marketers. We have been brought up to expect instant results, and this is reinforced by most of the media we consume.

Also, amongst all the trappings of a materially oriented society, our connection to spirituality and our own core essence, becomes less important to most people. Even though many feel a renaissance of spiritual discovery emerging, a BMW can look awfully attractive compared to a life as a Buddhist monk, considering we don't see a lot of commercials that make us desire following the Buddha.

As I've mentioned in many past articles, you can make any change you desire in your life, now, simply beginning with thought and moving from there. However I feel strongly that you should first accept responsibility for the choices you have made previously. That you should clear out the attic of your past and forgive your previous bad choices and their outcomes. Become detached from them forever after.

Accept them, forgive them, release them; rinse and repeat. A simple process, mastered with practice, and being human you will have plenty of opportunity for more of that! I know I do.

To understand everything, you must forgive everything - Buddha

In going through your clearing house process, you will achieve a sense of clarity in the level of responsibility you accept for your actions. The ultimate realization, in this area, is that you are totally responsible for every person, situation, emotion and manifestation in your life right now. You are the creator of your own soap opera that plays out daily around you.

In time or with practice, it becomes much simpler to change your experience at will. The above steps essentially force you to begin the practice of monitoring your thoughts, in so doing you begin to recognize those thoughts that you no longer desire. These should simply be blessed and discarded.

To change your experience, cultivate and expand those thoughts that are in line with who you choose to be. I am not talking about what you desire to have in your life, that is a separate but not unrelated conversation. Instead who do you choose to be, what state of mind and soul do you desire, while you experience the doing-ness part of your life? Happy, sad, ecstatic?

The more I experience, the less I know. The truths of life are simple indeed. Forgive yourself regularly, allow yourself to feel accepted and acceptable. If you are not happy with a situation, change it, make a new choice, make a higher choice. Practice making your highest choice in conjunction with your spirit. Experience freedom, joy and complete creative control as the director of your show.


Peace,
-Mikel