It has been said that our external realities are created by our internal states. In other words, our collection of beliefs, whether we are aware of them or not, creates the world in which we perceive and experience. Carl Jung once said, "Until you bring your subconscious to your conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate" and Mahatma Gandhi said, "We must BE the change we wish to see in this world." Hmmmm, this gives us a lot of responsibility, kinda scary actually. Outside of the occasional randomness of some unaware weenie that lets his dog do his business on your lawn, we are pretty much responsible for most of our aggravations in life, and even your reaction to that randomness is still our choice. Our financial situations, our acquaintances, our loves or our lack there of, we are responsible for all of it. That is of course if you believe what either of these two have to say on this transcendental subject.
I got to thinking about all of this though and I wondered, is this really all that scary? To take full responsibility for everything? I suppose it sounds scary at first, or even kind of lame, it seems like a lot of work. I recalled as a child growing up on a farm, all of the work that was involved, the constant upkeep, the toiling in the soil, the discipline of waking up early and working with the season and with nature and the joys of seeing the product of your labor, it was a first hand experience of being a co creator with the universe. But this work, this would be grittier, dirtier, and I would be going it alone, I would be like a farmer without any draft animals or farm equipment to till my fields or plant my seeds, all of the labor falling squarely on my shoulders. I would have to pull my own weeds, plant my own seeds, fertilize the soil, and be sure the plants I wanted to grow received plenty of water and sun. I would also be responsible for harvesting whatever I decided to grow or whatever weeds I decided not to pull. Well, I guess that sounds pretty cool, I get to choose what I grow and I get to enjoy the fruits of my labor, this responsibility thing is starting to sound a lot more fun and a lot less lame and scary!
I mean, I can be like a regular spiritual Farmer Bob. Even if you're a city slicker, having a little garden might be kinda neat. I can visualize or feel my internal state as if it were a beautiful field with trees, and weeds and vegetable plants, and fertile soil and sand traps and swamps and valleys and hills. I could drain the swamp if I wanted and plant corn, or maybe not, maybe the swamp makes a nice water feature, keep swamp, cancel corn. But I can most certainly pull these weeds or limiting beliefs that are choking off my roses. I can fertilize and water my field with positive life choices of what I read, what I eat, what I focus on and how much I exercise. I can plant oranges trees, avocados, mangos or whatever else I would like to physically manifest into my life and I can be grateful for my little farm as if it already exists, because it does exist. It will be my own abundant Shangri-La. From here I will tend to my garden, choosing what I want to project into this world, what fruits I want to reap, and being the change I want to see in this world. Just a simple farmer, planting his seeds and tilling his soul and humbly creating his own little slice of paradise.
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