Hello my friend, Alegrias.
Just like last month,
today I have invited Aline to come and represent the seekers by asking different questions about the self-realization process
and the process of inner self-transformation.
It's my privilege, Baba. I thank you so much.
During this season in India I had the opportunity to follow along with the many questions that were asked,
and for as much as the theme of this year may be purpose, many questions were related to romantic relationships.
It appears that this is our main affliction; the mystery of relationships.
I liked a point that you put out, saying that purpose is our relationship to life and I would like you to comment a bit about this.
How do we reach a point where we have a good relationship with life?
How do we identify our purpose?
It is only when we completely remove the idea that we have enemies from our minds.
It is only when you are able to become a friend to your brothers and sisters.
So, yes, an emancipation within the sphere of relationships which makes us aware of our purpose.
Some see life on planet earth as a prison. Some see it as the maximum security prison of the galaxy.
I prefer to see it as a school. And, if life is a school, relationships are it's university. I often repeat this phrase.
In some moment, you are going to need to graduate from this university.
You are going to need to learn to let the other be free, even to not love you, and to be able to not fall into the trap of taking revenge, of blaming –
to not fall into the trap of believing that you are a victim and the other is your enemy.
I understand that going through this stage, which I call the sphere of relationships, is unavoidable and
this emancipation is what allows us to become aware of our purpose.
To become aware of why you came here and what you came here for – in the larger sense.
Although many are here to learn some things within the sphere of relationships, this is always just a passage,
because at the deepest level we have come here to share our spiritual treasure with the world. To share our gifts and talents with the world.
This only happens when we are really capable of wanting to see the other happy.
Therefore, it is necessary to emancipate yourself in the sphere of relationships.
It is in some way important for you to be able to mature enough to not project your bad parents on the other.
Because as long as you are projecting your bad parents on the other you will want to take revenge on them, and you will not want to share your treasure.
You will not want to give yourself to the other.
This will block the possibility of becoming aware of your purpose.
It is certain that the awareness of your purpose takes place because you fall in love with life.
However, for you to have a love affair with life, for you to really enjoy this opportunity of being alive,
you have to have matured a bit in the sphere of human relationships.
So, it's like this – loving means to let the other be free, even to not love you – because at the end of the day it sets us free as well.
Total freedom.
And you have often said that everything is our choice, that we are where we put ourselves – and I have seen a lot,
I see it in my work as a teacher and a coach, and I see it even in my family – the attitude that "No, I didn't have a choice."
"I have this career because I needed to start working early on, I wanted to work with art, or with music "
"but I needed to work because I wasn't born into a rich family."
How is this issue of purpose related to opportunity? To having favorable conditions, to this financial issue? How to we harmonize with this conflict?
This is a good question because it helps us to understand the theme of choice and self-responsibility more deeply – both of which I have spoken about a lot.
Self-responsibility and choice are proportional to our consciousness.
As long as we are unconscious, we are at the mercy of unconscious impulses and the forces that govern this world – including that of karma.
Often the person feels that they are completely restrained and that they have no possibility to choose.
I am reminded of the story of this body.
When I was young I was only able to find work in a company, in a company that I had great difficulty accepting –
it was a meat packing company and I was a vegetarian.
Oh my God, what a conflict!
Although I was very young, just fourteen, I was already a vegetarian.
For me it was a sacrifice to go to that company to work, but it was the only job that I could get –
it was the only way that I had to make money to survive, I didn't want to depend on my parents.
And at the same time, I learned so much there, it was so magical, so crucial for my life and my development –
even for me to strengthen my awareness of vegetarian nutrition, because I saw how the animals were treated with such cruelty, with such a lack of love,
with so much disrespect.
I became aware of an aspect of the misery of this world, this was very strong for me, it was part of my development.
During this phase I was still unconscious of the laws that govern my mind, and so I was brought to this company, moved by karmic forces.
And obviously when I was able to mature, when I was able to expand my consciousness,
then I was able to take the reins of destiny in my hands and resolve to follow another path.
In order to be able to choose to do what you would like, you have to have some degree of self-knowledge, some degree of discernment –
you have to have some degree of knowledge of the mechanics of the mind and of the ego.
This is why I say that yes, everyone is where they put themselves.
That it's true that there are no victims, and that self-responsibility is the cornerstone on which the temple of consciousness is balanced,
we are speaking about a relative knowledge – it is relative to the degree of consciousness the person has.
The person often sees themselves as not having a choice because they don't have a repertoire, they don't have tools.
They need to move within themselves to train to get the skills to be able to get out of that place which is creating dissatisfaction –
so it is dissatisfaction which will begin to make the person move.
It is the awareness that "ok, my life is no good here, I feel bad in this place."
"I want to work somewhere else, but I am working here because it's the only thing that I have. How do I get out of here…"
From this point the person starts a process of self-investigation and self-transformation that will gradually give them dominion over life.
This feeling of dissatisfaction, of not fitting in where they are –
which causes depression, anxiety, and deep sadness, is a big gift to tell us that it is possible to change our path.
The person gets to this stage, which is the first step. The second step, after becoming aware – could it be that it comes as a big fear of scarcity?
Because at the end of the day you have a job which guarantees you a salary.
Sometimes you have built a career in that field, and now you are dissatisfied.
How can we avoid this fear of scarcity, this fear of lack, of not having enough money to pay the bills at the end of the month,
fear of not having enough money to raise your kids and to take a risk, to surrender to this new path?
This transition needs to happen with a lot of awareness, with your feet firmly on the ground.
To follow your heart means to respect the laws of life.
I say that spontaneity, which is intuition, which manifests through the heart, always manifests with wisdom and compassion.
Always with wisdom and compassion.
Sometimes the person needs to make the sacrifice of staying somewhere that they no longer like,
because they know that they have to pay the bills at the end of the month and they are going to have to build pathways to make this change;
they need to create and complete this transition sustainably, respecting the laws that they themselves created.
They built a family, and they are responsible for this family, they have children to take care of.
In this case, this fear of scarcity referrs to a reality, because there is the possibility of real lack and this transition needs to be made with wisdom
If they already were able to gain awareness about their purpose, and they create a plan to fulfill this purpose, they will make this transition step by step
step by step until the time comes that they end up being able to jump. But this leap is then made with awareness.
I feel that we need to avoid all unnecessary suffering.
There is no reason for a person to throw themselves into an abyss and afterward to suffer because of fear, because there is still fear there.
I have said that we are here to make the transition from fear to trust.
And that fear of scarcity is our greatest obstacle, but this transition doesn't happen magically.
This transition from the false to the real, or the fulfillment of the inner purpose in the outer world has its challenges.
Of course, this also includes the transition from fear to trust. This is something which needs to be built up step by step.
Of course, the more responsibility the person has in the world, the more challenging it will be, and I suggest that they make a plan for this transition.
It all depends on how much responsibility they have.
For example, the father of a family with children will be inevitably more tormented by the fear of scarcity than a young person with no commitments with life.
So, it's easier for someone free of responsibilities to venture out to do what the heart decides, to manifest what the heart determines.
At the same time the need for fulfillment doesn't depend on anything external, at some point they will need to do what the heart decides.
At some moment they will be brought to this transition.
I suggest that they do it with the least amount of suffering possible. That they make a plan for this transition.
Sometimes you need to give the heart some time to reveal itself. For the purpose to manifest.
And sometimes this "time" means to stay some time without doing anything. It means to take a holiday.
It means to be able to get in touch with what gives you comfort and joy, and it's not always possible.
Sometimes you need to find this while you are acting, which is more challenging.
There is no recipe, there is no rule that works for everyone – each one will do it in their own way.
But what I have noticed is that when one really aligns with their purpose,
or better said, when the purpose of their soul manifests in the outer world they also tune into prosperity and abundance.
Existence takes care of their needs. It ends up coming. It ends up arriving.
Even as a way of showing – you are on the right path.
Synchronicities take place, magical situations arise out of nothing, sometimes what you really needed to meet a need.
The person that you needed to meet arrives. The moment, situation or opportunity ends up coming.
And sometimes it even ends up coming in a very concrete way to meet your needs.
And sometimes it depends on time, doesn't it? And patience.
Sometimes it depends on time - in order to mature, to be able to understand certain aspects that need to be understood.
We are speaking about moving from the mask to the being.
We are speaking about a process of deconstruction of the entire story of what we believe our lives are.
I always give the classical example from Vedanta of a person that looks at a piece of rope on the floor and sees a snake.
They believe that it's a snake.
Imagine a person who imagines that they see a snake, and they build a career out of being a snake trainer.
From there they build their website, and plan their career based on the idea that they were born to train snakes,
and in truth there is no snake, there is only a piece of rope on the floor.
Notice that this person will have more difficulty in transitioning to the real, because this whole empire that they have built is going to need to fall.
It will need to fall.
There are some people who manage to make this transition softly. It's incredible how some people have this ability.
They manage to do it softly, from the outside you almost can't notice that it's happening. It happens sweetly.
There are others that don't have this ability, and they go into a deep crisis.
They need to cross a desert, because the fantasy that they have created about who they are,
and what they came here to do, is being deconstructed until they are able to manifest the truth.
It's interesting as well to notice that as long as they are tied to this false purpose, they will always go through the fear of scarcity.
It is only when they align with the true purpose of the soul that they align with prosperity and abundance
– or rather, when they are able to eradicate the fear of scarcity from their system.
So, in order to finish up, what could soothe these people?
Either the ones who are identifying that they don't fit in or who are crossing the desert and in pain,
what could help these people have a little more sweetness in the process, to alleviate?
To serve, to serve, to give of themselves.
Even if they don't yet have clarity about their purpose, even if they haven't yet been able to identify their gifts and talents,
my suggestion is to give of yourself voluntarily.
Do voluntary service wherever it may be possible, wherever possible.
Go to a day care, to a retirement home, to an ashram, to wherever you can put love into motion,
because it is love in motion that will open up the doors to the awareness of your purpose.
My suggestion to this person is to give of themselves, to truly give of themselves without wanting anything in return.
Without wanting anything in return, without expecting anything in return.
Even if it's just for an hour a week. Even just an hour a week.
This way, the person will be opening up the path for love to be able to arrive and manifest itself.
Precisely that, then the person becomes a channel, a channel that love passes through in order to reach the other.
Happiness passes through them in order to reach the other.
Naturally it shines light on the awareness of their purpose, helping them to find their place in the world.
Baba, may it be so, and may the seekers be able to find this path for love to flow on, to transform their gifts and talents and put their gifts and talents at service.
May it be so! May it be so!
Namaste
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