Reflections On Effort (1711 hits)

What is the easiest thing in the world for you to do?

What is it that you can do better than anyone else?

What is it that you can do without any effort?

These are not trick questions and the answer to all 3 questions do not require very much thinking. The answer is being yourself.

When we put effort in being anything accept what we naturally are we can bring unnecessary stress, grief, displeasure to our lives. Whats worse, is that we might not ever reach our mark.

Sometimes we have to push our limits to reach goals, but always remember that you will never be able to be something that you're truly not. It was always inside of you and a part of you really are.

Be You, Do You, & Love You,

SG

The anxious student asked the Zen master how long to enlightenment. The Zen Master answered a long time, at least 10 years. The student said, "Well I will work twice as hard." The Zen master said, "Then it will take 20 years." "No!" said the committed student, "I will work three times as hard." "Well then," said the Zen master, "it will take 30 years."

Do you need to work at being spiritual? No. You already are spiritual. Do you need to work at being human? No. That’s just who you are.

The spiritual path doesn’t require us to get anything. It’s a process of opening to new dimensions of who we already are. It’s a process of awakening to our own truth. It’s a process of allowing ourselves to be authentic.

"It is not by your actions that you will be saved, but by your being."

-- Meister Eckhart

"People ask what must they become to be loving. The answer is ‘nothing.’ It is a process of letting go of what you thought you had become and allowing your true nature to float to the surface naturally."

-- Stephen Levine

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Posted By: Emmanuel Brown
Thursday, September 4th 2008 at 9:39PM
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