Manifesting

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There are entire religions built around manifesting;
wherein they actually measure someone’s spirituality
by how well they’ve financially manifested!
In-fact their would-be ministers have to actually manifest a 5 figure fee
to receive ordination!

One of the many problems with this way of thinking
is that it basically ignores an important component of universal theology.

It’s been said that if you put two men in a room,
you’ll get three opinions,
in other words we tend to be divisive and augmentative by nature.

Although most religions can NOT agree on what to call God,
they seem to agree that his four attributes are:
#1 all loving,
#2 all powerful,
#3 all present and
#4 all knowing.

We all know that power without wisdom or love
is a dangerous thing.
The majority of these guys seem to agree that NOT even God, gets his own way.
And they often call that “humanity’s free will.”

Christ prayed, “…NOT my will BUT thy will be done…”
but on the other hand we have these manifesting maniacs
who are running around saying,
“MY will be done, MY will be done!”

Oh what a great way to cultivate controlling tendencies.
What an efficient way to rob our selves of love and peace.

It is easy to feel “spiritual” when everything is going our way.
The true test, of whatever path we’re walking
is how we handle it when the Fit hits the shAN.

A great example of this is marriage.
In traditional vows it is written:
“…in sickness or in health, in lack or in plenty…”
but in reality, the ship of many relationships,
is dashed upon the rocks of inconvenience.

The Peanuts’ character Violet coined the phrase “Fair weather friend”
or at least she did in my little world.
That’s the idea that someone is your friend, lover, or partner
when it is convenient for them.

The wording reveals what's really going on.
It’s NOT about them being in love and truly devoted to another person,
BUT rather individuals being in love and devoted, to
their own convenience.

Hey I don’t want to get off on a rant here,
but is this type of myopic, self-centeredness
really what the spiritual path is supposed to be about?
Is there anything really transcendent about this at all?

Yes, it would be nice to be like the Flintstones’ great Kazoo
who could snap his fingers and instantly get whatever he wants.


Or would it?
Wouldn’t it get boring after a while, to always live in the most fabulous mansion,
with the Stepford husband or wife of your choosing,
with kids who always happily do what their told,
and dogs who never soil the carpet?

No, you could say, “it would be such a relief”.
Come, let’s use our imaginations, and explore
the various way it could grow:
• boring,
• stagnant and
• dull.

Simply bringing everything into the path of Buddha’s four yogas,
could be as quick and easy
as it could be exciting and interesting.

The problem with sitting in the first car on the roller coaster,
is that there is no surprises…
how dull is that?

For instance last night was chucked full of surprises…
I had a potential student bail out,
an internet consultant freek out on me,
and I had a potential Tantric sweetheart behave so cruelly…

that it made the Joker’s act of throwing
acid in the face of district attorney Harvey Dent
look like a weekend spa treatment.

So my friends, needless to say,
despite my intention of having a warm, happy, gentle evening,
I was “Blessed” with a dynamic spiritual opportunity
that was far from dull.

Oh yeah it could get boring to just mediate on your breath,
but the nice thing about having unpleasant things occur to us,
is there is never a dull moment.

Manifesting is NOT the litmus test of our spiritual walk.
Look at the examples of the great saints who came before us.

Gandhi, saw his reasonable demands ignored,
his followers harmed and then actually turn on each other;
Christ’s teachings were not well received in his day;
and Buddha was actually hated by so many people that he was…

slandered, framed and even poisoned,
{not once but actually three times}.

Folks the spiritual path is NOT always bliss and choirs of angels,
BUT just as colossal pressure transforms carbon into diamonds
likewise it’s our inability to get what we want, when we want it,
that has the potential to fuel our journey to greater joy, love and peace!

Come, let us practice the following exercise from
“Buddha’s Extensive Three Cauldron’s:”

IN-breath:
What are some of the ways “I” could
make the most of this golden opportunity?

Chant:
Om Ma-ni Pad-me Hum

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happy and healthy!

Om Mani Padme Hum,

Lama Jigme Gyatso: Rime Manipa Tantrika

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