from the Free eBook “Light of Be-ing“
Insight – the ability to look within, comprehend, intuitively grasp that which is beyond the ordinary, to leap across the void in enlightened inspiration, accepting that which is revealed, without judgmental or self-proscribed beliefs and views.
“God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.”
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Insight
The term Stress is well known, but what is its foundation? Why is stress a part of so many people’s lives, to the point that it is considered a miracle to be without it. Be it physical, mental, emotional or spiritual, or any combination, stress seems to have permeated all aspects of be-ing.
At its core, stress is a belief system. And as a belief system, its foundation is in the ego’s projection of self. Self and Beliefs are so intertwined that it is hard to separate them meaningfully. It is akin to trying to unravel and understand the fabric of space-time, an impossible task at best.
But unlike space-time, each belief has a traceable beginning, a birth or self-acceptance reflected in ones reality. Your current state of mind, body and reality is a direct reflection of your inner belief systems as projected by self. And the current state of ones “self” is echoed in its beliefs.
It is a circular system that confines, restricts, and blinds one from true freedom. And stress is its instrument of conformity. From being uncomfortable to panic attacks, stress and belief systems coerce one into accepted patterns.
By their acceptance are you imprisoned, without shackles or bars, held by nothing more than an idea. When one goes looking for the cause of stress, it will inevitably lead back to some personal event or remark that gave birth to a new belief.
Beliefs can be very powerful engines of both creative and destructive energies. From fanaticism to self-destruction, divine compassion to selfless acts, it is beliefs that drive ones reality.
But how does one tell which is which among the plethora of belief systems one has acquired and accepted, and how does one clear them?
By truly looking at your world, without the judgment of ego-self, seeing beyond the surface to that which you have hidden from yourself. It is by this act alone, this leap of self revelation, that true freedom is recognized.
Who you really are has always been free, who you think you are is bound by the illusions and projections of self and beliefs. Breaking free requires no more than the willingness to experience reality as it is.
Who you really are asks, “Can you go beyond your beliefs, unbound, and take that leap of Insight?”
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