Yesterday we contemplated this definition of sacrifice:
An act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded as more important or worthy.
We are asked to sacrifice our attachment to mind in order to awaken to true perception.
Do you feel that’s a worthy sacrifice?
Is it a sacrifice you want to make?
As we’ve learned before, desire is the most important factor in awakening. If you really want to sacrifice the attachment to mind and awaken to true perception, you will follow through and do that.
How?
By using the practices that we’ve been introduced to:
- Daily reading and contemplation
- Journaling with inner wisdom
- Awareness-watching-awareness meditation
- The loving all method
- Surrender
- Practicing the mantra
- Questioning mental chatter to see if it is “me”
Eventually, you will be able to drop the first two on the list and live with practices 3-7.
One who desires awakening makes spiritual practice the focus of his/her daily life. Today’s message refers to that as devotion. Devotion is living from within. We awaken from the dream through devotion.
Today’s message also says:
Devotion is a slow process.
That means when we are devoted, we aren’t quick to react. Instead, we check within before responding to any outer stimulus. Instead of living from the fast-paced chaos of mind, we are deeply surrendered within.
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