Written by Mathew Naismith
"Essence is a deep word: it drives our souls and is the engine
which our spirit revolves around. Essence transcends each of our stories and
follows us no matter which forms we may take. To see and accept the essence of another is to have power in how you
work and flow with another. To embrace your style is to never work against
yourself. Essence can have other meanings, but for a human being, this
definition of style is one that will take you far."
A part of our own spiritual essence is to
observe, at times without participating in what we observe, and accept the
essence of other people, animals and the environment as a whole. Spiritual
essence is about observing the connection with other essences with the
environment as a whole. How many spiritual people feel this essence where
non-spiritual people don't? Being spiritual is really to do with your own
spiritual essence and the connection this has with all other essences within
the environment. Yes, the perception of a God also gives us this spiritual
connection that all is connected even when perceived to be separate. Sorry, but
the perception of God is not disdainful to me in anyway.
A lot of spiritually aware people think we
should simply observe as this is a more spiritual. To accept that everything
has a connection is spiritual, this means accepting being a participator as
well, for there is no observation without something to observe and visa-versa!!
How many spiritually aware people desire to
separate themselves from the present participation, the present reality? A lot of people but you need to understand
that our own spiritual essence is not comfortable being this out of balance, in
fact the more of the spiritual essence we become, the less we desire to feel
out of balance with the rest of our environments spiritual essences.
Yes, as we become more of the spiritual
essence, we desire to feel more balanced with our environment, not less
balanced. However, you come to a point where you also observe, in the absence
of desire, that accepting the present reality as it is, is just as spiritual if
not more spiritual no matter how imbalanced it is. Once our desires (ego) no
longer control us, we are free to observe and participate in all of what
creation is for what it is, not what we desire it to be. This simply means any
true spiritual person can exist in any environment. Many of us today are a good
depiction of this.
In my early teenage years, I had a choice
to either become more of an observer or become more of a participator. Even
though I had to endure discomfort from a chronic injury from six rears of age,
I chose to be more of a participator than an observer. The trick in this is the
ability to observe your own participation but also accept simply being a
participator at times. I allowed my participation to be free of my own
observations thus allowing me more freedom to express myself as a participator.
To be honest, even if we know it or not, a lot of us are doing just this,
allowing our own participation to express itself without the influence of
observation from any source.
I don't find it strange that while we are
being observed by the authorities within our participation, a lot of us react
differently to if we weren't being observed. Why do multinationals do as they
please? Because they have a perception they are not being observed as they have
no authority above them observing them. They would indeed change the way they
participate when observed by a higher authority, this is why many of them stay ignorant
to any other higher authority observing them!! Actually, a lot of people do
this, stay ignorant to any other higher authority or consciousness observing
their own participation.
Of course if you are spiritual in essence, it
seems no amount of observation will change the way you participate in life. Actually,
knowing you are being observed influences you to become more of the spiritual
essence within all things. However, you will find when you come to a point of
spiritual growth, you will accept participating while not under the influence
of observation just as much as accepting being influenced by observation. It is
amazing how people react when they truly believe that God, a higher authority,
is observing there participation. This of course changes when the Church or
sect becomes the higher authority!!
Hard to imagine isn't it, that a person of
true spiritual essence accepts participating as much as observing? This is only
hard to imagine because many of us desire to be and feel a desire of being
spiritual in essence only, in all honesty, desires and feelings have nothing to
do with spiritual essence. A truly spiritual person will not desire to be in
any one state over and above other states no matter what they feel or desire.
Of course feelings and desires are of participation which is as accepted as
being totally egoless!!
In a reality of imbalances, you will desire
to feel balanced; this is so natural for a person spiritual in essence. Once
you connect, not only with your own spiritual essence but with the spiritual
essence of your entire environment, you will see the balance within the
environment. It is like looking at the small picture, your own spiritual
essence, as opposed to looking at the big picture, the spiritual essence within
all things.
Should we accept the imbalances that are
created in the absence of perceiving that we are not being observed by a higher
authority? Let's be honest, why are multinationals so expressive of imbalances?
They perceive they are not being observed for only in knowing we are being
observed do we express more balance. How many criminals act more in a balanced
way within their present environment when being observed? How many religious
people, who believe in God, act differently when God is the higher authority,
not the churches or sects? If you don't accept being part of this imbalance, it
is most likely you are a part of bringing human reality back into balance with
the rest of the environment. To bring natural balance back in human reality, we
must also accept being non-accepting of being imbalanced as well, a true sense
of acceptance.
