The Power in the Powerless

Self Mastery

          Our desire for control is as constant as gravity! We desire control… In the picture you see here i was fearing death 60,000 feet off the ground… i was scared! i had no control! I am very much the one who likes to drive the car! i want to insure that if something "bad" happens to "me" its my fault. 

         This desire for the steering wheel of life is a main vein of suffering in my life… The big question comes down to… do i believe in a higher power? A power that watches over me and all others at the same time and will manipulate reality for the benefit of all those involved! Every Time!

        This is where the power of being powerless comes in strong! The Infinite Creator is honestly the only one smart enough to create a response to any given situation where it positively effects every single living being involved (including humans) … and when considering the butterfly affect… every single action and reaction becomes monumental for future results. 

        Control has millions of facets. Relationships, Government, Business, Religion, Social interaction, diet, exercise… so many more :)

                                               "Be the change you wish to see" 

       The common factor in all of these... You! Self! They are all made of you! and You are the only thing you really have any control over any way!

Control your Self and The Infinite Creator will take care of the rest!

Mastery of the Self is rewarded with miracles… coincidence… random events of good fortune! 

So how do you master your Self?

Master...

Emotional reactions

Thought patterns

Conditioned habits 

       Either you are already completely aware of how amazing this Spiritual journey is or your about to find out! either way i wish you indescribable experiences!          

                                                                                                           Much Love,

                                                                                                                               Ryan

The Power of Not Knowing!!! ?

There is a great power in not knowing. 

There is a classic martial arts story about a student asking for tea. The master began to pour the tea into the students cup until it began to overflow… when your cup is already full any new knowledge will simply not fit. 

So as the student you either need to focus on keeping it empty or find a bigger cup!

Now 

translating this analogy into a practical aspect. The cup is your mind. The tea is all the vast possible thoughts, concepts, practices, beliefs, skills, knowledge, "facts", goals, memories… etc.

When we claim to already know as in the classic "I Know!" response. Our cup (the receiving tool) is already completely satisfied (full)  and so we don't truly listen. Instead of gaining a fragment of valuable thought, we either strengthen our sense of "knowing" through repetition or we impatiently wait for the other to finish speaking in order to further expand on the topic. 

Part of the "unknowing" process is to be humble in your approach to learning! Even when you "know" the answer, you also keep one foot inside the door of possibility. Just in case a "better" thing to "know" appears. This humbleness can be found and cultivated if you focus on your primary goal versus being right. When you make it a point to say you would like the best of the best, then you are declaring a stance of humble Genius! ( By the way often as you go through this process your "primary goal" will fluctuate) 

You are brilliant and you have many things to teach to those around you.

Begin with not knowing!

Practical Life Practice :  

The realm of not knowing also defeats one of the biggest sources of conflict on this planet… Assumption. 

Observe how you assume "claim to know" who various "strangers" are and what they are about. 

Then if you remember… Experiment with not knowing them. Let go of all guesses, hypothesis, conclusion and simply ask them :)

Let the Treasure Hunt Begin!

                                   

                    What is the most valuable experience life has to offer?

     

           From the second we are born into this world, we are bombarded by information! Then slowly as our brains start to develop and memory becomes a valuable tool we start to filter through the overwhelming wave of information. Every time a new piece of information presents itself we look at it with wide eyes! As we make sense of it we begin to categorize it and store it deep in our minds. When we find a piece of gold (a valuable experience) we hold on to it and usually add it to how we identify ourselves. Then eventually our priorities shift to finding more "gold" more regularly! 

  

    This process of discernment continues for the rest of our lives as we get closer and closer to

            discovering " the ultimate treasure"!        

                   What is the most valuable experience life has to offer?

                          This is a valuable question! 

                               My best guess would be Love!

                                     However,  don't take my answer completely… i would much prefer you to filter

                                                       through this message and find the "gold" that resides within your own

                                                                   perspective.

   Remember that no one is a master "gold miner". Unless of course they seem to have found something that you would like to find… maybe you didn't even know this level of value existed!… 

                                                                                   Now you do so enjoy the treasure hunt!