The inner life (Simplicity, 5)

Guard your inner self.
There is no greater good for the inner world of man when it is guarded as if it is your own home.
In early days a dominant moral or special quality controlled the inner life-long for example belonging to the elite or being Catholic or being a male. Nowadays the inner self is bombarded. The bombing consists of TV, advertising, social media, the noise on the street and a thousand opinions, judgments, visions and experiences. Because of this there is in the inner self more than necessary an indescribable anxiety, confusion, stress, hustle and imbalance. So the inner self must be guarded as one does for the own home. If it is cold, one closes the windows. If one leaves the house one locks the door. If there is a leak, one orders the plumber. This can also be done with the inner self.

Please do realize you are wide open, and that all the mess from the outside world can enter your inner self, even if you just watch TV or are checking the Internet. Don’t you even wipe your feet when you go inside?

Let the outside world wipe her feet, do not let in parts of the outside world, refuse the avalanche of information. And refuse especially an apparently appealing idea with many spiritual mud in its wake. Your inner peace gets into danger.
Select everything and guard your inner self.
And this can be done in a thousand ways, at least in your own way.
But it starts with this great and simple insight that it is your birth right as a spiritual being and as a child of God to guard your inner self.

My blessings to you all

Nr, 376

 

The personal /outer life (Simplicity, 4)

What are we living in a world full of complexity, one sighs and therefore one says: "It is all difficult, we are not capable, we do not know where to start, we just wait and we'll see what happens."
Meanwhile you’ll probably see what will happen, because God, the spiritual world, mother earth, nature, and other big entities will do their thing anyway. You’ll notice it for yourselves.
But at what is the individual then capable of, what is up to him?
Here's the simple answer.
This is up to man by the motto of the Christ:

"Treat others the way you want to be treated" *

And the motto is said to the ego, the ego alone.

If one follows this guideline, it is good. But ... .. on all fronts, not just some. Now mankind is succumbing to the pollution of its own nest, his birthplace, I say: do not do to mother nature, what you would not want to experience for yourself. But also for example concerning the body, because alcohol and other immoderates are affecting the body. Horrific destruction of precious organs, even one's own body is hurt what the ego would not like to endure for itself.

Yet the ego does this because one of the characteristics of the ego is short-term acting, what's up to me, and the rest I’ll notice.

Fortunately  God's laws will look after permanent correction and ensure the long-term, and that is what the soul and the spiritual body of man do know, but the ego does not, namely that the consequences of all acting will return to man. Willingly or unwillingly.

My blessings to you all

*Tobit 4:15

Nr. 375

Mental life (Simplicity, 3)

In early times the mental thinking of man was clearer, with fewer impulses from outside, but also with more baseless rigidity. There were more traditional thoughts and ideas and they were unchangeable. Nowadays there are, thanks to the development of education, more logic and freedom in stake. One can think for oneself and draw own conclusions, fitting more into one’s own live. And because of the enormous avalanche of knowledge through books, magazines and social media, much more has become uncertain. And the mental thinking has become larger than it was in earlier days.

There is now great agitation, too much information and as well endless new information. This requires a basic attitude of man relative to his own thinking in order to remain clear, keep the overview and to remain oneself.

The simplicity of thought requires but one compelling and clear hint.
Putting in perspective.

At what one thinks, likes, conceives, statements is developing, has chosen as religion or has acquired  as philosophy of life the next is desired. And there is only one mental choice needed to keep everything calm and clear and bright and open. That is the ability to put things in perspective.

What is this and how does one do it?

Putting in perspective of one’s own thinking and all its products, proves to be just saying simply to oneself: "This is what I am thinking, but they are only my thoughts and the other seven billion people think differently. It is my truth and there are seven billion truths. " This makes one will never become a fanatic, a fundamentalist and rigorous. And how does one put everything in perspective as easy as possible? By invoking the spirit of humour or simply said, by laughing  and smiling at oneself. Then one realizes that what one has thought is most charming, but in the meantime not very relevant for the rest of the cosmos. And in the meantime it is very important in one’s own live in this cosmos.

Putting in perspective demonstrates wisdom, space and openness.
And these are  in a world of seven billion people desperately needed.
 
My blessings to you all

Nr. 374

The emotional life (Simplicity, 2)

Having emotions and above all strong emotions and negative emotions is one of the challenges of man.
Man has a fierce emotion and then the following may occur.
He revels in them and draws the wrong conclusions about his future or quarrels with his fellow men.
He oppresses them and builds up frustration, unconscious behaviour or even possibly diseases.
He adheres to them and then they become sentiments, so to speak half-truths.
He despises them and then they transform into fundamentalism or one-sided rationalism.
While usually it’s all about experiencing one emotion, sometimes not longer than half a day.

And the resolution of God and wise men and good psychologists to compete this all is from a simple beauty, which still is not used daily by many people.

Just accept them, just say yes to them, just leave them alone, just endure them, just embrace them lovingly, even if "they feel horribly".
Because a feature of emotions should be that they flow, in and out again, without too much interference and contamination by the ego. Just passing by.
Because that is a feature of nearly all emotions, they are temporary, so temporary that they are often gone before the man having them could dare to suggest they would.

And the man who will live in this great simplicity with respect to emotions, and the man who will at least accept them or at best will lovingly say yes to his emotions, will have the next experience.

These emotions will turn to be a source of information, will linger as short as possible, will enrich the inner and outer man, will contribute to the colourfulness of the human emotional body and will be a source of happiness.

Because it is not nice after a hard day of black depression to say the next day yes to the good life, the cheerful mood, the new day, the beautiful nature, the friendly fellowman?

Johnny cries and Johnny laughs. So what? Welcome to earth, that is simply a fact.
 
My blessings to you all

Nr. 373

Physical life (Simplicity, 1)

My God, sometimes I wonder we are getting too much information in life and we do not know anymore what is the meaning of life. That we no longer know what is important or where we have to focus on in particular. It's just ridiculous what's coming at us. We are stressed by pressure on the job and by the information society and by the Internet and by advertising that we lost any overview. Would You like to comment on this?

I will take this up, my son. For God is having that review of course and is seeing the leading thread of human life.

We’ll start with the physical life.

The body is a wondrous instrument, your instrument on earth thanks to evolution and God. It should be maintained well. That’s all. You are maintaining your home, your car, your computer and your garden of course extraordinarily? The more you should do with this cosmic performance, this instrument, compared to this a robot is a cheapskate.
And maintaining this is not always the case. You eat too much, exercise too little, or sports too much, injuries are literally examples of neglect. You work your stress and strain off on your body, you are bombing your poor brains with too much watching TV, well, in short.

The simplicity of life asks physically no more than attention, sobriety, temperance and maintenance. No more. And if you do not arrange this, is this a possibility as well. But the lord of the world, the powerful spirit who is maintaining all physically okay for you , will call you to account, here on earth or in the spiritual world. That is a matter of respect and justice and law.

So if We put it simply: please be a good steward of your own body. It's better for everyone and for everything.

My blessings to you all

Nr. 372