We are trapped in the world/dimension of "cause and effect" All efforts to know God/to attain Enlightenment/to Know Thyself... Are effects to escape this dimension of cause and effect. It is a dimension of infinite movement, a dimension of reaction. If I insult you, you will feel insulted and you will get angry, if I appreciate you, you will feel an upsurge of positive energy, you are victim to circumstance, you have no control at the present moment... However there is freedom from all this. Stillness. Stillness of mind and of being. All your tensions and frustrations exist in the realm of cause and effect and all your freedom and bliss exist beyond this realm of cause and effect. If I insult you and you remain still, no movement of thought, emotion or psychological whatever, just remain still, calm, watching the insult as it's moving from the person insulting to you who's being insulted, watch your own inner reaction, when you keep watching yourself then the external remains external, the internal remains intact, you are no longer touched by the world though you exist in it, the true meaning of Jesus Christ walking on water. Turn the other cheek as he says, do not get absorbed into things happening outside of you, they are after all ouyside of you, see your inner peace that is never ever affected, your inner state of being that is always calm, always still and none moving, remain there in that stillness, remain centered. Be like the body of a car, it's never moving, only the wheels turn, it is forever still, only the wheels ever go on moving and moving and the body remains still, calm, in the dimension of none movement, pure stillness. Responsibility is the ability to respond and NOT to react, to not only Respond but to Respond Rightly. I insult you to get you to share in my misery (as misery loves company) but you remain uninsulted, untouched by my insult, you are completely free, you won't get absorbed into the situation, you will remain above it, your response will be righteous. And then in that moment you have tasted heaven, Enlightenment, Moksha, Nirvana. And this is why I've been super excited and energetic lately, I have had an experience of this, I have not read it in a book somewhere or heard it from some guru. I'm inviting all of you guys to share in this experience, this state of joy and bliss, you'll be amazed at how much the quality of life changes.
