{"id":7948,"date":"2014-02-28T20:58:35","date_gmt":"2014-03-01T01:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theglobalconversation.com\/blog\/?p=7948"},"modified":"2014-02-28T20:58:35","modified_gmt":"2014-03-01T01:58:35","slug":"ungraceful-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theglobalconversation.com\/blog\/?p=7948","title":{"rendered":"“Ungraceful grace”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u201cSometimes you open a door, and you<\/i> are the only one
\nwho can go through it.\u201d \u2014Mooji<\/b><\/p>\n

There are very few reasons these days that I am inspired to leave the inner sanctuary of silence\u2014to speak, to be with others, or even to write something that in any way expresses an objective opinion. For quite a while now I have been trying in myriad ways to gently explain to those I know and love why I am less available for even the most casual of gatherings\u2026<\/p>\n

When we come to a place where we no longer believe everything the man-made mind comes up with and genuinely feel that there is almost nothing worth speaking about unless it is spoken from one\u2019s true home in the Heart, well\u2014it can make for a more confusing and inconsistent exchange with those who still expect us to show up the same way we have for perhaps decades.<\/p>\n

I feel deeply aligned with an inner truth that says until I can merge the \u201cinner\u201d experience of I AM with the \u201coutward\u201d personality, what\u2019s being offered feels not at all representative of the Truth of the I AM that is beginning to be experienced more of the time on the \u201cinside\u201d.<\/p>\n

It is as if this experiencing of the I AM is only half<\/i> baked\u2014and to bring it to the potluck seems to cause only more hunger for those who have known me to be a certain way and to engage with them in a specific dance of personalities.<\/p>\n

Never in my life did I imagine that I would search for, allow in, let alone find a \u201cguru\u201d or \u201cteacher\u201d. But for some of us a true, clear knowing arrives, and it says, \u201cIt\u2019s time. Bring me that One who will take me all the way<\/i> Home. Bring into my reality that One who already knows<\/i> the Way.\u201d The grace of a true teacher is that they do not ask you to leave behind anything you hold dear\u2014Christ, Buddha, God or Goddess\u2014but \u00a0invite you to create a container large enough to hold it All:\u00a0 <\/i>All images, concepts, mentors and guides that are reflections of pure Love. True teachers ask us to put limits on nothing. To realize that They are <\/i>It, You are<\/i> It, and It is All there is\u2026<\/p>\n

A short while ago I heard my teacher, Anthony Paul Moo-Young, affectionately called \u201cMooji\u201d, describe his final teacher, Sri H. W. L. Poonja as \u201cFriendly to All, Friends with none.\u201d When I heard this, tears sprung to my eyes. My experience this last three years or so is that this is increasingly my own reality, and that it feels right,<\/i> and that, in fact, trying to maintain friendships at this point in my life seems at cross-purposes to what I am being called to explore and to discover and to live in,<\/i> and to live from.<\/i><\/p>\n

The Grace that has called me inward to find That which does not change; to know happiness that is not dependent on circumstances; to establish a connection with God\/Presence that can never again be lost is an inward pulling so strong that it cannot be explained to anyone who is not also experiencing it.\u00a0 And it can sometimes seem hurtful to others.\u00a0 But it\u2019s not personal\u2014it\u2019s primordial.<\/i><\/p>\n

primordial<\/b><\/p>\n

1 <\/b>ancient, earliest, first
\n2 <\/b>instinctive, basic, primal, intuitive, inborn, innate, inherent<\/p>\n

Personality was created secondary<\/i> to this awareness, this Presence we Are and have always, always been and always, always shall Be.<\/p>\n

Once this Calling comes, there is no turning one\u2019s back on it, nor turning back from <\/i>it. The only choice is to willingly Go Within. Once there, however, it becomes incredibly apparent what has been missing one\u2019s whole life, or lifetimes. And nothing in the outer reality can hold a candle to this effortless harmony and happiness.<\/p>\n

My teacher, Mooji, has said:<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe for a while you\u2019re not going to be good company for anybody. So don\u2019t go looking for friends. You have to walk through the wilderness of your own self. Your attention must turn fully inside. Baptize your attention inside.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf your desire for Freedom is True, Grace will come, and take you Home. Something has already called you to look inside, has pulled you out of the raging river and now you have chosen to look inside.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the world wants to see progress.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst find the Self. Just stay quiet and rest in the Self. And be happy. The world won\u2019t understand this kind of happiness. It will rub its eyes many times and stare at you. Yes, but where are all of your achievements, your worldly goods\u2014where is your house?\u00a0 And you will answer:\u00a0 This<\/i> is my House.\u201d<\/p>\n

For most people there will again come a time when one\u2019s Being has merged Inner with Outer and the dance becomes more graceful and seamless, open and inclusive.<\/p>\n

I write this and share this for those who are also called Inward and know the Ungraceful Grace of this passage of which I speak. But I can think of no greater gift to share with others than to Know Who We Really Are and to then, when moved to, speak and act from that <\/i>place of Knowing.<\/p>\n

For some, the path Home doesn\u2019t perhaps include this kind of turning inward, this basking in the depth of stillness where one can listen and really hear\u2026 but for this one, it is the case. And if there are more out there experiencing the same, know that you are not alone.<\/p>\n

If there were anything more important to me to share at this time, I don\u2019t know what it would be. To recognize what already exists within us regardless of circumstances is what might return an insane society to one of sanity, and a violent society to one that lives in compassion and harmony with all forms of life, including the life form we\u2019ve been given to inhabit.<\/p>\n

May All Beings Know Peace
\nMay All Beings Be Happy
\nMay All Beings Be Free from Suffering<\/p>\n

em claire<\/i><\/p>\n

LIGHT<\/p>\n

IS YOUR TRUE NATURE.<\/p>\n

YOU CAN BE NO OTHER.<\/p>\n

YOU EXIST OUTSIDE OF MIND,<\/p>\n

YET INSIDE THE UNIVERSAL WOMB.<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

LEAVE THE MIND BEHIND<\/p>\n

UNTIL YOU ARE SO SURE YOU ARE THE SUN<\/p>\n

THAT YOU NAME YOURSELF AN<\/p>\n

\u00a0ETERNAL<\/p>\n

RISING<\/p>\n

DAWN<\/p>\n

\u00a0*<\/p>\n

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