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Wisdom and trust in the Master

We have to trust the Master in every thing.

That is easily said - is that easily put in practice?

There is resistance - there is this resistance, which I feel in me - deep in me - deep - deeper
What is it? Where does it come from? I mean - that resistance?

Then I see myself - I see myself thinking: Why shall I leave everything to the Master? How can I leave it entirely to Him? What is my part into that?
And in the background, I can see a big mountain - small - because it is far - but still - kind of high and bulky: these are the me-things, the I-things--- the best intentions, the good resolutions - wanting to do good, be good... I mean: we talk about personal development, becoming a better person, doing one best....
Shall I give up on that?

The Master - in which way shall we leave it to Him?
Who is the doer - spiritually there is this idea that He is the Doer
Why am I alive?
Why am I breathing?
How did I come to the world?
How do I sustain myself?
A lot in "my" life does not depend on me - a lot does - but a lot of the good thing I receive, they are given to me - they are free: air, water, shelter to some extent - Why I am alive, healthy... it is a blessing... a grace

Donnes nous aujourd'hui notre pain de ce jour

There is a lot I want to do - a lot I endeavor
A lot is my Ego in action - how much of that is good or bad? it is hard to say
How much of that is necessary? that is the real question and no one know - the answer is the balance of life, the balance of the world - which is what happens after all is said and done - Destiny in a way

That is Cosmic energy, Divine energy, Universe, the motion of things
Only a real Master - real in this sense that He is truly an agent of the higher forces - can fathom these energies and realities

So the answer about trusting the Master is not whether we have to or whether everything depends on Him.
Many things do depend on us too.
Trusting the Master is about learning the wisdom to accept what is
These things we do not control.... these things which are unnecessary but we are fighting for
These things which are necessary but we neglect.

Wisdom is not in knowing.
Wisdom is in... not knowing and being aware of it...
Wisdom is in ... leaving things to the Master - Trusting in these higher powers - in us too
This we know not.
Less of us and more of Him

What is in store for us

What is in store for us

There is a new being - us - being shaped and transformed as we move on in life

Our being gets refined, our perceptions and thinking more subtle - a consequence of which is that we care and connect with the world outside - and are less bothered by our own miseries and problems.
We feel for the suffering word - our personality evolves and our views are broader...

For these new beings - certain words - certain acts - are not fitting any more

What is in store for us - we learn to welcome and appreciate

A l'heure du pèlerinage

5 Mai 2012 - Haiffa

PRIERE

S’élève une prière - Puisse-je écouter celle-ci
Etre a l'ecoute

Il m'est difficile de demander
Je m'agenouille et offre ce qui est a offrir - votre serviteur
Que ce qui puisse etre fait se fasse -selon Sa Volonte. Le Createur, le Faiseur

Que les nœuds se dénouent
Il y a une grande sagesse et une grande humilite - lorsque les noeuds sont dénoués - a presenter les cordes et les manettes du théâtre de la vie - de ma vie - et les offrir (au Créateur) pour que se produise le meilleurs spectacle possible. Puisse-je être l'acteur d'une grande représentation? Une representation dont je ne maitrise ni le debut ni la fin ni les tenants ni les aboutissants - un squelette, une chaire, un costume...
Puisse-je être l'acteur d'une représentation - ni grande ni petite - une representation honnete, pure et solide.

TEMOIGNAGE

Aujourd'hui je temoigne - comme a la croisee des chemins
Mon temoignage est a l'image de ma vie - jusqu a ce jours
La France et l'Asie
Et des rencontres multiples de cultures, de croyances, de modes de vie, de pratiques...
Mon entreprise: quelle est-elle?

L'entreprise qui est la mienne est l'entreprise de la quete personnelle: trouver sa voix, tracer sa route, trouver son chemin propre - sa voix, sa voie - C'est mettre ses talents a bon usage - pas necessairement a son usage personel - au contraire -  a l'usage de tous, peut etre. C'est a dire qu'il y a une forte vocation universelle dans la quete: trouver sa voix dans le concert de la vie, la symphonie de l'humanite - aussi pompeux que cela sonne - peut etre qu'il s'agit plutot de la petite musique de la vie ... dans la nuit? Il y a un jeu de resonance et de disonnance

L'entreprise qui est la mienne est celle d'un cri du coeur: tu voleras de tes propres ailes.
Il y a eu un cri - silencieux mais profond - un cri du coeur qu'il m'a ete impossible d'ignorer: "tu ne pourras pas survivre dans une entreprise ou tu n'est pas aux commande. Est -ce vraiment cela? plutot: tu seras celui a qui tu rendras compte." Il y avait dans ce cri le sentiment profond de la responsabilite et de l'irresponsibilite: etre responsable devant soit - ne pas etre irresponsable devant les autres.

i- Il y avait - je crois qu'en j'y pense aujourd'hui - une peur terrible de devoir dependre de gens que je ne respecterais pas - des patrons, des co-equipies. Cette peur, c'etait peut etre aussi - au fond - la peur de ne pouvoir faire confiance.

ii- Il y avait aussi le sentiment de devoir creer quelque chose - creer un situation de risque, une prise de risque a travers laquelle quelque chose d'authentique et vrai en moi serait mis a l'oeuvre - et a l'epreuve - et a l'issu desquels il y aurait une veritable "prise en main" de mon destin.

DIRECTIONS

Des grands themes apparaissent et "ressortent" a l'issu de mes temoignages:
La peur
Faire face a ses peurs
Le coeur
Ecouter son coeur
La confiance
Pouvoir faire confiance et se fier
Le risque
Prendre un risque
L'epreuvre et la mise a l'epreuve
La responsibilite et faire face a sa/ses responsbilites(s)
L'irresponsibilite

Telles sont les directions qui se présentent - et telles sont d'autres directions que j'ai senti fortement en moi
Elles se présentent sans ordre que je reconnaisse - en voici:
- Faire face
- Apprendre a apprendre
- Construire l’unité, la cohésion
- L'echec: accepter - apprecier l'echec. L'echec n'est qu'une mesure de notre succes et de notre quete vers un but auquel nous nous astreignons.

CE QUE JE RETIENS DU PASSE
- Tenir entre:
- Tenir:
- Entre les religions: les catholiques, les protestants, les juifs, les musulmans, les bahais
- Questionner

Good boy / good girl

> Getting out of the good boy/ good girl zone.
>
> The usual and all too common way to encourage kids when they are doing all what they are asked to do is to say:
> "good boy/ good girl"
>
> Now does it really do any good to the boy or to the girl? I am not sure. In fact I am rather convinced of the opposite an here are 9 reasons for it :-)
>
> - is there such thing as a good boy/girl? Good in which sense? Hard to say. Often what is good is the sense that he/she has done what he/she was asked to do.
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> - if one boy is good, are they all good? Often not. What does that mean? That boy is bad? This girl is bad? As much as "good boy" sounds nice and appreciative, how does sound the opposite message, which is implied though it is not said?
>
> - what are we wanting to say when we say "good boy/ good girl"? Something like: well done - thanks for following the instruction. In other words, it could translate into: thanks for being obedient.
>
> - could it mean some other thing? Probably - It could mean thanks for doing your best, thanks for trying hard, thanks for listening, thanks for being courageous, etc.... I guess it would depend on the situation and it would require a bit of judgment to find out what is good in the given situation.
>
> - and that is another reason why the expression "good boy/good girl" - though convenient - is in fact just that: an all-to-convenient, fit-it-all expression that may work well for parents or educators but not the kids.
>
> - kids need not being labelled or boxed. On the other hand behaviors and attitudes can.
>
> - I should give you another 3 reasons. Or may be you could help me think about it?
>
> Great day friends :-)
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> Ludovic Odier
> OutdoorInAsia
> Sent from my iPhone

Resolution (2) - continued

Finding what is really right for me - being honest about it

Training - doing training - some form of (evolved form of ) education: YES
Education to adults and Children: YES
Having an organisation, a company to achieve that: YES

Earning a living with that: YES
Pious and honest earnings in a way

Helping organisations and groups plan their travel - mmh kind of
Helping them achieve the right circumstances / environment to achieve their goal: YES

In particular: overcoming issues, problems.... mmmh

There is nothing very exiting about that
I do not need feeling very exited... but enthusiast YES
Where is the enthusiasm?

Fostering collaboration: YES
Fostering listening: YES
Fostering understanding: YES

So here we are: back to the quest for truth and justice
Let s play this De Bono video again

Offering tools, designing tools that group and community can use to find the truth?
Seems like it is not so much about the truth in this context - beyong right or wrong - it may be about achieving a form of group harmony? some form of unity?

Unity before truth
OK - it seems plugged out of a Bahai book
It is relevant but there is something more than just a plain statement
Unity: here it means the effort, the discipline to build a cohesive, harmonious whole out of a group
Not every body is right, or happy.
There may be various role, position, talents, issues...
In fact that is the very point - that because of that diversity - building cohesiveness, understanding, appreciation is what matter most.

So unity in the group before we even talk about doing or thinking the right thing.
Importantly: unity in the group does not mean conformity in the group.
That is precisely the point (again :-): cohesiveness and unity is what allows difference of views
A contrario, without cohesiveness, without the skills and techniques to keep and maintain unity - difference of views may well lead to in-fighting, aggressive, polarizing argumentation, frustration and resentment

So from a title about 2012 resolution I digress into some intellectual consideration
But I feel it is important for me at this stage to become clear - VERY CLEAR - about that, which is what I want to stand for. That, which is what I want to build?

That to which I am willing to harness my will, might, creativity to make it either big or deep or far or ... something that would make me and what I stand for proud.

The more I search, the more I go back to basics, essentials
I never knew what basics and essentials are - though they always were there with and for me

1- Innocence and absolute strength of youthful feelings - especially about finding the truth, investigating, sharing the truth
2- What I call: l'intelligence du coeur. Heart intelligence
3- Fun, having fun, laughing and not taking things too seriously
4- Explore, discover and especially feel in tune with Nature and our environment

I am now paying attention to what could be my MBTI profil:
My gut feel is
I- introvert
N- intuition
T- thinking
P- perception

This is just me assessing whom I am. Of course, as I am reaching 40 years - soon turning 39 - I have a strong sense that I am starting to know myself pretty accurately - which does not give any definitive mastery - though mastery is definitely a goal on the path -

So - knowing who I am - Mastering myself... - VOO: victory over oneself

Now - this MBTI business:
http://www.intp.org/intprofile.html
As I am reading the description - I have to say - I am a little amazed and I find it suits what I percieve of myself. I should really do the test...

OK - time to go and play with the kids

The Eleventh Hour

Matthew 20
Laborers in the Vineyard

1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4and to them he said, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.’ 5 So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same. 6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing. And he said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’ 7 They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’ 8 And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.’ 9 And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius. 10 Now when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more, but each of them also received a denarius. 11 And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house, 12 saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’ 13 But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?14 Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. 15 Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’ 16 Sothe last will be first, and the first last.”