2009-5-16 11:36:00
Aren't we supposed to be unlimited?
From an eternal perspective this is true but from within any framework of time it is not. Time itself is the great limitation in this universe.
Take away time and anything can happen in the "Eternal Now," but jump into time and we immediately suffer many limitations.
As we grow in intelligence we lean to master time and many of our limitations are removed, but as long as we dwell in time and space we will have the limitations of time and space. These limitations must be a part of any equation that is used to create, expand or grow in consciousness.
What the value of knowing limitations?
There is a law or principle called the Law of Contraction & Expansion. Before consciousness can be expanded the entity must subject himself to the Law of Contraction and suffer limitations. He learns that one must contract and suffer limitation before he can expand.
The seeker thus enters into the world of limitations. The important thing he must then learn is what his limitations are and the extent thereof. Once he correctly learns this he can begin to remove them and enter into the Law of Expansion.
How do we discover our limitations and how do we remove them?
The ego gets in the way of fulfilling this law for it tells the seeker that he has no limitations and thus the ego keeps the pilgrim trapped in the world of limitation for it allows not for true vision.
True vision is only granted when the seeker is true to himself and sees his weaknesses as they really are and starts progressing at the true point of beginning.
It takes courage to see oneself correctly, warts and all, but the honest in heart are those who finally make true progress upon the path.
What do the initiations have to do with limitations?
Each initiation is a point of recognized expansion where some major form of limitation is removed.
How is removal of limitation important to making persistence effective?
If a person lets his ego talk him out of working on removing limitations because the ego says they do not exist then the seeker will suffer failure after failure and become frustrated. In his frustration he will cease being persistent on the path of expansion and move from path to path with dead end after dead end until the ego is mastered and limitations are found and worked through. Then he can enter the true path.
The disciple must have a mission. Why?
How does he find out what it is?
How does he know when he finds it?
Have you found yours? If not how close are you to it?
"I have found power in the mysteries of thought."
-- Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC), 438 B.C.
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