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Believing in the Struggle of Life

Posted Mon, 03/09/2009 - 20:21
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 Question:

I sometimes think that deep within myself I have a belief that life should be a struggle, that peace, joy, comfort etc are somehow secondary to hard work, toil, and grief.

I think this comes from my father who, although brought up in a loving environment, had to go out to work when he was fifteen years old to support his mother (my grandmother) who had been widowed at a young age.

My father is now retired and is healthy and happy. I never faced any of the struggles that he did when he was young as he and my mother provided very well for me and my brothers and sisters. However, I think his strong work ethic and background instilled this (perhaps limiting) belief within me.

How can I explore this further and perhaps create a new belief in it's place?
 
Answer:
 
You are not alone in holding the belief that life is a struggle. This is the nearly universal belief of the human condition reinforced by  the  experience of humanity unaware of their  true nature. You don’t need to look far to understand how you have internalized this idea—it is everywhere all around us. If we don’t know who we really are as spiritual beings, then we mistakenly identify ourselves by our actions and circumstances. By that measurement, we typically find ourselves weak and victimized by forces beyond our understanding and control. That leads to a conception of life as suffering, pain and struggle.
 
Instead of simply trying to replace this idea with the idea of peace and joy, apply yourself to discovering your real essence, your foundation of Being.  This is most efficiently done through meditation.
 
 Let the self-knowledge of that presence radiate its own truth to your mind. That understanding of who you are will  reveal itself as your new belief about life. It may display its quality as peace or joyfulness. For others it may have more of a flavor of universal love and compassion. To other types of people it may present as divine light, creativity, or  intelligence. Or that truth of the Self may be a straightforward “isness.” 
 
 In any case, it will lead you to a conception of life that is not externally based, but one that arises from your inner truth.
 
Love,
Deepak

 

Comments (6)
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Posted by Goddess Lily Seymour on Monday, March 9th, 2009
"Awaken each day in joyful anticipation, with great expectancy, allow the day to unfold in its perfectness, gifting you with new delights, releasing you from shackles of the past. As we have stressed, over and over, stay in the event of the NOW or in the Still Point of perfection, and in doing so, you are focusing on what is occurring in the moment. Each moment, each thought, each event is of vast importance, for the treasures of new wisdom, new insights, new powers of reasoning, new gifts are pouring forth at an astonishing rate and you must be open to receive them". - Archangel Michael Enjoy! Lily S. http://messagesfromarchangelmichael.ning.com/
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Posted by Rajesh Sharma on Monday, March 9th, 2009
I agree Deepak! Am in tune with you! Love Rajesh http://rajeshmsharma.blogspot.com
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Posted by Sharmishtha Basu on Monday, March 9th, 2009
beautiful deepak, thanks again.
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Posted by Ed Croucher on Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
Pray to St. Ruggle. He'll bring it home to you in between the crossed lines ;) There is St. Ruggle and St.Rawman.
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Posted by Aviv Shahar on Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
Yes and
Posted by Arun Raghuwanshi on Sunday, May 17th, 2009
Dear Deepak ji Namaste! Splendid indeed! Wah,wah!! @run