BE YOUR OM MESSIAH
Lesson 214
By bj King
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LIFE’S SECOND ACT
We are living longer than did our parents and grandparents. The second half of our lives can offer decline, disease, despair, regret, being stuck in the past, death or a time to create a deeply fulfilling life.
If we are suffering emotionally it can be because we are living a life without meaning. There is nothing wrong with searching for happiness, but without meaning there can be no lasting happiness.
In order to live a meaningful life we must leave our fixed view of reality behind. We often must let go of the familiar and open ourselves to the unknown. Our second act requires us to shift from ambition to meaning. It is a time to shift from restlessness, irritability, anxiety or discontent with our situation to deep questioning of our motivation. Why are we still here? What is this time about?
If we are brave enough, everything in our past comes up for review. It is useful to look at our lives realistically and honestly, without denial, indulgence or embellishment. It is a time to come to terms with our unresolved anger, disappointments, despair, illusions, aversions, attachments and fear of death.
The past is over. We can sit in the ashes of the life we knew and the identity of who we thought we were and go on from there by making an effort to discover our essential, authentic self, which is beyond ego and beyond the illusion of who we “think” we are, or who we thought we were and pretended to be. We can move into truly “knowing” our authentic self, our essential being, our soul.
It is a time to surrender beliefs that no longer serve us or things we’ve been told and believed that are now being proven to be untrue. Reflection and practice are essential in obtaining wisdom. Wisdom comes from actually practicing what we know to be truth within ourselves, not just repeating what we’ve been told by others. It is a time to no longer tolerate ambiguity. Reflection allows us to examine what is working and not working in our lives and being brave enough to change.
This is a time to claim wonder, awe and delight in nature and our Human bodies and a time to develop curiosity and trust in ourselves and flexibility. It is time to embrace our Spirits and to learn about surrender (one of my least favorite words) and to release, reflect and practice patience.
Practice is to take daily action that supports the change we desire. Reflection allows us to examine what is working and not working in our lives.
Spiritual maturity involves integration of the quantitative and the qualitative, and not over identifying with either. We must acquire and maintain balance between the two. We must learn to increase our capacity to hold creative tension so more inclusive solutions and options can emerge.
It is a time to see what truly fosters meaning and vitality in our lives and what does not. It is important to stay connected to those things and people who surprise and bring hope and inspiration. It is important to experience new and unexplored things daily.
It is time to consider new beliefs, new interests, develop new relationships, new forms of creativity, time to seek new sources of inspiration. Creating something new becomes the new adventure. It is a time to look at our lives with new expanded curiosity. It is a time to investigate where we are indifferent or inflexible and to become energized by hope, faith and vitality; a time to question what is life-giving and meaningful to us. What renews us often helps us to align with what has meaning for us. It is a time to question what generates us:
Apathy
Emptiness-discontent
Depression
Self-doubt
Restlessness
Irritation, lack of vitality
Futility
Numbness
Confusion
Anxiety
What makes us angry?
One suggestion for this year is to celebrate the “date” of our birth by doing something we’ve never done each month on that day and to welcome something new into our lives each month. It is an important time to listen for the soul’s promptings and to watch for meaningful connections.
It is time to practice holding the tension between discipline and spontaneity and between silence and activity. It is time to sit with our questions and to let our insights arrive of their own accord, in their own time. It is a good time to question, what’s worth knowing?
What longing or calling have you dismissed repeatedly? What prevents you from acting upon them now? Question how do we renew and regenerate ourselves? Look at whatever your mind is focusing on at this moment? What cultivates balance, discernment and objectivity for you? Notice what’s really happening and be aware of your intentions. Be mindful and notice the results of your worrying.
Learn to align inner guidance with wise action. Question if you’ve over identified with roles you’ve played or any expertise you’ve developed earlier in life. Question the ways we confuse roles, skills or professional reputations with who we really are. Discover who you think you are, or are not.
Reflect on the social masks you’ve worn and how you change how you are in different situations. Question who you are beyond masks, roles, history and associations. Focus on shifting from doing to being. Cease seeking the acceptance and approval of others, especially when it causes you to abandon your own true nature. Let go the need to be special. Notice what triggers our need to mask ourselves or to flaunt our expertise. No longer look for external acceptance or approval for self-validation. Agree to learn something new about yourself every day.
Four kinds of love:
Eros: the drive to unify, to create and procreate; the urge toward higher forms of being and relationship
Libido: physical desire, sexuality, sensuality, lust
Philia: friendship, brotherly or sisterly love
Agape or Caritas: the compassionate heart or transfigured desire; the love devoted to the respect and welfare of others; commitment to doing no harm
The only way to come home to our spiritual nature is to express our love nature. Being in any kind of significant relationship with another person is the most rigorous spiritual growth one can undertake.
Consider what makes you happy, makes you laugh? When we keep our lives too busy, move too fast, we have no time to deepen our experiences or to integrate them. When have you experienced grace, peace and faith? Spend an hour outdoors every day and spend at least 30 minutes a day in silence, listening to your inner being. Notice and be grateful for all you are and all you have.
Offer gratitude for the people and situations that have helped you to grow and identify your regrets. Our invisible spiritual nature is a real presence. There is a difference in knowing about Spirit and knowing from direct experience of Spirit.
It is impossible to have a closed heart when we are thankful.
Forgiveness
I hereby forgive anyone who hurt, upset or offended me; damaging my body, my property, my reputation or people whom I love; whether done accidentally or willfully, carelessly or purposely; whether done with words, deeds, thoughts or attitudes; whether in this lifetime or another incarnation. I forgive every person; may no one be punished because of me.
Help me to be thoughtful and to resist committing carelessness. Whatever mistakes I have committed, please blot them out by your kindness and may I be spared suffering or harmful illness by grace. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart find acceptance by my soul.
Youth is a time for achievement
Middle age a time for perspective
Old age is a time for wisdom and mentoring
Wisdom grows with trust, clarity and curiosity and dwindles with control or attachment.
Be open to outcomes and possibilities that you have not contemplated. Release your beliefs about what you think your life “should” be. It’s not the events that happen, but how we respond to the events that are important.
Spirituality gives meaning to life: nature, silence, work, art, music, family and friendships. Spirit is our essence. It is what makes us unique. Make a conscious choice of not living in the past or future, but in each present moment.
If we knew when our life would end, what would you do to live out your final days in a full and complete way? What is meaningful for you in your life? How do you wish to be remembered?
Death is a certainty. Human life is unique and impermanent. Live your life fully every day.
We never know when the last time will be:
The last meal
The last hug
The last joke
The last conversation
The last opportunity to forgive
The last walk
The last opportunity to make love
The last time to create something beautiful
The last time to ask for forgiveness
The last time to thank someone
The last time to offer help to someone
The last time to appreciate beauty
The last time to offer a compliment
The last time to write a letter or send a note
The last time to be kind
The last time to call a friend
If there are people in our lives we need to forgive, we need to do it now. Doing these things and really paying attention to our lives’ actions and thoughts is paving the way to a peaceful exit from this physical life and lessen the burden of our life review when we reach the other side. It’s a way of cleaning up our negative karma.
Aging is not for sissies. Our bodies’ aging is not fun. Losing our hair, our balance, our memory, our strength, our motivation, living with aches or pains can distract us from enjoying life. The second act gives us one last time to do the things we always intended to do. None of us knows when our physical lives will be over. Now is the time to prepare for the next adventure without fear.
To know even one life has breathed easier because of you – that is to have succeeded. – Emerson
Each human soul is the footprint of God. – Master Eckhart
The greatest remorse we can experience is love unexpressed.
To leave the world a better place for future generations is to have lived a meaningful life, and to have succeeded.
