Chapter 5 To be Connected you need to Detach
"You have had enough excitement for one day, so we will set up camp for the night. You collect some wood and I will get some water from the stream so that I can prepare tonight's meal."
The young man only nodded. It had been a tough day. When he woke this morning and found himself on his own, he panicked. He thought he was alone again, but this time many miles away from the village where he lived. Of course living in the village had been no life, for most of the time, because of his disfigurement, he felt like he was on his own, but he had got used to that way of living. Although he know understood that he was not really living, merely waiting to get older and die the slow horrible death of boredom which he had become accustomed to as his life. There was a moment when he woke when he would have been happy to have gone back to that life. What had happened? It was hard to describe, in fact he could not describe it. There was a moment when he went deep within himself and felt connected to all things. It was while he was going with the feelings that led him to the old sage. It was a strange feeling. In the moment he knew where the old sage was, there was a feeling of joy, such as he had never experienced before in his life. At first he thought the joy was caused by knowing that he would be safe, but on reflection he realized that it was deeper than that. The joy came from knowing that he was truly connected to all things. He had glimpses of it in the few days he had travelled with the old man. He thought the old sage was the reason he had received these glimpses but know he knew that he was the source of this connection to all things.
"How is the wood coming along Huo?"
The young man looked up into the face of the old sage, which was creased with a smile. "You deliberately left me this morning? You knew what what would happen?"
The old sage sat down beside the young man, for it was no longer right to call him a boy, for he had grown so much in the last few days. Not so much physically, although there had even been some changes there, he had grown up spiritually and emotionally. The young man had seen beyond the veil and the energy from beyond was now increasingly flowing through him and giving him insights that would have been impossible with his mindset only a couple of days before.
"Let me tell you a story. 'In Old China an emperor stood upon a very high hill. Spread through the valley below him was all of his great army. He could see where a battle would be fought and where the other armies waited. He had developed an intricate system of commands for the generals and officers of his army and the battle began
'The emperor could signal to the right, and the right would attack. He could signal to the left, and the left would attack, or the middle. With another signal, each would retreat then attack again. The battle went on for hours. When the emperor saw a weakness he sent troops to that area and eventually they overcame the other army.'
"This analogy fits your conscious and subconscious minds. Your conscious mind is the emperor and your subconscious, the army, does not see what is going on. When we are talking of healing, what we are really talking about is the subconscious mind. For it is our beliefs that we store in the subconscious mind which determines our future. The subconscious mind is a wonderful, natural force. It is how we exist in this world. It allows us to have memories of past situations and it is the place where the conscious mind implants all it's beliefs and knowledge. This can can either be a positive or negative experience. If we place in our subconscious the thought that the world and it's people are filled with great beauty, then that is what we will see. On the other hand if we focus on the pain and suffering in the world all we will see is pain and suffering.
"When we incarnate into our bodies before birth or shortly after. What is it that incarnates? Some have called it the Soul others have called it the Subconscious and I would guess that if you look into many of the religions it will be known by many other names. For me I will call it the Subconscious. It is my belief that our higher self sends off aspects of itself in the form of the Subconscious to inhabit a body to increase its experiences in this plane. When the subconscious takes residence in the vehicle it is blank and has no knowledge of other lives or of the Higher Self. This is done so that when it incarnates it comes without any knowledge, so that it can work through the issues that it came here to experience. It is not a hit and miss exercise, as the higher self and the aspect which incarnates understands what are the probabilities for it in the first thirteen years of its life. It understands the parents weaknesses and strengths; it understand the culture it is being born into and it understand what is happening on the world at this time. Yes for it's own experience it chooses to live in a village, in a palace or in a slum. It is only our misunderstanding of the wonderful opportunity that we call life, that we judge people for where they are born, the colour of their skin, their culture and their parenting. Mark my words it is the choice of the incarnated to where and when they choose to incarnate and it is only our lack of understanding that makes us judge others to be different or less than we are."
Huo had a million questions; it seemed like the old man was taking his mind and stretching in a hundred different directions at once. Before he could ask a question the old sage was stretching his mind and beliefs in more directions.
"When we incarnate," said the old sage, "we even choose what Element we will incarnate into as this elemental bias will allow us the best opportunity to experience what we came to earth to experience. When people start to learn about the Elements or deeper understandings of the Subconscious mind it is because they are ready for it. It is time for them to go beyond their Subconscious Mind.
"But what is there to go beyond and how do we do it? Although our subconscious is an empty book when we arrive it comes programmed with our elemental perspective. We have even chosen what health and disease patterns we will experience. Incarnation into the Earth-plane is all about experiences; whether we are human, animal, plant or mineral. If you are attracted to these teachings then you have done at least six lifetimes as human and many in all the other dimensions.
"Even before your were born your subconscious was taking in impressions from your world. The Subconscious mind takes in everything; hundreds of thousands of inputs every minute. Before you start feeling guilty for the garbage that you have fed yourself or been fed by your parents or the world around you. Stop for a moment, breathe and understand that with regards to yourself you can become like the Emperor in our story and start to take control of your Subconscious mind through the Conscious Mind. You choose all the crap that the world has given you. You understood what you were coming here to experience; you chose it; there are no victims. This is one concept that I have had the most difficulty understanding as I watch people in pain and suffering."
Huo was trying take in everything the old sage was telling him. But surely it wasn't possible. Why would he have chosen to lose his parent's in a fire? He looked down at his withered arm; 'why would anyone choose that,' he asked himself? He turned his attention to the old sage. "Why would anyone choose to go through the things that I have been through?"
"That is the reason that you are with me. To find out who you really are, why you have chosen to incarnate into the world at this time and then go beyond it." The old sage went quiet for a few minutes, allowing the young man time to digest everything he had said.
"The subconscious mind has the ability to create in your world whatever you program into it and whatever you program into it is what you will get in return. The key if you want to change your life is to start taking care with what you program into your subconscious.
"Begin today by becoming the observer. Watch how you respond to people and situations. When you meet someone new do you react positively or negatively and why?
"When you get angry. Why are you angry, is it something they did or are you projecting your weakness onto them? Often I find it is when we meet someone who shows what we don't like about ourselves or a weakness we have that we react.
"Over the next few days observe your reaction to everything; take your awareness outside of yourself and watch yourself. If you are reacting negatively to something don't stop yourself but observe and try to understand why.
"If something makes you sad - why?
If you judge something or someone - why?
If you are fearful - why?
"Don't be too tough on yourself; just observe; as you begin to become the observer you start to understand why you respond and then you can rise beyond it. Sometimes it can be a great challenge when you have believed these things for many years. Remember you are here to go beyond your Subconscious mind and have it work for you. It is time to understand your Element and then go beyond it to the Element of Ether.
"We live in amazing times when all of us have the opportunity to be the creative essence we were meant to be. It is your duty to find out what it is that you are meant to do in this life. This is what your apprenticeship is all about. It is called the Way of the Initiate, but by know I hope you have realized that it is an inner journey; a journey few have the courage to make. Let's eat."And so as the sun set, the sage and his apprentice enjoyed the bounty provided by the elements. It was a quiet dinner as they journeyed within to reflect on the day.
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