Fate or no fate? This is the question. Just how much “choice” do you have in your life? If you believe all the New Age prophets and teachers it is all up to you. Everything in life is your choice. So if you have been following my blog you’ll know I love to question reality. At this point in my life I have had enough experience to really compare and contrast events, to test theories, and to come to my own conclusions. So let me share my conclusion on Fate.
First let me tell you an abbreviated story of my youth. I am tall, always have been, so in elementary school I was adult size as a child. This excited the basketball coach who was quite zealous in recruiting me for his team. I tried it and hated it. I come from a family of non-athletes. It was not something that interested me. But this decision was not up to me or even my parents. The coach quite literally forced me to play thru fear and guilt, so I played and thus began that phase of my life, which did not end till after dropping out of college two years early. Looking back on it, many good things came from my suffering, so there are no regrets, but the question still remains. Is this fate?
This story has repeated a few times in my life now, so this has led to this blog. Who is making these decisions that vastly affect my life? Is it the animal human me or some higher Spiritual me? Or is it someone else entirely? Who is “I”?
The answer will surprise some, but many who read my blog know exactly where this is going. The “I” who makes these decisions is not the person living this little life here on Earth, but the Higher Spiritual Self (HSS) who exists beyond this world. If you think about it, nothing else makes sense. Not even the Distant God idea that so many religions teach.
The fact is we exist on many levels and each corresponds to the Chakras. The beings on Earth exist on the lower levels, the first three chakras. Our HSS exists somewhere else, but still connected here. The HSS corresponds to the higher three chakras and the 4th or center chakra is the connection point between the two which make up the human body. There are higher chakras but do not apply to this discussion, unless they do, so suffice it to say I will not be discussing these.
The way Stephen Davis describes it is we are the (i) little and the HSS is the (I) big. Eckhart Tolle describes it as the ego vs. the Spirit. Many advanced teachers describe this in various ways and once you grasp it this is easy to see. Going back now to our original question.
It is the (I) Big who really chooses our path. The (i) little is the one who experiences it and either accepts it (making the path smoother) or resists it (making the path painful). So the moral to the story is simple, ‘Resistance is Futile’ and ‘What you resist persists’! Resistance is also what makes life painful. Acceptance has really been my topic these last few blogs and for good reason. While many have been opening up and accepting their fate, many have not (thus the riots and unrest).
A good place to end this blog is a heart centered meditation. Remember the heart chakra is where and how the two connect. When the heart is open everything flows in harmony because the (i) little is communicating with the (I). For more on this meditation please check out http://sequoiablessed.info/page70. With some focus and practice the heart is opened and harmony takes over your life. A big part of life is learning to trust the (I) big, know that it is love, and will never hurt you or put you in harm’s way.
Love n Light,
Sequoia Elisabeth 🙂
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