Only 14 days since starting this journal? Started Alchemist 9th of June. Almost 21 days on this program.
I have achieved many benefits described on the page.
1. Began having thoughts about discipline and my practice since day 1, after the first week of having this at the back of mind I finally started to work on a morning practice which I have stuck to, without interruption ever since. Even on days where I felt like my mind was not working in accordance with my will I was still able to exert myself and start my practice.
2. I began to realise that whatever happens if I stick to my practice everything will work out. My sadhana is meant to get me to the top of the mountain and so long I am absolutely diligent, dedicated and disciplined doing my practice every day it will eventually lead me to reaching the top of the mountain, attaining to moksha, or liberation and freedom and enlightenment.
This has also come into other aspects of my life. I began to see that everything in life is truly a ritual or a practice everything that you do you should do with all that you are. If you slack your results in life will also slack. Slacking is weakness, it is the desire not to put in your fullest because other forces thoughts and emotions are derailing you. This is not mastery. You give everything your fullest.
3. I began manifesting various situations which is a good beginning of getting me closer to my spiritual goals. No details here due to the confidentiality of the situations. Besides manifesting a book on karma and on enlightenment, karma being the wheel of actions from the past present and future that keep us in bondage, understanding the mechanisms of it and how to liberate ourselves from it. Enlightenment being the goal of all our spiritual motivations and practices. Not to be confused with the final destination however. Enlightenment is the state attained once a human being transforms himself from a lower and animalistic creature driven by impulses and forces around him to a wilful creator being conscious of his soul and his divinity, then developing his soul further and further. Once attained to such a state one can accomplish great feats and become a positive contributor to human evolution. While many dwell around here and there losing track of time and forsaking their own development and time for a job in big companies the seeker knows that time is limited and fixates himself on his goals beyond all distractions, forces and influences that impede with his progress.
Time is limited. A firm foundation is necessary not to be swept of course. All efforts are wasted once the momentum of the development is discontinued prematurely. The goal is to fly high enough one reaches the divine mind. To overcome karmas within ourselves that lead to the illusion of separation.
4. Balance, steadiness of purpose and stability are key. Consistent daily improvement and development towards ones goals lead to success. This does NOT mean slow. Everyone has their own pace. Some may consistently improve on a daily basis but at an incredible pace, everyones development is unique and depending upon their inner desire, will and the power of their spirit to accomplish.
Everyone has experienced the emptiness of life. Being lost one gets driven by the will of forces around them and drained of life. Spirituality leads you to a state where happiness exists within as a state of being, not requiring anything outside of himself. Our human body is a chemical factory capable of creating states of bliss and peace reflecting the divine vibrations of the cosmos itself.
5. I have become more acquainted with various aspects of my path and the traditions I find interesting and a calling towards. I can feel it is guiding and leading me towards this but essentially other foundational cornerstones are more important which is why I have not had the mental space to really deeply explore and learn. But I am confident this will come in the future.
I have some deeply rooted karmas which have to be unburied, dissolved and transform to liberate my into higher and deeper states of life and spirituality. The progress is definitely still in the early stages and because of that the developments made here are guided by my own subconscious mind to be most prominent in building a strong foundation for further growth.
None is ever done building a foundation. But everyone should at least assure their foundation can withstand the pressures of life and that one is firmly rooted in the path, otherwise whatever efforts have been made may go wasted and the seeds of his actions may not flower and blossom but wither away. Then he commences on yet another path that leads nowhere. This is why spirituality leads to true mastery. The quest for the holy grail, or to find the Soul is an aim and goal of self perfection, a constant purpose the human being can keep within his mind and heart to never forsake himself and his precious life, you will forever burn with the spirit of accomplishment if your goal is non-spiritual, knowing that it is the only thing you can take beyond death and as all material things and possessions including your body you anyway leave the world.
This whole compendium of understanding is being formed into my unconscious mind a profound structure of spiritual growth and development. When I am finally confident I can move on, I will move on to the next stage but I feel this stage has soooo much in store for me that I would do a profound disservice to myself not to stick with it until I CAN FEEL IN MY BONES that my foundation has become sturdy as the taj mahal. Or the Grand Pyramid standing for god knows how long?
My foundation should be so strong it will still stand even until the end of the earth. This is how serious I am about this path and anyone who wishes to undertake a path like this should be equally serious.
This is a complete change in life and in direction.
I strongly feel and know great changes will unfold within me on the next few stages but I will not deter from my path and move on without having build the necessary foundation.
6. Situations have manifested that have opened my mind to far great possibilities and to a different understanding of reality. Also still in its early stages I think with time it will lead to a great mental transformation.
7. I feel a deepening confidence in my path and the studies & practices that are part of it. A desire and willingness to make sure I do my practices correctly and that I understand everything properly.
Some of these ideas and concepts are still not deeply integrated but I can feel it entering my being and become alive within me in bits and pieces.
Anything with great momentum and depth should eventually flourish in a great possibility and change. All things are mental first before they become physical. The entire world was created first in the minds and hearts of people before it became manifest.
One more thing I am noticing and it may be more of a conscious guidance thing is that I seem to be cleaning up unconscious nonsense that is not in the slightest relevant to my path and life, some things I have picked up on my journey in this life that is not beneficial or not constructive, or not in alignment with this new direction I am taking.
Dissolution of subconscious aspects that I am no longer interested in pursuing or embodying.
END of todays journal entry, time to step out of the mind now and back into life!