8. What happens when we begin our JOURNEY INWARDS?
When we begin our JOURNEY INWARDS, first thing that happens is the war on the flesh or our five senses. If we have our legs in two boats and our desires, fears, weaknesses are getting stronger, then JOURNEYING INWARD is going to be impossible as one is not depending on “ANTAR YAMI” . We need to get to a state where there is no fight within ourselves which is Definitely Possible.
The negative thoughts disturbances come when our heart is troubled and Will is in a wavered state. And these negative thoughts/ traits do not allow
“ANTAR YAMI” “THE INNER BEING” to do its work and the actions that flow through us. It not only harms us but others as well and defiles the whole society as a whole. Hence the work of “THE TREE OF LIFE” within is to cleanse our INTERIOR, our core being. It is about blending our Will to THE WILL of “THE INNER BEING”. Because the actions generated by our five senses can often be considered as a combination of human desires going against our own liberation and frequently resorting to slavery.
In the beginning of THE JOURNEY, “THE DEEPEST POINT” which is “THE HIGHEST POINT” “AWAKENING” the sixth sense cleanses the Conscious mind layer by layer which stores the branches all the negative traits which cleanses the flesh or the desires of our five senses.
As layers are being cleansed, one experiences a struggle. The struggle is because one was already enjoying the taste of the flesh the five senses which interact with the external world and it is always painful to give up a sensual pleasure. For Instance – To give up habits or people we are holding on to in order to possess them because one is already enjoying the taste of sensual pleasures, even though it could be enslaving the person. “ANTAR YAMI” alone can deliver us from ourselves.
In reality when we try to be comfortable in the world, we end up feeling uncomfortable, for in the comfort of the world lies our discomfort. There are times when “THE INNER BEING” “THE DEEPEST POINT” is “THE HIGHEST POINT” “AWAKENING”the sixth sense is willing to provide comfort yet the human seeks pleasures from senses. Because it has been a mode of communication or the way of life since the very life took birth.
The fact remains that it is not about the certainty of life, but the uncertainty. It is based on the certainty of “THE INNER BEING” through which flows “THE INTERIOR SPRING” that gives the very experience of FULLNESS OF LIFE
“THE INTERIOR SPRING” is always within us, but we don’t experience this as it is suppressed. For instance- During the rainy season, although we don’t see the Sun it is always shining behind the clouds. Only after our five senses are cleansed and a lot of clouds are removed will the rays of the Sun be experienced. In the same way when the earth is dug enough which is the Human effort in THE ACTIVE STAGES OF THE JOURNEY by depriving the satisfaction to our five senses, “ANTAR YAMI” ,”THE INTERIOR SPRING” begins to come out and we begin to experience it. Cleansing of the senses is completed in THE PASSIVE STAGES OF THE JOURNEY by “ANTAR YAMI”,”THE DEEPEST POINT” is “THE HIGHEST POINT” “AWAKENING” the sixth sense and “THE INTERIOR SPRING” can be experienced without any human effort.
