Effortlessness

There are two phases in one’s life: inward and outward, subjective and objective, one’s direct relationship with God, and one’s relationship and service to all of God’s creatures. These two must be in balance. When there seems to be no obvious next step to take based on one’s inner prompting, then slow down, relax, and be in tune with God. If the occasion calls for outward service, then go forth freely without hesitation.

Do not dwell pointlessly upon the past and future. Remain constantly in tune with your indwelling spirit. Thinking about the “futility” of past effort and the long road ahead and dreading it is not a positive use of your energy. Thinking that you are not “special” to God is also futile because you and God are one. You are already in him.

In moments of mistaken perception, be still, and be with God. Regroup all your scattered energies back to the centre, and be in peace. Listen to and behold God, and lay aside this material world.

You were in pain because you yearned to know yourself deeper and to be the highest you can be. It was a time of growing and it was the right time for new experience, and that employment was no longer conducive to your spiritual unfoldment. Your staying there out of fear was conflicting with the Divine Will of spiritual evolution, and you suffered because of this. Your struggle and pain were not due to the perceived difficult task itself; it was never about the particular task itself.

Your lesson is not to be so attached to the form. Flow and trust and surrender to God’s Will, no matter where it leads you. The lesson to be learned is to trust in Divine Will, and flow where you are led. In a way, you did not have to suffer had you had sufficient trust in God and Divine Will. You suffered because of your lack of trust.

Have trust that when God’s Will led you away from your work despite of your fear and mistrust, it will unfailingly lead you to your next destined point again when the time is right, and hopefully, with your fuller cooperation and deeper trust. For in trust and conscious cooperation lies your peace of mind.

With a mind in peace, knowing no lack and with the deepest trust in God, all you do would be a praise and prayer to the Lord. In so doing, you will not find unrest. So fear not. Trust that you will be taken where the Plan meant to take you. Surrender and trust. We are all One, and God is you. You just have to become aware and be able to see with God’s vision, and then you will see that there is neither contradiction nor exaggeration.

As long as other’s freedom, rights, and life are not taken away by you, and as long as your mind and heart are on God and doing God’s Will, you need not worry about any ungodly opportunities. You will not experience them in your life because there are no ungodly will in your mind.

Your job there was neither to save nor to teach, but it was to make peace. Whom had you not forgiven there? Whom did you still hold a grudge? With whom did you not have free flowing feeling of love and brotherhood? You were there to make peace with each and everyone of them. While being there, your job was to realize the love again with all whom you had met, and to reestablish your own place in the Kingdom of God.

Until you have erased all attacks from within, you cannot see with the eye of God or know Oneness. You know whom you needed to forgive, and you know what you needed to forgive. You have to forgive the atmosphere, the organization, the structure, the building, and the world. You cannot blame the world for your feeling of entrapment. You have to forgive them all, and when you leave the place physically behind, you will leave them filled with love within your heart. That is your mission and task and lesson. Heed it well, and fulfill your part. All experiences are indeed appropriate for the current phase of learning.

It’s best if you focus first on the issue of love and trust. Once they are mastered, others will swiftly follow. As you have learned to go where you are invited, you should also learn to leave when you are released. These are two sides of the same expression of Divine Will in practical life. By doing so, you will always ride on the current of Divine Will, and will not be in struggle and pain.

There is no battle for you here. You need not fight or struggle to prove anything to anyone including yourself. Your place in God’s kingdom is secure, and your only duty and right is to maintain your own sense of peace and joy. When you are rejected by a situation, if you decide to stay, then you are choosing to learn the lesson of conflict and struggle, and eventually to see their futility. If you no longer desire conflict and struggle in life, then you only have to walk away in peace from the rejecting situation, and have trust that a new invitation will be forthcoming. It is as easy and simple as that. With these two processes in place, life could indeed be lived in trust and without effort.