to lay down the old self
the old self, based on “resistance against”
the origin of all life – originally – is the truth that unites us all
no one is a victim of external forces – they do not exist
feeling separate from the source is not the truth
“a fight against” strengthens the unredeemed energies and creates identity – nourishes the old self, based on resistance
the outer world
comes from the inner world
the surrender of the past is now!
it had been — as a fulfilled past
a river’s fear of the ocean
They say before entering the sea,
a river trembles with fear.
She looks back at the way
that she has travelled, from the peaks,
the mountains, the long winding road
which crosses forests and villages,
and sees in front of her such a vast ocean
that entering it doesn’t seem anything else
than having to disappear forever.
But there’s no other way.
The river can’t go back.
No one can go back.
Going back is impossible in existence.
The river needs to take the risk
and to enter the ocean.
It’s only when entering the ocean
that fear will disappear,
because it’s only then
that the river will know it’s not about
to disappear into the ocean,
but to become ocean.
– Khalil Gibran