In some cases, you are being taught humility and to turn the other cheek. In some cases, you are being taught to remain silent and unaffected. You are being taught to transcend duality. By this, I mean that when truly centered in your God Self you remain the same when criticized or praised, in victory or defeat, in sickness or in health. In some cases you are being taught to speak up in a calm, rational, objective, loving manner rather than a reactive, overly emotional, angry, attacking manner. In the ideal you are being taught to love your enemy and to see the diamond underneath the mud, or the light behind the lampshade. You are being taught to see the Christ within the other person, even though they do not see it in themselves and are not seeing it in you. It must be understood that what you see in others is a mirror of your own consciousness, since your outer life is nothing more than a projection screen for your own thoughts. How you see your Brother and Sister is literally determining your oneness or lack of oneness with God. Your Brother and Sister are a Son and Daughter of God even if they are not acting like it. If you do not see this, it is you who have a lesson to learn in God’s eyes. Be more concerned about learning your lessons than about whether your neighbor or friend learns theirs.
You are also being taught to remain in the Spiritual / Christ / Buddha Consciousness at all times even when under attack. You are also being taught to stay out of your negative ego at all times. In truth, you are being taught to be a Spiritual Master. From God’s perspective, you should bless your negative Brother and Sister for giving you the opportunity to learn such wonderful lessons! Quite a different perspective than the negative ego’s, wouldn’t you say?
So, my friends, your negative ego neighbor or friend is teaching you God Realization. The proper attitude to all situations in life is to say, “Not my will, but Thine, Oh Lord. Thank you for the lesson.” As Sai Baba says, “Welcome adversity.” Everything that happens in life happens for a reason, and the reason is to teach you a Spiritual lesson you need to learn. There are no accidents. Some interactions are actually set up by your Higher Self to test you to see if you are ready for higher levels of initiation and Spiritual responsibility.
Anyone can be Spiritual when things are going well. The true test of your Spiritual Realization is if you can remain in your Spiritual / Christ / Buddha Consciousness when you are attacked. “So what that you gain the whole world but lose your own Soul,” as the Bible says.
My friends, every single moment of your life you are choosing God or your negative ego. What do you really want? Do you want power, fame and money at the expense of God? Do you want the permanent or the impermanent? Do you want liberation or endless rounds of rebirth? Do you want Heaven and true God Realization or the glamours of matter and worldly attachments?
If you find yourself choosing wrongly in a given moment, stop yourself, forgive yourself, and choose once again. Perfection is not: never making mistakes. Perfection is: not making conscious mistakes. When you become conscious that you have chosen negative ego, forgive yourself, forgive the other person, and attitudinally heal yourself by rechoosing the Christed attitude. It only takes 21 days to cement a new habit into the subconscious mind.
