10 Revelations to expand your mind

Life experience teaches.  You choose what to retain and what to disregard.  Consider these ten revelations.  Choose to reflect differently and observe how you expand your mind;

1) You are never upset for the reasons you assume.

2) No matter how painful a situation seems, it will pass.

3) Each action stimulates your mind to think for itself again.

4) Until you grow self-aware, you reframe distractions.

5) You seek whatever you are not meant to find.

6) Impermanent things conceal the power of the present.

7) Everything you do is a cyclical way to realize where you are.

8) A journey into silence provides all you need. Simply listen.

9) The mental concept of who you are is unrelated to the truth.

10) What is forever formless, imperceptible and unknowable reveals secrets of the unseen so you begin to remember more.

Comments

[Davina]

Hi Liara. "You seek whatever you are not meant to find." I love this one! It reminds me of the line in a song, "Life is what happens to us while we're busy making other plans."

[Jannie Funster]

And I guess to number 2 add that old one - "no matter how wonderful a situation is - it will pass."

:)

[Jay]

#2 for me is the big one that I try to convey to people. The pain from a situation is always the most potent when you are in a situation, in the crux of the battle of the mind. You need to work it out, take the time, dream the necessary dreams, and have the necessary silence from the nagging ego. I try to think back in my life when I was in a situation that felt like the most painful experience I could ever deal with, and now it seems silly that I was ever that distraught. Thank you Liara! Great post as always!

[Spiritual Bloggers]

"No matter how painful a situation seems, it will pass".

It is one thing to understand the meaning of this powerful statement on the mental level. But once I truly allowed it into my world, it became like a magic formula! Now, any frustrations I have in life are so much more brief and used simply as tools for catalysts of change. :-)

[Liara Covert]

Davina, when a person seeks something, that person forgets he or she already has it inside. It is a case of temporarily forgotting how and where to look.

Jannie, impermanence is a timeless teacher. Each person is encouraged to learn detachment on the road to greater freedom. As you recognize negative and positive balance out, the whole see-saw dissolves into nothingness.

Jay, even the perceived past is an illusion. The past does not exist. And yet, your mind recognizes the usefulness of creating illusions of time for the purpose of teaching. As you raise awareness to new levels, you recognize things as they happen and even anticipate before, rather than only experiencing revelations "after the fact."

Scott, you make a key point. Theory differs from practice. To read something and to imagine it differs from learning to experience and feel it. The truth must be felt.

[Stephen Hopson]

I liked the first one "you are never upset for the reasons you assume." It's so true but we all have tried to point our upset toward a specific reason when deep down we know it isn't the reason.

When we're upset, we tend to look for logical reasons but it is something deeper that contributes to the situation. I agree totally!

[Liara Covert]

Stephen, when people assume they already know all that is necessary, then they do not realize they could gain far deeper insight. To choose to overcome your own misconceptions is a brave and humble step. This teaches you denial and ignorance blind you in ways unseen.

[Saintly]

I / we are always being told to look within for the answer or the answer lies within. How does one look into the self ? How do you look into soul ? I think it's alot easier than done. This is something I truely struggle with.

[Liara Covert]

Saintly, the questions you raise inspires another post.

[Grace]

Hi, Liara :)

Came to find your response to my comment yesterday...and can't remember where I put it! LOL (I'll go back to your email...hopefully it's referenced).

Is it "true" that what we seek, we're not meant to find? While I get the whole "it's all inside of you" thing - I do think that God also places things inside of other people for a reason....for us to connect with others and discover the gifts they hold. We were formed to work together, to come together, for wholeness. Frankly, the idea of never 'seeking' is foreign to me. Guess I'm resonate with the words of Jesus = He said, "Ask, and it shall be given. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and the door will be open". Not that EVERYTHING is outside of us.

It's just that I don't think we find all the answers by simply isolating and looking 'within'.

[Liara Covert]

Grace, infinite roads can be taken to reach the same destintation. Some people believe they will never find what they are seeking. Other people are convinced that seeking is not effective. It is up to you to determine what works for you. No human being can tell you how to reach your destination. Your job is to figure out where it is and how to get there. You may enjoy the post "Energize your spirit."

[vikum]

Hi Liara,

This is a great revelation and when I see the thing " No matter how painful a situation seems, it will pass". I remembered some saying which is powerful and which helped me a lot in difficult times in my life.
"Grief and sorrow do not come to us by chance, they are sent to us by divine mercy to our own perfecting". I hope it will help people who read here sometimes.
And I love the things you are posting.Because they urge me to think. Thanks for the great posts.

[Liara Covert]

vikum, it can seem challenging to stop thinking in certain ways. To reach the point where you contemplate your choices, means you are sensing discomfort and desire to do something about it. Acknowledging how you feel is not the same as consciously identifying where yor thougths come from. This requires a different kind of journey.