The Unbound Soul: A Spiritual Memoir for Personal Transformation and Enlightenment by Richard L Haight

Author:Richard L Haight [Haight, Richard L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: enlightenment, Meditation, aikido, newage, prophecy, awakening, spirituality, selfhelp, oneness, collapse
Publisher: Richard L. Haight
Published: 2016-05-27T07:00:00+00:00

Malicious Mind

Once, Sensei stopped during practice and said, “Never try to throw people because it will make your mind sick. It’s wrong to try to throw people.” It struck me as a strange comment since we are always throwing people in this training. Later that afternoon we had a party, so I took the opportunity to ask Sensei what he meant by his admonition not to throw people. He seemed pleased with my question and filled my sake cup. “In Daito-Ryu [the name of the martial art style], we use aiki, which is to say, we use harmony. To try to throw someone is a malicious intent, don’t you think? That is not harmony, is it? Instead of trying to throw someone, just move your body here or there in harmony. If the person is attacking you, they will naturally fall down, even though that was not your intention. Just move in harmony.”

Since that time, I have found that it’s also malicious to try to change people. It’s better to remain in harmony and allow inspiration to do the work. Harmony is inspiring. Of course, that does not mean that we can’t make a suggestion here or there when asked, but remove force and expectation from the equation, and, of course, remain in harmony.

I have found this to be most challenging with regard to family relationships because of the degree to which they are bound in expectation. For this reason, family relationships are great learning opportunities. You may think you have the perfect answer to solve someone’s “problem,” but they reject it outright because, really, they do not want to solve the problem; they just want to complain. Or maybe they do not see the cause of the problem as having anything to do with their own energetic projection; instead, they would like to blame others. In such cases your suggestion will not be accepted, and if you push it, there will be argument or avoidance.

Therefore, whenever making a suggestion we put it out there lightly, and if it’s rejected, let it be. At some point, another opportunity may arise to make another suggestion, at which time we may put it out there again, but without expectation. It’s like casting out our fishing line. We do not expect a fish to bite every time we cast, do we? Of course not. We cast without expectation, right? This is the way to communicate with people while remaining tuned to consciousness.

Many times people who ask for advice really are not wanting any advice at all, but instead are looking for a shoulder to cry on. It’s up to you if you wish to lend your shoulder or not. Beware, for sympathy only feeds identifications, and pity helps no one. In the event that we give advice, the temptation to make the person see the solution may be strong. We may feel that we are helping them by pushing them to see it. But, in truth, other people are not our responsibility, and we cannot make them do anything.

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