Contentment is a Choice
As long as you are in ego, you resist or attach to circumstances, feelings, objects, thoughts, activities, events or relationships. Such resistances and attachments are unconscious and reactive. The first way out of this trap is acceptance. You accept what is. If you cannot accept it, you can stop the activity. You do not need to slide into resistance or attachment. Acceptance is tolerance.
The next step up in consciousness is enjoyment. You can move from acceptance into enjoyment. You can eventually come to enjoy at all times. Enjoyment does not really come from without, but from within. In ordinary thinking, we assume that we enjoy this activity or that object or the other event, but it is not so. Nothing can give you enjoyment or cause enjoyment in you. You either bring enjoyment to the event or not.
Enjoyment is a spiritual state. Enjoyment is consciousness; enjoyment is awareness. “It is not what goes into your mouth but what comes out that counts,” Jesus said. Enjoyment is a choice, not a reaction, not a codependency. St Paul said that he had “learned to be content” anywhere anytime. Unconditional Contentment means that you are aware of oneness, aware of your spiritual nature.
The step from wanting to enjoying is a matter of awareness. In unawareness, we imagine separation and lack, and we are constantly wanting. In awareness, we realize oneness and abundance, and are constantly enjoying. Our absolute priority in life is awareness. Try an experiment today: make awareness of your unconditional spiritual nature your first priority.
As long as you are in ego, you resist or attach to circumstances, feelings, objects, thoughts, activities, events or relationships. Such resistances and attachments are unconscious and reactive. The first way out of this trap is acceptance. You accept what is. If you cannot accept it, you can stop the activity. You do not need to slide into resistance or attachment. Acceptance is tolerance.
The next step up in consciousness is enjoyment. You can move from acceptance into enjoyment. You can eventually come to enjoy at all times. Enjoyment does not really come from without, but from within. In ordinary thinking, we assume that we enjoy this activity or that object or the other event, but it is not so. Nothing can give you enjoyment or cause enjoyment in you. You either bring enjoyment to the event or not.
Enjoyment is a spiritual state. Enjoyment is consciousness; enjoyment is awareness. “It is not what goes into your mouth but what comes out that counts,” Jesus said. Enjoyment is a choice, not a reaction, not a codependency. St Paul said that he had “learned to be content” anywhere anytime. Unconditional Contentment means that you are aware of oneness, aware of your spiritual nature.
The step from wanting to enjoying is a matter of awareness. In unawareness, we imagine separation and lack, and we are constantly wanting. In awareness, we realize oneness and abundance, and are constantly enjoying. Our absolute priority in life is awareness. Try an experiment today: make awareness of your unconditional spiritual nature your first priority.
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