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Only Light

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Only Light

Only LightDo you think there is a difference between these two wishes: 1. To be with the Light, or in the Light; and 2. Not to be with Darkness, or in Darkness?

At first glance, they seem to mean the same thing. One person wants to live in the Light; another does not want to live in Darkness. It seems that both want the same thing. But let us look at this important point from an energetic perspective.

Here is a simple example. One person struggles with poverty in this way: every day, he thinks about how poor he is and wants to put an end to it, devising ever more ways to economise on everything and restricting himself wherever possible. A second person acts differently: he does not dwell on his poverty, but thinks about ways to become wealthier and does everything possible to find a new source of income.

As a rule, only the second person solves the problem, following the principle: the horse I feed is the one that wins.

You simply need to understand that energy flows in the direction you send it. What guides that flow is your concentration on something. No matter how Darkness disguises itself, it may even say, “Fight me, struggle against me.” And you really will think you are doing everything to make it disappear from your life, without seeing that it is laughing at you because you are giving it your energy. It feeds on you. And it is delighted that you are so easy to deceive.

When you have children, you may see only their shortcomings and struggle against them, usually creating new ones in the process. Instead, you need to focus on the bright qualities in your children and strengthen them. This will inevitably remove the negative qualities too, because their strengths will be fully expressed. A simple example: your child is interested in music but has no interest in school. Give the child the opportunity to study music. You will see an interest in school soon emerge, because the child will realise that learning is also necessary for music: it is not merely scraping away at a violin, but a serious pursuit requiring a great deal of knowledge. This applies to every aspect of your child's life. Do not focus on fighting what is negative; focus on developing strong abilities. If your son is drawn to cigarettes and alcohol, fighting this is useless. If it has already begun, it is time to rethink your approach to bringing him up. Look at your child in the right light, notice his wholesome interests and help them develop. If he loves football, enrol him in a football club; if he likes fighting, sign him up for karate; if he likes drawing, take him to art classes, and so on. You will see that emphasising what is good and bright will draw everything harmful and unhealthy out of your child.

When you have a loved one, you try to change that person by fighting their negative qualities. Where has the good in them gone? Have you really decided to spend the rest of your life thinking only about what is bad in this person?

How often women look in the mirror and say to themselves, “Oh God, how awful, I am getting old! Another wrinkle, another grey hair,” and so on. Then they begin to fight ageing. They begin to “feed” their ageing with their energy, thereby changing the energetic core of eternal youth within themselves and distorting the natural matrix that builds the body in a state of unending youth.

Or someone discovers that they are ill. Suppose doctors have told them that their kidneys are diseased. The person begins to fight the illness, to fight the diseased kidneys… Can you see the mistake now? Rather than fighting illness, you need to do everything to strengthen your health.

Only at first glance does this seem like a play on words: fighting illness or strengthening health. They are different things. In the first case, you feed your illness energetically. In the second, you turn on the light, and darkness cannot come to you. In fact, you yourself are Light. Darkness simply takes advantage of your ignorance to keep you from turning on the Light and thinking about it, so that you think about Darkness instead. It has many different “tricks” for doing this.

I hope this simple practice helps you think in the right direction. The practice itself is simply a pattern of action that you have already understood by reading this page. So follow this pattern, and Light will flow towards you and into your whole life. It will fill you and everything around you. You will certainly be happy and become filled with ever brighter and more joyful experiences of existence, bringing happiness to others and to the whole world.

© Author: Sergey Veretennikov (Om Shanti)
Practice given on 2 July 2010.

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