AKASHA SPIRITUAL FAITH®

Is the purpose of our life to extend its duration to the furthest possible stretching point? Or is the purpose of the life to know surrender through the hollowness of momentary survivals? Our days are numbered from birth. It is not about accumulating the hatch marks on the totem pole. It is the depth of the scratch that should be considered. And did we make our mark well? Should death know itself tonight, was the life lived to the highest expectation? This alone provides peace regardless of all that lies ahead.

Genetics then.  Where does the human genome lie in the final equation? And of course what is the final equation? It is the balancing of the human and divine elements which is an interweaving process resulting in metaphysical harmony of Self and unification with greater cosmic structure.  

To consider- the double helix which houses our DNA holds wavelength properties and with a tuning fork mechanism expresses vibrational peaks. Based on the speed and frequency, genetic sequences lying previously dormant are now intensely activated bringing to fruition a new set of gene-protein products which further the individual.  Could this be the process of evolvement and the reaching of one’s finality?

Genetic change effected through the reading and replication of newly active genetic sequences would be a cascading process requiring a specified order to reach fruition. This is beyond the thinking mind as the theorem‘s proof may be long in forthcoming and additionally can not be rushed nor hastened through spiritual acts of meditation or yoga or fasting. It is wholly based on resonation frequency of the individual and must rise to a prespecifed level for novel genetic effects to flow forward.

In truth, whether or not scientific proof on this subject will eventually present itself, in the meantime it feels to be a beautiful process and one can only witness it from the limited perspective of the human mind.  Yet on a deeper level that is above all triteness of human thought is the quiet space of awareness. Genetic enhancements of the human system bring this depth within reach.  It is here that all is understood and it is here that we are simultaneously taught that nothing need be understood.

For those who have grown tired of the spiritual rhetoric, place feigned pretense of God and the roteness of its accompanying vocabulary to the side. Do you believe in goodness? Integrity? Decency? Duty? Honor to family and self and country? If the answer is yes, you are a spiritually advanced person. The position of leading a good life speaks to the divinity within you. Convincing another that their roots are found within the cosmic grail which manifests individually through the conscience is unnecessary. The truth is that you already exemplify God. Our primary purpose in life is to bring forward positive change through mind-body development that will then naturally overflow the self and will begin to reach all others with whom there is interaction. Nothing more is asked. Even one person’s effort in this way affects countless others and the planet feels the greater direction.

Peace may not be felt during the beginning yoga practice. The meditational component of the movement may not demonstrate itself until discipline of body is fully integrated through day and night and mind. The effort during yoga may feel lessened by the life’s arduousness. The family difficulties. Money struggles. Work requirements. All of this can laden our practice and the weight can literally feel exponentiated during our most trying moments. 

Understand the heart of practice lies in the standing and beginning once more. To honor the aging body and its need to remain centered. It has been stated repeatedly that yoga is a meditative practice. In my experience, there is surely truth here and, at times, I have felt as if my yoga was a prayer of gratitude to life. To the continuance of breath that cancer did not stall. And at other times, I have felt the frustration of a practice that dominates my thinking when all I want to do is lie down and sleep away the world. Yet as the days and years carry on, I feel the peace. Walking around. Remembering that the body speech has become the roar in my ear. Allowing its hold on me has become the greatest of joys and it lifts the spirit when the thinking mind wishes to quietly crumble. I feel the peace when I climb the stairs without pain. When I hold my eleven year old with ease. When I realize it has been eight years since the last time my back spasmed. That I have lived without pain and its uncertainty and certain fear for this long. Peace now pervades my every corner and furthers my yogic efforts.

The awakening of both mind and body which is a heightened state takes less time than one might imagine. It is a roughly two year period and time passes rapidly although certain days may feel lengthy in their arduousness to clear past holdings and egoic residues. Full dedication and completion of the relatively short process yields an advanced state of tremendous Self evolvement.

It is critically important to remain engaged in the life while undergoing the pathway period. There should be no sabbatical state of residing. No removal of self from the life duties. There must be full interaction in the day-to-day practice to intertwine the growing clarity with the natural movements of the life experiences. By the end of year two, the mind-body system is unified in its approach to the life and will continue to advance itself throughout the passing moments.