At meditation today, my mentor instructed me on grounding myself for deep meditative journeys. As we prepare, we acknowledge the spark of life within us.
This eternal plasma, this flame, has been passed to you. Not from your parents; rather, through them. Their sparks came through their ancestors, and so on, and so on...
Some peoples have in their history that the spark was given to their people directly. Others say their people came from the branches of life that made the australopithecines, and the hominin before them -- the ancestral mammals who survived the great dinosaur destruction -- the time before lungs, when it was only gills -- the primordial ooze hit by lightning in a pond... some go still further, beyond our solar system, from places like Alpha Centauri, Sirius, the Pleaides...
All these are divine.
All have come a long, LONG way to arrive as a guest in your House.
As has every spark.
There have been so many! But now there are so few. Acknowledge the spark in the ones to your right, and to your left, those above and those below. Know that each and every spark has been traveling, adapting, surviving, in an unbroken line, since the beginning! There has been no instance of spontaneous generation, no apparition of life plasma ex nihilo.
Every single spark is a piece, a division of the Original.
Even the animals, who are all fellow travelers.
This is why hunters give thanks for an animal's sacrifice: acknowledging the spark they have put out.
It gives us the ability to run our mahayana vehicle like the engine in a car... we can't build it, we only get to drive. Some aren't yet aware there is anyone else on the road! Still, acknowledge the spark, not necessarily the driver.
Inside this flame is all of history.
Each soul is a direct line from divinity. What person is competent to stand in between? To speak to the universe on my behalf, or translate cosmic intentions for my journey? We almost missed out, listening to others tell us our relationship to the universe. Once we realize the Great Matter for ourselves, we can tap into that spark inside us, which is why we see sayings in the Tao te Ching like, "To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders"... and "Without leaving my house, I know the whole universe."
"Ever desireless, one can see the mystery; ever desiring, one sees only the manifestations... and the mystery itself is the doorway to all understanding." Once we are found, we see the recipe of what it took, and know all did what needed to be done, not failing a step, to get us all here, now.
Setting us free to show gratitude to each and every spark, for being part of our awakening.
Feeling centered and grounded for our meditation, we begin.
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