Freedom From Attachment

 

Pupil: Do we return to this Earth as we journey from change to change?

MIRDAD: The law of Time is repetition. What once occurred in Time? Is bound to reoccur again and again. The intervals, in the case of man, may be long or brief. Depending on the intensity of each man's desire and will for repetition.

When you pass out of the cycle known as Life into the cycle known as Death and carry with you thirsts unquenched for the Earth and hungers unappeased for her passions, then will the magnet of the Earth draw you again to her bosom. And the Earth shall suckle you, and Time shall wean you, Life after Life and Death after Death, until you wean yourself, once and for all, of your own will and accord.

Pupil: I would be weaned away forever from the Earth. How can I do it, Master?

MIRDAD: By loving the Earth and all her children. When Love is the only residue of all your accounts with the Earth, then will the Earth acquit you of her debt.

Pupil: But Love is attachment, and attachment is bondage.

MIRDAD: Nay, Love is the only freedom from attachment. When you Love everything, you are attached to nothing.

Excerpted from “Where Do We Go After We Die?”, Chapter Twenty in “The Book of Mirdad” by Mikhail Naimy (pp. 97-98)

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Answers to Questions We Should Be Asking

Who Am I?

Where Did I Come From?

Why Am I Here?

What Is My Purpose

Where Am I Going?

When Will I Go?

WHO Am I?

You are a temporary personality that has been generated by an immortal microcosm. Your microcosm is the immortal you. It was once Divine in its nature and consciously connected with Spirit. You, as a physical personality, are a temporary instrument, subject to change and decay. The only part of the personality that is immortal is the Divine Spark located in the center of the microcosm. That location roughly corresponds to the upper portion of the heart. The Divine Spark is not a physical phenomenon. It's influence cannot be expressed physically. It must first be awakened from its slumber.

WHERE Did I Come From? 

You are a part of a huge human life-wave consisting of billions of microcosms.  Speaking microcosmically, our life-wave is Divine and Immortal. However, through a process, we collectively "fell" into this 7th Cosmic Domain, the Physical Universe. To be more precise, we fell in consciousness. We fell so severely that we lost our conscious connection with Spirit. We no longer receive impulses, suggestions, and guidance from the Divine Realms. Instead, we follow our "I", the Ego, which is poorly equipped to make good decisions. Although we have no memory of our Divine origins, the Spark that sleeps within our microcosm remembers, and dreams of a Return.

WHY Am I Here?

The verdict is split. Some teachings maintain that we "fell" due to disobedience. Others maintain that we - as Divine Sparks - were sent on a Journey of Discovery y the Logos. We were to descend in consciousness from the Divine Worlds into the Physical World where we would gain countless experiences over eons of time. At a given point, we were to ascend again, returning to our Divine Home.

WHAT Is My Purpose?

The way Home requires that we raise the vibration of our microcosm to match that of the Divine Realms. We can imagine this as we would imagine a shipwreck resting at the bottom of the sea. The only way to raise the ship to the surface is to attach huge balloons inside and outside of the sunken vessel, inflate the balloons, and allow the ship to float to the surface.

We must purify and cleanse our microcosm, which has been polluted by our flawed and selfish Thinking, Feeling, and Acting here in the Physical World. Once we are free of this negative ballast, we can begin our Journey Home.

WHERE Am I Going?

Home.

WHEN Will I Go.

As stated above, when you have begun the process of awakening your Divine Spark, birthing a new Soul, and purifying your microcosm, you will be ready to walk the Path of Return.

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