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What does “mastery” mean? What is it to “master” something? What am I referring to when I use the term “mastery” in the context of this article? And, what exactly is “the quantum path to your heart?”
Let’s start at the beginning…the word itself. Merriam-Webster Online defines mastery as…
That’s a good beginning, but in the context of “the work” represented on this web site, what do I mean when I use the term “mastery?”
I am talking about your evolution as a human being.
I am talking about possessing mastery of your life; not as a point of power, not so you can become a warrior. But instead, mastery as a pathway to the exponential enjoyment and expansion of your life and the evolution of your Self.
I am talking about being fully engaged in an on-going process of becoming more of your Self such that every single day - even the most challenging - provides you with authentic enjoyment and deep fulfillment.
This is mastery. This is mastery of your life…of life itself.
It is as much about humility, as it is about courage.
It is as much about grace, as it is about intelligence.
It is as much about maturity, as it is about wisdom.
It is as much about surrender, as it is about power.
It is as much about letting go, as it is about tenaciousness.
And it is about the balance, well being, and exponential expansion of all aspects of you: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. It is about making the commitment (A word I very rarely use!) to engage, experience, explore, expand, and evolve your Self…every day.
This life, here - as human’s be-ing - is about experience. You are here in a physical body, in a physical world, in a physical reality…in order for you to experience.
Experience is evolution. Experience is how you, as a human being, evolve.
Mastery is about living your life from a higher level of consciousness, a more evolved way of being. It is about stepping away from fear, power, mass consciousness, pseudo-spiritual concepts and attachments, and choosing instead to create a life you love every day; a life that provides you with certainty, intimacy, enjoyment, and fulfillment. A life in which you become the change you seek…and you share your authentic Self with the world.
It’s not some airy-fairy, new age attitude, a free-love nirvana, or a mind-controlled bypass of your reality. It is the place from which many great masters lived their lives: Jesus, Mohammed, the Buddha, Martin Luther King, Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, and many others. It is living your life from your heart. (poem)
Mastery is the quantum path to your heart.
In terms of your evolution, it is your heart that lies at the crossroads of your human and your being. It is the place where the science of you - and the spirit of you - come together.
So, what impedes our evolution? What keeps us from the mastery of our lives; from living from our hearts? To begin with, for the last 100 years or so we’ve come to believe that our thinking, our intellect, our mind…is our God. We’ve come to believe that mankind is mastered by man’s mind. Not so; mind is only one of four aspects to our human “being ness.”
We are all composed of four aspects – or bodies – physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. It is when we come to “know” something in all four bodies, that we have “complete experience.” And, it is “complete experience” that in turn creates “knowing” within us. It is this “knowing” that paves the way for our evolution.
It is this knowing that can guide us more beneficially - and more accurately - through the rapidly changing, increasingly challenging world we see before us right now. Our knowing is a much more powerful guide than our beliefs. However, we often remain stuck in limiting beliefs and avoid “complete experience” because it may involve change, uncomfortable feelings, or opening to new and unknown possibilities.
And that can be scary. The alternative however, is to continue to be engaged in the same beliefs, the same patterns, the same habits, the same relationships, and the same behaviors…that are limiting your life right now.
Mastery, as one of my favorite Buddhist masters, the late Chogyum Trungpa Rinpoche used to say, requires you
“to leap!”
There are several other areas on this site which discuss different aspects of knowing and belief, (specifically, see “Energy: the science & spirit of you.”) and it may be helpful for you to read them. However, for our purposes, I will move on from this point, so as to directly and specifically tackle the issue of mastery.
So, how do you have “complete experience?” How do you engage in a process of personal evolution – also known as enlightenment, self-actualization, re-birth, jnana, transcendence – that will support you to rise to a level of mastery within your own life…right here and right now?
To begin with…you choose it.
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