Today, I find myself in a cottage in the country village of Wickhambrook, in Suffolk, U.K.
I am surrounded my corn fields and the farmer is busily ‘making hay while the sun shines’. There is a great sense of working hard with nature.
This weekend, a miracle occurred. I have been having such a stressful time with a few people who, I feel, have been taking great advantage of my wife and I. We have both felt sad, pressurised and even, for a while, victims!
Today, simply by a change of mind; simply by seeing things differently; that all changed in just a few seconds, in the ‘twinkling of an eye’. I went from a feeling of stress and sadness to a feeling of deep loving compassion and peace. I felt the strength of unconditional love
.
I realised this morning that ‘forgiveness’ is not just about forgiving the person(s) who you feel have harmed you, but forgiveness is really about giving up, within your own mind, any attack thoughts that you may have.
I have built up attack thoughts and I have also felt that I needed to defend myself.
Suddenly, by giving up all attack and all defence thoughts that were in my mind, I felt a great feeling of ‘forgive them father, for they know not what they do’. I felt sorry for them and their situation. I felt great compassion and a desire to help and heal.
How wonderfully extraordinary it was to experience a rushing in to my mind of love and compassion, when I allowed my attack thoughts to go. I let go.
So forgiveness, for me, became a wonderful healing for me, and I now have a great desire to try to help others who try to hurt. Even if they will not listen to me, I know that I can, at least, see them in my minds eye in a state of perfection, as they naturally are, albeit with the need to correct errors. This will come when they are able to change their minds. Until then, I feel strong, with a willingness to help, and more at peace, as opposed to weak, anxious, stressed and sad.
So forgiveness, for me, is such a great gift to me. Forgiveness is simply giving up, and letting go, my attack thoughts in my mind. Forgiveness, for me, is seeing who we really are and what we can really be. Forgiveness is seeing Love as the only reality and lack of love as a call for help. Lack of love is simply an error in understanding.
We all want to give love and be loved. Attack thoughts make us feel we are not loved. Forgiveness makes us feel we are giving love. When we give love, we receive love.
I think it is a miracle to feel such a change of state simply by a change of mind!
Namaste
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Monday, August 13, 2007
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Oneness and Sacred Femininity
As a Westerner, having been brought up in the UK as a Church of England Christian, I believe that one of my fundamental problems, and limiting beliefs, has been the exclusion of the sacred femininity in my religious beliefs since childhood.
I was simply taught throughout, that God is a man, and to this day, I talk to God as a man.
God is our Father who art in heaven.
The Catholic Religion has the Holy Mary to worship with the virgin birth, on the one hand, but it also has Mary Magdalene the prostitute, on the other.
I am convinced that some organised religions decided to remove the female component from the fountainhead of God for political power reasons. I was told that the original Lords Prayer, translated from the Aramaic language at the time of Christ, was:
Our Father who art in Heaven
Our Mother who art on Earth……
Whatever happened to the second line?
The Father / Mother principle, the Yin and Yang, the Shakti / Shiva, the God and Goddess of Love and Wisdom, make so much more balanced and complete sense to me. Intuitively, it has to be right!
But, as I said earlier, I missed the female component in my religious upbringing and I think that has caused me problems.
To me, God is One and All. The Creative Intelligence, the Loving Wisdom, whatever words you choose to use, must have the male and female components to complete the fullness of the creation of life. I also feel that it is not just man and woman characteristics but the male and female aspects of all beings!
This is why I find the Hindu religion and the Vedas so appealing. Even Buddhism has archetypal male and female Buddha’s for us to consider and meditate upon, depending on our needs.
While contemplating more deeply, or facing a particular problem or crisis in my life, I immediately find comfort when thinking about my late mother and father, and what they both might have said or done. But I need both before I can get a full perspective.
I guess psychoanalysts might say I have a mother complex, but really, I simply think that my religious upbringing, from a child, has been unbalanced. I wonder if the UK Church of England realises this imbalance too.
Once I thought that it was only men who could become enlightened and that women provided the role of guardian angels? Well, I certainly don’t think that now!
I must try harder to talk to God as male / female, mother / father, left and right, yin and yang, positive and negative – all together as One and All.
Then, and only then, can we truly be in Oneness.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
I was simply taught throughout, that God is a man, and to this day, I talk to God as a man.
God is our Father who art in heaven.
The Catholic Religion has the Holy Mary to worship with the virgin birth, on the one hand, but it also has Mary Magdalene the prostitute, on the other.
I am convinced that some organised religions decided to remove the female component from the fountainhead of God for political power reasons. I was told that the original Lords Prayer, translated from the Aramaic language at the time of Christ, was:
Our Father who art in Heaven
Our Mother who art on Earth……
Whatever happened to the second line?
The Father / Mother principle, the Yin and Yang, the Shakti / Shiva, the God and Goddess of Love and Wisdom, make so much more balanced and complete sense to me. Intuitively, it has to be right!
But, as I said earlier, I missed the female component in my religious upbringing and I think that has caused me problems.
To me, God is One and All. The Creative Intelligence, the Loving Wisdom, whatever words you choose to use, must have the male and female components to complete the fullness of the creation of life. I also feel that it is not just man and woman characteristics but the male and female aspects of all beings!
This is why I find the Hindu religion and the Vedas so appealing. Even Buddhism has archetypal male and female Buddha’s for us to consider and meditate upon, depending on our needs.
While contemplating more deeply, or facing a particular problem or crisis in my life, I immediately find comfort when thinking about my late mother and father, and what they both might have said or done. But I need both before I can get a full perspective.
I guess psychoanalysts might say I have a mother complex, but really, I simply think that my religious upbringing, from a child, has been unbalanced. I wonder if the UK Church of England realises this imbalance too.
Once I thought that it was only men who could become enlightened and that women provided the role of guardian angels? Well, I certainly don’t think that now!
I must try harder to talk to God as male / female, mother / father, left and right, yin and yang, positive and negative – all together as One and All.
Then, and only then, can we truly be in Oneness.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Saturday, July 14, 2007
The Truth of humanity as One being
We all seek happiness, health and wealth. We all want to love and be loved. We all naturally want to give our best and become successful, however we may choose to define success.
This means that we all want to be in a better state than we are now in. Perhaps thats why we set goals.
But if we move away from our seperate state and desires for a moment, and consider the whole of humanity as One being, and we are a part of that One being, then things can look very different.
Collectively, humanity as a whole is very abundant. All of the wealth and material objects in the world, as one, is simply staggering! If the true reality of humanity is really One being, we can say that the reality, the Truth, is that there is absolute abundance and not scarcity.
Collectively, humanity as a whole is an ongoing life force. Collectively humanity as a whole does not die. If the true reality of humanity is really One being, we can say that the reality, the Truth, is that there is no death.
We can apply the same thinking to lots of other apparent lacks and even disease.
If the true reality of humanity is One being, there is wholeness, abundance, health and, I guess, much more happiness. We can only Love one another, in such a reality, because we are each other in reality!
The problems of the world start when we believe that the reality is that we are not One being but billions of seperate individual beings.
That's when scarcity, lack, disease, poverty, competitiveness and violence occur.
The thought of Oneness is not new for Eastern spiritual and religious traditions, especially the Hindu, but it is a relatively new, but growing,thought for many Westerners.
I was told, if a new thought or concept appeals, try it. If it fades away - that's fine. If it stays and works and even grows, then let it be.
The thought of Oneness, interconnectivity, interdependance etc certainly works for me.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
This means that we all want to be in a better state than we are now in. Perhaps thats why we set goals.
But if we move away from our seperate state and desires for a moment, and consider the whole of humanity as One being, and we are a part of that One being, then things can look very different.
Collectively, humanity as a whole is very abundant. All of the wealth and material objects in the world, as one, is simply staggering! If the true reality of humanity is really One being, we can say that the reality, the Truth, is that there is absolute abundance and not scarcity.
Collectively, humanity as a whole is an ongoing life force. Collectively humanity as a whole does not die. If the true reality of humanity is really One being, we can say that the reality, the Truth, is that there is no death.
We can apply the same thinking to lots of other apparent lacks and even disease.
If the true reality of humanity is One being, there is wholeness, abundance, health and, I guess, much more happiness. We can only Love one another, in such a reality, because we are each other in reality!
The problems of the world start when we believe that the reality is that we are not One being but billions of seperate individual beings.
That's when scarcity, lack, disease, poverty, competitiveness and violence occur.
The thought of Oneness is not new for Eastern spiritual and religious traditions, especially the Hindu, but it is a relatively new, but growing,thought for many Westerners.
I was told, if a new thought or concept appeals, try it. If it fades away - that's fine. If it stays and works and even grows, then let it be.
The thought of Oneness, interconnectivity, interdependance etc certainly works for me.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Oneness in nature and humanity?
Again, whilst walking in the foothills of the Pyrenees in SW France this morning, I had another insight.
I think it is the beauty of the mountains in the distance, the surrounding green rows of vineyards, the hot sun and the beautiful clear blue sky that does it. Especially, it gives a strong feeling of peace and solitude and, at the same time, total connection. And that is the point of this blog today really.
I felt, while walking, why is it that, when in nature, it is so easy to naturally feel connected to all things. To naturally feel that there is a creative force in everything, directing a magnificent play. A Oneness in diversity.
Yet, when with people, the connectedness and oneness is not so natural?
Of course, some people naturally resonate and radiate oneness, but many certainly do not.
I think, maybe, that it is simply that nature communicates that we all are inter-connected as One, silently with wisdom. Many humans communicate, sometimes loudly, that we are not connected at all. That we are seperated and, quite often, better than us, with misguided knowledge!
I even know humans who consider that we are not a part on nature, but are a super species above nature.
Maybe that explains the peace and silence of spirit and the, sometimes, disturbing noise of the ego? Or is that unfair?
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
I think it is the beauty of the mountains in the distance, the surrounding green rows of vineyards, the hot sun and the beautiful clear blue sky that does it. Especially, it gives a strong feeling of peace and solitude and, at the same time, total connection. And that is the point of this blog today really.
I felt, while walking, why is it that, when in nature, it is so easy to naturally feel connected to all things. To naturally feel that there is a creative force in everything, directing a magnificent play. A Oneness in diversity.
Yet, when with people, the connectedness and oneness is not so natural?
Of course, some people naturally resonate and radiate oneness, but many certainly do not.
I think, maybe, that it is simply that nature communicates that we all are inter-connected as One, silently with wisdom. Many humans communicate, sometimes loudly, that we are not connected at all. That we are seperated and, quite often, better than us, with misguided knowledge!
I even know humans who consider that we are not a part on nature, but are a super species above nature.
Maybe that explains the peace and silence of spirit and the, sometimes, disturbing noise of the ego? Or is that unfair?
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Get drunk on the highest Spirit of all!
This morning I was walking the dogs up to the foothills of the Pyrenees, from our home in SW France, and wishing that I had not drunk so much wine the night before.
It's not a big problem, but I must confess that, being surrounded by miles of vineyards, good wine is very popular here, very cheap and very tempting.
Then I started to think more deeply about why I drink wine so often. In moderation, it is fine, but if too much is drunk, too often, it can certainly damage your health. I came to the conclusion that it is satisfying a real subconscious need. It is not so much the alcohol as the social setting, in a bar, at a party, at dinner parties with friends etc.
I yearn for connectivity with others. I am a social animal. I love the feeling of being with friends and I especially love any connectivity that gives a sense of oneness.
I then remembered that when I was working in Cambridge UK, I would go to the Cambridge Buddhist Centre for several evenings a week. There we never touched a single drop of alcohol. In fact we loved drinking herb teas together. It is a popular centre and it normally had large groups of very interesting and like minded people. Although I am open to all and every, or no religion, I found the people who visited the Centre had the same values as I - non-violence, an interest in the key questions of life, a genuine caring, compassion and even unconditional love for others. They seemed so much more peaceful than the normal group I would find in a bar.
So I realised that if I wanted to reduce alcohol, I needed to find something that was even better at putting me into groups where I felt an equal or even greater oneness. Ideally, something that created an even greater oneness than my favourite bar. The Buddhist Centre was one such place.
Now I realise that I can get absolutely drunk, every night of the week, on the highest Spirit of all! A spiritual centre has taken on a new meaning for me now.
So I guess it has taken me a lot longer than most people to realise a fundamental timeless Truth, that like minded spiritual groups naturally create the greatest sense of Oneness possible. But let's not forget that any community creating activity, especially in the evening, a cafe, a yoga and meditation class, evening talks about anything, also serve the greater purpose of Oneness.
If I can't find a like minded spiritual group, here in rural SW France, I will simply have to create one myself!
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
It's not a big problem, but I must confess that, being surrounded by miles of vineyards, good wine is very popular here, very cheap and very tempting.
Then I started to think more deeply about why I drink wine so often. In moderation, it is fine, but if too much is drunk, too often, it can certainly damage your health. I came to the conclusion that it is satisfying a real subconscious need. It is not so much the alcohol as the social setting, in a bar, at a party, at dinner parties with friends etc.
I yearn for connectivity with others. I am a social animal. I love the feeling of being with friends and I especially love any connectivity that gives a sense of oneness.
I then remembered that when I was working in Cambridge UK, I would go to the Cambridge Buddhist Centre for several evenings a week. There we never touched a single drop of alcohol. In fact we loved drinking herb teas together. It is a popular centre and it normally had large groups of very interesting and like minded people. Although I am open to all and every, or no religion, I found the people who visited the Centre had the same values as I - non-violence, an interest in the key questions of life, a genuine caring, compassion and even unconditional love for others. They seemed so much more peaceful than the normal group I would find in a bar.
So I realised that if I wanted to reduce alcohol, I needed to find something that was even better at putting me into groups where I felt an equal or even greater oneness. Ideally, something that created an even greater oneness than my favourite bar. The Buddhist Centre was one such place.
Now I realise that I can get absolutely drunk, every night of the week, on the highest Spirit of all! A spiritual centre has taken on a new meaning for me now.
So I guess it has taken me a lot longer than most people to realise a fundamental timeless Truth, that like minded spiritual groups naturally create the greatest sense of Oneness possible. But let's not forget that any community creating activity, especially in the evening, a cafe, a yoga and meditation class, evening talks about anything, also serve the greater purpose of Oneness.
If I can't find a like minded spiritual group, here in rural SW France, I will simply have to create one myself!
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Making Millions on the Web
I was sitting in a railway station, on my way to London, a couple of days ago, and contemplating a question I had read on the web a few days earlier.
‘Ask yourself what the meaning and purpose of your life is and write down the answers on a piece of paper. Let the answers keep coming until you have one that makes you cry! Then you have found it’. So I took a pen and paper and started to write.
I was so excited with the very first answer that came out. ‘To take the ancient wisdom from around the world and transform it into modern wisdom stories, especially for children’ It didn’t make me cry but it made me feel I had a great meaning and purpose.
Later, on the train back from London to Stansted Airport, I added some more to my list.
Strangely, out came ‘To make millions on the Web’.
To put it mildly, it sounded very cheesy to me. But there was something that made me feel this was great. I felt that I was on to something.
Then I realised. It could mean:
‘To make millions of people on the web more happy, more healthy, more wealthy, more peaceful, more knowledgeable, more enlightened’ as so on …..in other words, giving millions of people extraordinary value through the web.
What a great mission statement! Imagine using the web to provide extraordinary value to millions. What a great heroic mission, if you dare?
And, of course, if it really did give millions of people such extraordinary value, then it would probably make millions of pounds / dollars, euros or whatever. I thought, what a great idea for a Foundation! Focus on millions of people. Invite and explore any initiative that has the potential to provide extraordinary value to millions of people through the web.
So, yesterday, I registered www.makingmillionsontheweb.com as step 1.
Now, as step 2, I cannot stop myself thinking about ways to use the web to make millions of people happier, healthier, wealthier, more at peace, more knowledgeable and, hopefully, even more enlightened about the world we all live in, and how to make the world a better place for us all.
Let’s see where this all goes.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
‘Ask yourself what the meaning and purpose of your life is and write down the answers on a piece of paper. Let the answers keep coming until you have one that makes you cry! Then you have found it’. So I took a pen and paper and started to write.
I was so excited with the very first answer that came out. ‘To take the ancient wisdom from around the world and transform it into modern wisdom stories, especially for children’ It didn’t make me cry but it made me feel I had a great meaning and purpose.
Later, on the train back from London to Stansted Airport, I added some more to my list.
Strangely, out came ‘To make millions on the Web’.
To put it mildly, it sounded very cheesy to me. But there was something that made me feel this was great. I felt that I was on to something.
Then I realised. It could mean:
‘To make millions of people on the web more happy, more healthy, more wealthy, more peaceful, more knowledgeable, more enlightened’ as so on …..in other words, giving millions of people extraordinary value through the web.
What a great mission statement! Imagine using the web to provide extraordinary value to millions. What a great heroic mission, if you dare?
And, of course, if it really did give millions of people such extraordinary value, then it would probably make millions of pounds / dollars, euros or whatever. I thought, what a great idea for a Foundation! Focus on millions of people. Invite and explore any initiative that has the potential to provide extraordinary value to millions of people through the web.
So, yesterday, I registered www.makingmillionsontheweb.com as step 1.
Now, as step 2, I cannot stop myself thinking about ways to use the web to make millions of people happier, healthier, wealthier, more at peace, more knowledgeable and, hopefully, even more enlightened about the world we all live in, and how to make the world a better place for us all.
Let’s see where this all goes.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Spirituality and Business Ethics
The tangible business world
Although I started my first business at the age of 25 years, and have been in business on my own for the next 35 years, I have always found it to be a great struggle between my spiritual values and the world of business. I have often felt odd and out of place.
The business world has its own rules, economy and ethics. Historically, it is based on a culture (values and beliefs) of ‘fear’. Therefore, it thrives on scarcity, competitiveness and secrecy. In this world, only the strongest survive. It is well known to be a ‘dog eats dog’ world for many. This seems to be the law of the ‘tangible’ world of things.
I have never liked this at all, and many people have said that I am too honest, too sincere and too open to be a good businessman.
The intangible business world
But my world is primarily based on ‘intangibles’. Knowledge and brain power is what I sell. And, instead of being fear based, I have always promoted open knowledge sharing based on ‘trust’. My world is based more on a culture of selfless service and, ultimately, I believe it to be ‘love’ based, or at least having a high positive regard and respect for everyone. In this world of knowledge and intangibles, we promote abundance not scarcity, collaboration and not competition, non-violence, coaching compassion and support and not violent dog eats dog. It’s an ethic more akin to Christ like or Buddha like values. I believe it to be cherishing spiritual values above material gain.
But because I prefer to see the good in all, the divinity in all, and the true reality of what we are, I tend to openly trust and help wherever and whenever I can. But often, as a result, when I meet competitive business warriors, I simply seem to get eaten alive.
So what do I do? Do I give up the business world? Do I stand firm and try to change the culture? Phew, that’s a huge task!
But maybe my time has come?
The ‘intangible’ global knowledge economy is now here! It’s huge! It’s likely to be one of the major business tides for the 21st century. It’s business evolution at its best.
And the only way the knowledge economy will thrive is when the culture produces natural knowledge sharing. This has to be based on trust, open communications, collaboration, partnerships and learning networks.
The knowledge economy will trade knowledge on the web for money on the web. Electronic bits of knowledge will be pumped around the planet on the web and traded for electronic bits of money in return. In many respects, this will provide enormous potential for the development of many knowledge workers around the world. For many, for many millions of people, if not billions, it will provide them with the perfect business and personal growth opportunities.
A new business ethics is emerging. A business ethics that is based on trust and love.
Perhaps, those that choose to stay in the old world of business ethics, based on fear, will find it difficult to trade and survive in the new intangible knowledge economy? Perhaps there will be a natural evolution to a higher order of business ethics?
Maybe my time has come to be a much better businessman after all?
The knowledge economy is like any economy. It’s about making knowledge and selling knowledge. But it will be interesting to see if we can develop and demonstrate a global business ethics based on trust and not fear.
I sincerely hope so, and I really look forward to the prospect.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Although I started my first business at the age of 25 years, and have been in business on my own for the next 35 years, I have always found it to be a great struggle between my spiritual values and the world of business. I have often felt odd and out of place.
The business world has its own rules, economy and ethics. Historically, it is based on a culture (values and beliefs) of ‘fear’. Therefore, it thrives on scarcity, competitiveness and secrecy. In this world, only the strongest survive. It is well known to be a ‘dog eats dog’ world for many. This seems to be the law of the ‘tangible’ world of things.
I have never liked this at all, and many people have said that I am too honest, too sincere and too open to be a good businessman.
The intangible business world
But my world is primarily based on ‘intangibles’. Knowledge and brain power is what I sell. And, instead of being fear based, I have always promoted open knowledge sharing based on ‘trust’. My world is based more on a culture of selfless service and, ultimately, I believe it to be ‘love’ based, or at least having a high positive regard and respect for everyone. In this world of knowledge and intangibles, we promote abundance not scarcity, collaboration and not competition, non-violence, coaching compassion and support and not violent dog eats dog. It’s an ethic more akin to Christ like or Buddha like values. I believe it to be cherishing spiritual values above material gain.
But because I prefer to see the good in all, the divinity in all, and the true reality of what we are, I tend to openly trust and help wherever and whenever I can. But often, as a result, when I meet competitive business warriors, I simply seem to get eaten alive.
So what do I do? Do I give up the business world? Do I stand firm and try to change the culture? Phew, that’s a huge task!
But maybe my time has come?
The ‘intangible’ global knowledge economy is now here! It’s huge! It’s likely to be one of the major business tides for the 21st century. It’s business evolution at its best.
And the only way the knowledge economy will thrive is when the culture produces natural knowledge sharing. This has to be based on trust, open communications, collaboration, partnerships and learning networks.
The knowledge economy will trade knowledge on the web for money on the web. Electronic bits of knowledge will be pumped around the planet on the web and traded for electronic bits of money in return. In many respects, this will provide enormous potential for the development of many knowledge workers around the world. For many, for many millions of people, if not billions, it will provide them with the perfect business and personal growth opportunities.
A new business ethics is emerging. A business ethics that is based on trust and love.
Perhaps, those that choose to stay in the old world of business ethics, based on fear, will find it difficult to trade and survive in the new intangible knowledge economy? Perhaps there will be a natural evolution to a higher order of business ethics?
Maybe my time has come to be a much better businessman after all?
The knowledge economy is like any economy. It’s about making knowledge and selling knowledge. But it will be interesting to see if we can develop and demonstrate a global business ethics based on trust and not fear.
I sincerely hope so, and I really look forward to the prospect.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
The spiritual turning point to Enlightenment
The turning point and the enlightened transformation comes when you are ready and prepared to accept that there is no real choice in reality. Rather, it is just a matter of time, initially choosing, experiencing and learning, in a state of apparent free will, until we realise that there can be no choice. The Truth is the Truth. Reality is Reality. I am as I was created, and I am not as I believed and made myself to be.
But before we reach that stage, we believe that we have a choice, and, as a result, what then comes from us is a reflection of what we have chosen to believe and accept. So, if we choose to believe in a separated self with our own ego, then that is what manifests itself externally.
Eventually, there comes a time when we realise, and accept, that there is in reality a Higher Self, a Creative Intelligence, a Loving Wisdom from within, as our only source, and, in reality, we are all connected to, and part of that One. We are not separated beings, as we thought and believed. The only true reality is One Being connected through selfless Love.
When we realise this state, we also realise that, in Truth, we are a channel to express the Higher Self, uniquely.
This is magnificent diversity expressed within Unity.
We have no choice but to express and radiate the Truth in a totally selfless way. Unlike the ego that suppresses, based on fear, we realise that this Higher Self cannot be blocked, suppressed or hidden.
This is our spiritual heritage. This is the spiritual fruit that we must bear to the world. This is the spiritual fruit that we must allow to be given.
This is the inner song that we all must sing.
Enlightenment is when we transform from an ego centred perspective of saying ‘I can’t say this’, to a selfless perspective saying ‘I must say this. I cannot do anything other than express this as best I can. It’s not me that thinks these thoughts. They are given, not learned. It’s my meaning and purpose to express them. It’s my dharma.’
This is my true work. Nothing is more meaningful than this. Fulfillment.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
But before we reach that stage, we believe that we have a choice, and, as a result, what then comes from us is a reflection of what we have chosen to believe and accept. So, if we choose to believe in a separated self with our own ego, then that is what manifests itself externally.
Eventually, there comes a time when we realise, and accept, that there is in reality a Higher Self, a Creative Intelligence, a Loving Wisdom from within, as our only source, and, in reality, we are all connected to, and part of that One. We are not separated beings, as we thought and believed. The only true reality is One Being connected through selfless Love.
When we realise this state, we also realise that, in Truth, we are a channel to express the Higher Self, uniquely.
This is magnificent diversity expressed within Unity.
We have no choice but to express and radiate the Truth in a totally selfless way. Unlike the ego that suppresses, based on fear, we realise that this Higher Self cannot be blocked, suppressed or hidden.
This is our spiritual heritage. This is the spiritual fruit that we must bear to the world. This is the spiritual fruit that we must allow to be given.
This is the inner song that we all must sing.
Enlightenment is when we transform from an ego centred perspective of saying ‘I can’t say this’, to a selfless perspective saying ‘I must say this. I cannot do anything other than express this as best I can. It’s not me that thinks these thoughts. They are given, not learned. It’s my meaning and purpose to express them. It’s my dharma.’
This is my true work. Nothing is more meaningful than this. Fulfillment.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
In Love with Wisdom ebook
If you are interested, you may read my latest ebook
'In Love with Wisdom' as it is being written, through
this blog, and on my website
I would welcome any feedback you can give!
SYNOPSIS
In Love with Wisdom
by Ron Young
This book will simply rock the world!
It’s for the entire planet to read. All of the 6.5 billion people alive have a very special reason to read it.
It is the year 2070. The entire planet has become spiritually enlightened by the most extraordinary event ever in the history of humanity.
Absolute perfection and abundance prevails everywhere.
Perfect global ethics, with everybody totally caring, with selfless service, for everybody else.
Heaven has arrived on Earth. There are absolutely no problems whatsoever.
At least, that’s what everybody thought for a while!
In 2050 all books and electronic writings became totally unnecessary and disappeared completely. Everybody communicated and shared knowledge perfectly through the one global Mind.
Suddenly, in all its apparent perfection, people realised an evolutionary flaw. Nobody could remember how they became enlightened as a total planet.
Nobody knew how it was done.
The world started to panic and parents increasingly feared for their children. If humans fell back into the old separated mind states, with individual ego’s again, they might take thousands and thousands of years to learn how to become one completely enlightened planet again.
Joel and Nirmala, two young school children took on the task to save the planet.
They, like all children of 2070, were all naturally creative genius’s.
They soon discovered that there was one human being still alive, an astronaut of the 1990’s at the age of 127 years, who lived in an old monastery in the mountains of the French Pyrenees.
He had some ancient recollection and, together with the children, they managed to recreate the 8000 year evolutionary plan that revealed each of the 8 secret phases to enlightenment for everyone.
They did this through breaking through the mysteries and revealing the ancient timeless principles.
They learned together, and shared with all the world, the workings of the secret philosophy that they all called ‘in love with wisdom’.
They saved the planet forever!
Contents
Chapter 1 The Pyrenees and the 8 Timeless Principles
Chapter 2 Principle 1 Wisdom revealed to the planet
Chapter 3 Principle 2 Meditation as the natural state
Chapter 4 Principle 3 Ethics to heal humanity
Chapter 5 Principle 4 Trust as the basis for all
Chapter 6 Principle 5 Communication & Collaboration
Chapter 7 Principle 6 Learning together
Chapter 8 Principle 7 Sharing Knowledge globally
Chapter 9 Principle 8 Enjoying Enlightened Oneness
Chapter 10 Beyond the Timeless Principles
More coming very soon, please check out the daily / weekly updates
Ron Young
June 13th 2007, at the French Pyrenees
The ebook may be viewed at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/in-love-with-wisdom-ebook.html
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com
'In Love with Wisdom' as it is being written, through
this blog, and on my website
I would welcome any feedback you can give!
SYNOPSIS
In Love with Wisdom
by Ron Young
This book will simply rock the world!
It’s for the entire planet to read. All of the 6.5 billion people alive have a very special reason to read it.
It is the year 2070. The entire planet has become spiritually enlightened by the most extraordinary event ever in the history of humanity.
Absolute perfection and abundance prevails everywhere.
Perfect global ethics, with everybody totally caring, with selfless service, for everybody else.
Heaven has arrived on Earth. There are absolutely no problems whatsoever.
At least, that’s what everybody thought for a while!
In 2050 all books and electronic writings became totally unnecessary and disappeared completely. Everybody communicated and shared knowledge perfectly through the one global Mind.
Suddenly, in all its apparent perfection, people realised an evolutionary flaw. Nobody could remember how they became enlightened as a total planet.
Nobody knew how it was done.
The world started to panic and parents increasingly feared for their children. If humans fell back into the old separated mind states, with individual ego’s again, they might take thousands and thousands of years to learn how to become one completely enlightened planet again.
Joel and Nirmala, two young school children took on the task to save the planet.
They, like all children of 2070, were all naturally creative genius’s.
They soon discovered that there was one human being still alive, an astronaut of the 1990’s at the age of 127 years, who lived in an old monastery in the mountains of the French Pyrenees.
He had some ancient recollection and, together with the children, they managed to recreate the 8000 year evolutionary plan that revealed each of the 8 secret phases to enlightenment for everyone.
They did this through breaking through the mysteries and revealing the ancient timeless principles.
They learned together, and shared with all the world, the workings of the secret philosophy that they all called ‘in love with wisdom’.
They saved the planet forever!
Contents
Chapter 1 The Pyrenees and the 8 Timeless Principles
Chapter 2 Principle 1 Wisdom revealed to the planet
Chapter 3 Principle 2 Meditation as the natural state
Chapter 4 Principle 3 Ethics to heal humanity
Chapter 5 Principle 4 Trust as the basis for all
Chapter 6 Principle 5 Communication & Collaboration
Chapter 7 Principle 6 Learning together
Chapter 8 Principle 7 Sharing Knowledge globally
Chapter 9 Principle 8 Enjoying Enlightened Oneness
Chapter 10 Beyond the Timeless Principles
More coming very soon, please check out the daily / weekly updates
Ron Young
June 13th 2007, at the French Pyrenees
The ebook may be viewed at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/in-love-with-wisdom-ebook.html
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com
Saturday, June 09, 2007
The monk who sold his Ferrari
I have just finished my third read of Robin Sharma'
great book, The monk who sold his Ferrari.
Each time I read it, I become inspired and learn more.
I particulary like to read, and strive hard to practice
the '10 Rituals of Radiant Living':
solitude, physicality, live nourishment,
abundant knowledge, personal reflection, early
awakening, music, spoken word and congruent
character.
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
great book, The monk who sold his Ferrari.
Each time I read it, I become inspired and learn more.
I particulary like to read, and strive hard to practice
the '10 Rituals of Radiant Living':
solitude, physicality, live nourishment,
abundant knowledge, personal reflection, early
awakening, music, spoken word and congruent
character.
If you haven't read the book yet - you must.
I highly recommend it.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Oneness and selfless service
We are often reminded that the most noble and the
most worthy purpose is to be of selfless service to others
in need.
It occured to me this morning that selfless service is really
another way of understanding Oneness.
When we perform truly selfless acts, we are really losing
our ego and embracing others as us. Therefore,
selfless service, to me, is naturally acting in the state
of Oneness.
But I also realised that selfless service is, really another
way of understanding Love.
Selfless service to another individual, or for the good
of all humanity, is naturally loving others.
So, if our reality is Oneness, we know that this is
according to the Law of Love, which is demonstrated
by selfless service?
Love - Oneness - Selfless service
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
most worthy purpose is to be of selfless service to others
in need.
It occured to me this morning that selfless service is really
another way of understanding Oneness.
When we perform truly selfless acts, we are really losing
our ego and embracing others as us. Therefore,
selfless service, to me, is naturally acting in the state
of Oneness.
But I also realised that selfless service is, really another
way of understanding Love.
Selfless service to another individual, or for the good
of all humanity, is naturally loving others.
So, if our reality is Oneness, we know that this is
according to the Law of Love, which is demonstrated
by selfless service?
Love - Oneness - Selfless service
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Thoughts as the true cause of the effect
Most of us are familiar with the concept of cause and effect.
But it is normally explained as a material thing, i.e. if I
sow seeds, good and bad, I will reap what I sow.
I learned that the true cause is the thought behind the
action.
If I sow 'thought seeds', good and bad, I will reap the
effects, as both thoughts and physical manifestations.
Thoughts are creative things and bundles of energy.
The more thoughts we have of the same type, positive
and negative, the larger the bundles of energy that
they will create, and become our dominating thought
patterns.
Beliefs are dominating thought patterns.
We become what we believe we are, and our challenge,
therefore, is to seek and know the Truth. To know
reality, as it really is, not necessarily as we believe.
So I strive to sow virtuous thoughts and feelings, in the
certain knowledge that it will reap virtuous actions?
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
But it is normally explained as a material thing, i.e. if I
sow seeds, good and bad, I will reap what I sow.
I learned that the true cause is the thought behind the
action.
If I sow 'thought seeds', good and bad, I will reap the
effects, as both thoughts and physical manifestations.
Thoughts are creative things and bundles of energy.
The more thoughts we have of the same type, positive
and negative, the larger the bundles of energy that
they will create, and become our dominating thought
patterns.
Beliefs are dominating thought patterns.
We become what we believe we are, and our challenge,
therefore, is to seek and know the Truth. To know
reality, as it really is, not necessarily as we believe.
So I strive to sow virtuous thoughts and feelings, in the
certain knowledge that it will reap virtuous actions?
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Friday, June 01, 2007
Christopher and the Knowledger - a spiritual journey to Enlightenment
I am glad to announce the launch of my downloadable
ebook Christopher and the Knowledger.
This is the story of a man who has finally discovered
the eternal Truths of the Universe, and the special
purpose and meaning for human beings on Earth.
But he does not realise nor understand the meaning
behind the Truths, nor does he know how he discovered
them.
He meets the Knowledger, who reminds him of the
Universal Truths he has learned, and teaches him
how anybody can learn to harness the power of the
Universe, as part of the perfect plan for all humankind.
He then becomes a Knowledger himself, and is then
able to teach others the meaning and purpose of life.
Chapter 1. So you want to know the purpose of the
Universe?
Chapter 2. There are as many paths to Universal
Truth as there are people
Chapter 3. All the Universal Truths can be learned
from around the world or from where you are now
Chapter 4. You must learn the Universal value of
Knowledge and the part that you play for the Knowledger
Chapter 5. You must understand the structure and
meaning of Universal Spirituality
Chapter 6. The key to Universal Knowledge is Peace
and there is only one way to obtain it
Chapter 7. Your purpose is to be One and All
Link to the ebook at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/My-books.html
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
ebook Christopher and the Knowledger.
This is the story of a man who has finally discovered
the eternal Truths of the Universe, and the special
purpose and meaning for human beings on Earth.
But he does not realise nor understand the meaning
behind the Truths, nor does he know how he discovered
them.
He meets the Knowledger, who reminds him of the
Universal Truths he has learned, and teaches him
how anybody can learn to harness the power of the
Universe, as part of the perfect plan for all humankind.
He then becomes a Knowledger himself, and is then
able to teach others the meaning and purpose of life.
Chapter 1. So you want to know the purpose of the
Universe?
Chapter 2. There are as many paths to Universal
Truth as there are people
Chapter 3. All the Universal Truths can be learned
from around the world or from where you are now
Chapter 4. You must learn the Universal value of
Knowledge and the part that you play for the Knowledger
Chapter 5. You must understand the structure and
meaning of Universal Spirituality
Chapter 6. The key to Universal Knowledge is Peace
and there is only one way to obtain it
Chapter 7. Your purpose is to be One and All
Link to the ebook at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/My-books.html
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
The Zimmers, My Generation and Oneness
If you didn't watch the TV programme last night, you simply have to view this video. It's truly brilliant. So inspirational and such a great btestimony to true Oneness. I wonder if 'The Who', when they recorded this in the 1960's would have ever belived that it would be re-recorded in the 21stC by people aged up to 100 years old, and broadcast around the world on the internet. Fantastic and congratulations to all involved.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Oneness and your neighbour
We increasingly talk about all of us being connected 'As One',
on a planet where we are all clearly inter-connected and highly
interdependant on each other.
If Oneness is not something you are comfortable with, we are
asked by all of the major religions in the world to 'Love thy
neighbour as thy self', or something very similar. The key words
here to recognise, are not just to treat our neighbour the way
we would like to be treated, but to treat them 'as ourselves',
which is also saying we are all One.
But several people have told me how very difficult, or even
impossible it is, for them to go to the next stage, which is to
forgive and love our enemies!
Well, a wise man once told me that if you take your worst
enemy, and if you found that you are both locked in a jammed
elevator for 24 hrs, and you got the chance to hear your
enemies life story, that you would see that person completely
differently. He said that you would forgive, and perhaps even,
love thy neighbour as thyself.
What does this say to you?
It tells me that much of our world's problems, locally and
globally, are a result of a lack of communication of information
about each others situation and position. Our true reality.
Our life stories. Our loves and fears. Our beliefs and dreams.
So, if we experience a difficult problem with a neighbour, we
should perhaps remind ourselves. 'they have a life story to tell,
they want to be loved and love too'.
Another wise management consultant once told me, at the start
of my consulting career, 'take any problem that's presented to
you and you will find that the root cause is lack of communication
of information'. Increase the communication of information,
improve the frequency of communication from 'infrequent and
one way' to 'frequent open two way' communication, and the
problems will simply, and naturally, fall away'.
I think that if we really did believe that we are all One
interconnected and interdependant humanity, that we would
naturally want to openly communicate, inform and help
one another.
Isn't this the real challenge for the evolution of humanity
in the 21st Century?
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
on a planet where we are all clearly inter-connected and highly
interdependant on each other.
If Oneness is not something you are comfortable with, we are
asked by all of the major religions in the world to 'Love thy
neighbour as thy self', or something very similar. The key words
here to recognise, are not just to treat our neighbour the way
we would like to be treated, but to treat them 'as ourselves',
which is also saying we are all One.
But several people have told me how very difficult, or even
impossible it is, for them to go to the next stage, which is to
forgive and love our enemies!
Well, a wise man once told me that if you take your worst
enemy, and if you found that you are both locked in a jammed
elevator for 24 hrs, and you got the chance to hear your
enemies life story, that you would see that person completely
differently. He said that you would forgive, and perhaps even,
love thy neighbour as thyself.
What does this say to you?
It tells me that much of our world's problems, locally and
globally, are a result of a lack of communication of information
about each others situation and position. Our true reality.
Our life stories. Our loves and fears. Our beliefs and dreams.
So, if we experience a difficult problem with a neighbour, we
should perhaps remind ourselves. 'they have a life story to tell,
they want to be loved and love too'.
Another wise management consultant once told me, at the start
of my consulting career, 'take any problem that's presented to
you and you will find that the root cause is lack of communication
of information'. Increase the communication of information,
improve the frequency of communication from 'infrequent and
one way' to 'frequent open two way' communication, and the
problems will simply, and naturally, fall away'.
I think that if we really did believe that we are all One
interconnected and interdependant humanity, that we would
naturally want to openly communicate, inform and help
one another.
Isn't this the real challenge for the evolution of humanity
in the 21st Century?
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
The Buddhist story of the 'Heedless Monk'
I simply love the Buddhist story of the heedless monk.
I suppose it is because I can laugh and relate to the bit about
drinking too much alcohol on occassions in my life.
As the story goes, the Buddhist Monk was making his
morning rounds for his alms, when he was invited into
the house by an attractive woman.
She immediately locked the door and told him that
she would not open it until he had done one of three
things:
1. Kill the goat in the yard and eat it with her or
2. Have sex with her or
3. Drink the jug of wine with her
The monk was bewildered!
As a monk, following the precepts of his Order, he
pledged not to harm any beings. He also pledged
not to have sexual intercourse, and he pledged not
to take intoxicants for the mind.
Eventually, he decided that, if he had to do one thing that
would cause the least harm to beings, it would be to
drink the wine.
So he drank the jug of wine with the woman, became
very intoxicated and, as a result , had sex with the woman,
killed and feasted on the goat! All three!
Sometimes, what you think is the most harmless can
become the most heedless, especially in the case of
mind changing substances!
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
I suppose it is because I can laugh and relate to the bit about
drinking too much alcohol on occassions in my life.
As the story goes, the Buddhist Monk was making his
morning rounds for his alms, when he was invited into
the house by an attractive woman.
She immediately locked the door and told him that
she would not open it until he had done one of three
things:
1. Kill the goat in the yard and eat it with her or
2. Have sex with her or
3. Drink the jug of wine with her
The monk was bewildered!
As a monk, following the precepts of his Order, he
pledged not to harm any beings. He also pledged
not to have sexual intercourse, and he pledged not
to take intoxicants for the mind.
Eventually, he decided that, if he had to do one thing that
would cause the least harm to beings, it would be to
drink the wine.
So he drank the jug of wine with the woman, became
very intoxicated and, as a result , had sex with the woman,
killed and feasted on the goat! All three!
Sometimes, what you think is the most harmless can
become the most heedless, especially in the case of
mind changing substances!
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Oneness - The Prodigal Son coming home
I like the story of the prodigal son, and I am convinced
that we all have to be prodigal sons and daughters
to then understand Oneness, or coming home.
Have you ever said, 'I have come back home, at last'
For me, I had to travel the world, several times, before I
realised that there was no need to search outside.
But that's life!
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
that we all have to be prodigal sons and daughters
to then understand Oneness, or coming home.
Have you ever said, 'I have come back home, at last'
For me, I had to travel the world, several times, before I
realised that there was no need to search outside.
But that's life!
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Monday, May 14, 2007
The Dark Night of the Soul
So, maybe we enter the Earth life, to develop concepts of fear,
death, seperatedness. In other words we develop a belief system
of illusions based on negativity. Untruth.
Then, once we have experienced what we are not, we are
ready to seek and recognise what we really are. The Truth.
Otherwise, without imperfection, we cannot know who
we really are - perfection . Without the dark, we cannot
appreciate the light.
Do we all have to go through the dark night of the Soul to
experience an enlightened state? Is that a journey we all
have to take?
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
death, seperatedness. In other words we develop a belief system
of illusions based on negativity. Untruth.
Then, once we have experienced what we are not, we are
ready to seek and recognise what we really are. The Truth.
Otherwise, without imperfection, we cannot know who
we really are - perfection . Without the dark, we cannot
appreciate the light.
Do we all have to go through the dark night of the Soul to
experience an enlightened state? Is that a journey we all
have to take?
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Spiritual Knowledge, a response to Who, What, Why, Where, When, How
In one of my other blogs, my knowledge management
blog at
http://km-consulting.blogspot.com
people often search for the meaning of knowledge and
wisdom and search for 'who, what, why, where, when, how'
of knowledge. Apparently, if you have answers to these
six questions, you get to the knowledge and truth.
On a recent flight, whilst contemplating knowledge and wisdom,
I realised a spiritual knowledge response to these six questions
could be:
1. Who - God
2. What - Gods creative intelligence, loving wisdom
3. Why - This is reality. This is the Truth
4. Where - Here always
5. When - Now always
6. How - Know thyself (the six questions)
Does this make any sense to you ?
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
blog at
http://km-consulting.blogspot.com
people often search for the meaning of knowledge and
wisdom and search for 'who, what, why, where, when, how'
of knowledge. Apparently, if you have answers to these
six questions, you get to the knowledge and truth.
On a recent flight, whilst contemplating knowledge and wisdom,
I realised a spiritual knowledge response to these six questions
could be:
1. Who - God
2. What - Gods creative intelligence, loving wisdom
3. Why - This is reality. This is the Truth
4. Where - Here always
5. When - Now always
6. How - Know thyself (the six questions)
Does this make any sense to you ?
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Saturday, May 05, 2007
Work as a spiritual process
I love this quote by John Randolph Price,
author of The Super Beings
"Everyone should have some way of contributing to this world and
be paid well for doing it.
That’s what jobs are for.
"Work" is a spiritual process when consciousness is in tune with
the Source within."
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
author of The Super Beings
"Everyone should have some way of contributing to this world and
be paid well for doing it.
That’s what jobs are for.
"Work" is a spiritual process when consciousness is in tune with
the Source within."
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
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