Accepting Mystery

When choosing a career one is influenced by society to pick a career that will benefit one economically and that will make one important. One’s close and true friends and family tells one to pick a career that will enrich one’s life, making work a good experience, doing what you truly enjoy. One would always want to choose what one likes but is forced by temptation to sometimes pick what is beneficial and lucrative. There is also the whole question of the connection between one’s innate talents, abilities, intelligence and aptitudes resonating with one’s passions and the whole issue of being useful to one’s particular society and historical moment or following the historical professions of one’s family…

Accepting, surrendering, loving, caring, going slow, letting go, are not used frequently in occidental society to make big decisions yet many times that is exactly what is needed to get to the deepest, wisest answer in one’s life.
“Accept disgrace willingly. Accept misfortune as the human condition. What do you mean by “Accept disgrace willingly”? Accept being unimportant. Do not be concerned with loss or gain. This is called “accepting disgrace willingly.” What do you mean by “Accept misfortune as the human condition.”? Misfortune comes from having a body. Without a body, how could there be misfortune? Surrender yourself humbly; then you can be trusted to care for all things. Love the world as your own self; then you can truly care for all things.” (13 Pg. 15)

Life will always be a source of great despair and exaltation for all schools of philosophy and especially for those adepts looking for the true masters, depositories of the deepest truths. “The ancient masters were subtle, mysterious, profound, responsive. The depth of their knowledge is unfathomable. Because it is unfathomable, all we can do is describe their appearance.” (15 Pg. 17) I believe we can only begin to describe borders of the grand tapestry which is life and true wisdom. Mystery is a necessity to empower the path and fuel the seeker’s journey to unravel and at the same time create each unrepeatable and unique human life.