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May 21, 2006
Part II by Andrei Yashurin
The last week we begun to talk about the Law of Sowing and
Reaping by stating that there are no effects without
corresponding causes. If something in our life seem to go
wrong, our part is not to bemoan our fate, not to plead for
miraculous divine intervention, but to plant seeds of goodness -
and to expect the reward. We should sow in order to reap.
But there is another aspect of this law I would like to address.
It works beyond our conscious activity.
Let us read now the parable of the sower.
And as he sowed, it happened that indeed some fell by the wayside, and the fowls of the air came and ate it up. And another fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth. And it sprang up at once, due to not having deepness of earth. And when the sun rose, it was scorched. And because it had no root, it withered away. And another fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. And another fell on good ground and yielded fruit, going up and increasing. And one bore thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundredfold. And He said to them, He who has ears to hear, let him hear. Mark 4:3-9 Have you ever asked yourself, who is this sower? Since all teachings of Jesus had to do not with agriculture, which would be ridiculous, but with the inner realm of an individual, there is only one conclusion I can make. The sower is our I AM - our divine nature. Our I AM plants seeds of divine ideas into our conscious mind. This process is going on without our conscious control. But we surely may control the condition of our mental "soil". The parable suggests that some of divine seeds die without producing any fruit, and this statement could be a challenge to certain people. They hold on to the conviction that divine ideas are supposed to be powerful, all-conquering, all-prevailing. In a sense, they are. But when they first appear, they look small and insignificant. As Tao Te Ching says,
At death they are hard and still. When plants are alive they are soft and delicate. When they die, they wither and dry up. Therefore the hard and still are followers of death. The gentle and soft are the followers of life. This is how God's revelation occurs: not in the thunder, not in the earthquake, not in the fire, but in a still, small voice. The Spirit speaks to us softly: in visions, dreams, exalted thoughts, and flashes on inspiration. We are encouraged not to despise days of small beginning. Seeds look unimpressive, but they are truly divine. If we will take good care for them, they will unfold their great potential in us and through us. Divine ideas are being introduced to us in gentle ways, because they never violate human freedom of choice. People aren't God's puppets; and we should not think that in the process of spiritual growth we will become more puppetlike. Quite the opposite is true: we will be more free than ever before. This parable gives a vivid description of struggles in our "mental household". If we would like to reap fruit of those divine ideas, we need to deal with such things as fears, anxieties, resentment, and so forth. A throughout inner work is required to uproot those negative attitudes. Yet the good news for us all is that there is no shortage or total loss of divine seeds. They will always be available. Even though we weren't careful with those seeds and did not do our best to take care of them, some of them survived, produced, and sustained us. Seeds represent the power of Life; and if we are alive, it is only because we reaped their harvest in some measure. But we certainly could enjoy "life more abundant" than all we've know up to this moment. (to be continued)
Recommended Reading: Remembering Who You Truly Are by Richard G. Rieger
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