We have looked at this quote from Nisargadatta Maharaj:<\/p>\n
The world you can perceive is a very small world indeed. And it is entirely private. Take it to be a dream and be done with it.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s important this quote isn\u2019t misunderstood. It means that we shouldn\u2019t take our life so seriously. We do well to let it come and let it go, as we maintain our true state of constancy.<\/p>\n
However, it doesn\u2019t mean that we should deny our experience or avoid our role in life. One who uses teachings such as this quote by Nisargadatta to deny their experience or avoid their role in life is listening to the ego\u2019s interpretation of the teaching. A clear mind faces whatever is here now fully<\/em>, and then it lets it go as that experience disappears into the past and a new experience comes into the present.<\/p>\n Today\u2019s reading reemphasizes a point made in yesterday\u2019s tip:<\/p>\n The mind resists truth by seeking to understand truth mentally. If you or I are satisfied with mental understanding, the desire to realize truth is quenched. In this satisfaction, the ego wins.<\/p>\n You could say that today\u2019s reading is a call to stop trying to understand truth.<\/p>\n How do we proceed if we let go of trying to understand?<\/p>\n We proceed by following current moment guidance and by practicing the new habits, which purify the mind.<\/p>\n Today\u2019s reading asks us to accept God\u2019s freedom by:<\/p>\n \u2026 extending your trust and innocence.<\/p>\n To extend means to spread forth or to enlarge the scope or effect of. It also means to exert oneself to full capacity. So, if we extend our trust and innocence, that means we are making these a bigger part of our way of being.<\/p>\n Trust is \u201cassured reliance on.\u201d In this case, it is assured reliance on the benevolence of the universe and on the current moment\u2019s guidance. Assured means certain and reliance means to be dependent. So, we extend our trust by feeling certain that all is well while being fully dependent on guidance.<\/p>\n Innocence in this case is \u201clack of knowledge,\u201d which means we do not try to rely on our own thinking. We do not try to understand. We do not try to figure things out. Instead, we are certain that all is well without needing to understand, and we are fully dependent on guidance without trying to figure things out for our self.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We have looked at this quote from Nisargadatta Maharaj: The world you can perceive is a very small world indeed. And it is entirely private. Take it to be a dream and be done with it. It\u2019s important this quote isn\u2019t misunderstood. It means that we shouldn\u2019t take our life so seriously. We do well […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101,88],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30000","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-gentlehealingtips-year2","7":"category-sidebar","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\n