DIVINITY WITHIN - Day 17 of 108 Days - "What is important is that which comes from inside"

Day 17 - what did you do today? what were your thoughts, what action did you do, what did you speak about? We spend so much time thinking, doing and talking of all the trivial things and we have no time for the really important things. What is the important thing?

"That which happens physically on the outside in terms of actions is not of major importance. What is important is that which comes from inside".

So, that which comes from inside is what's IMPORTANT. Not what happens on the outside. How so?

Here is another quote from SSB "The harder the circumstances, the more trying the environment, the stronger are those who come out of those circumstances".

Most of my adult circumstances seemed hard, harder than most people I know. And of course, the environment that I have been put through are very, very trying. And did I come out stronger? Strange but I have never thought of myself as weak - the word never cross my mind - that being the case, how can I say if I came out stronger? Since I never entertained the word "weak", I never entertained its opposite either. AHA - equanimity again - balance. Does it really mean that I always have equanimity?

Perhaps. If so, then it is easier to understand what it means when that which happens physically on the outside in terms of actions is not of major importance. What is important is that which comes from inside. Because if we are here to experience - whatever it is we decided we want to experience - things will then happen physically on the outside, meaning actions will be performed for our benefit (so we can experience) tho' most of the time, we cannot co-relate the happenings or incident because we still experience linear time, so we cannot see the big picture. If we can see and understand that the past, the present and the future is happening simultaneously, then it would be much easier to see and say "it is what it is, but it is not really" (divine dichotomy). What has to happen will happen.

If that is so, what is happening outside is just a reflection (of what is inside) - it is not of major importance. Reaction is what comes from inside - that is important because, your reaction will determine the resound and the next reflection. WHAT???

Ok, I checked most of the discourses and explanations (if any) re:reflection, reaction and resound. And the 3 are used together all the time. But, what does it really mean - how does it relate to the simple and trivial things in life? The way I am understanding it is that for every action, there is a reaction. And my reaction will then end up in my inner savings account. The next time something happen, it is just a reflection of what is in my inner savings account - so whatever happen, it is just telling me "Ok, here is your inner bank statement, what do you think of it?" Technically, we should analyze it, then balance it and if it out of balance, we must correct it. But, when something happen (statement is presented to us), we react right away instead of analyzing, balancing and correcting. And as mentioned earlier, reaction get deposited in the account. So we keep accumulating and accumulating without balancing and correcting. Still, we are given another chance by "resound" meaning echo. If we are not doing any balancing and correcting, we then hear the echo of that imbalance. If we still do not hear the echo and we continue without correction, what then?

First, by reflection we are reminded of what needs correction, second, by resound we hear the the discordant note and if we still do not get it, the third time, we get hit in the head. And it finally cracked, and we get the AHA moments.

This seems quite long now, and if this is still not digestible, we will probably take this issue for another round in the coming days.

All for now, with Infinite Love and Gratitude always,
I am - and so it is.