This Spiritual Awareness Can Change Your Life
“The first step toward change is awareness.” ~ Nathaniel Branden
In the past, a massive flood threatened a city. The water had reached the castle doors. For the sake of the prince’s protection, the king and queen placed the infant in a basket to save him from drowning.
Unfortunately, in the ensuing chaos, they lost sight of the baby’s basket. The crown prince was estranged from his parents.
The basket with the newborn prince was carried far by the floodwaters and eventually landed up near the house of a destitute family.
They did their best to care for the infant; no one knew he was the crown prince. The prince was reared in squalor and as a street beggar. For a living, the prince would spend most of the day begging; he, too, had no idea he was the crown prince.
As a result, if someone offered him something to eat or some money, he would feel joyful, and he would be upset if he did not receive any food or money from begging.
The prince had a birthmark that the king and queen were aware of. They searched for him throughout the city using that strategy, but they couldn’t find anyone.
Fortunately, after many years, they discovered the prince, who had been reared as a beggar. The beggar’s life abruptly altered. He was well-cared for, educated, and nurtured to be the next king of the Kingdom.
He was overjoyed since he could now spend his time in luxury, studying from the finest. After the king died a few years later, the prince was officially anointed king. He exercised authority over his subjects.
One day, the pauper prince who became king was reflecting on his life. He thought about where his life had led him. Suddenly, he felt compelled to return to the street and beg, only for the experience. Soon, he dressed as a beggar and went begging for a day.
Like before, some people offered him money or food, while others did not. However, he didn’t care if he got anything or not from begging this time. Whether people gave him money or not, he remained at ease because, behind the mask, he knew he was the king.
This is the story of each one of us. Every one of us is a special child of God. Materially, not everyone might be gifted equally (due to bad Karmas), but spiritually everyone is.
When God created us, he gifted us with seven qualities — purity, happiness, joy, bliss, power, peace, and love. It was independent of any external stimuli.
However, as we forgot this fact, we associated these original comforts with materialistic things. This made us happy in happy moments and sad in distress.
If we forever remain aware that our original state of being is “eternal like almighty” while attaining the bodily comforts (just as the prince remembered while gaining the begging experience), we can experience these seven qualities uninterrupted.
Just the way we feel special by wearing new clothes or putting on the party wear, we’ll feel blessed if we stay aware of our real identity, i.e., we’re a special child of Almighty.
Just the way a politician’s son is proud of his father and is intoxicated with his affluent lifestyle, we must be spiritually intoxicated with a feeling that no matter what, I am in the safe hands of my father, Almighty. If we do, nothing can disturb us; nothing can affect us.
“Life is precious. So, maintaining spiritual awareness keeps our life authentic. Returning to the seed of originality enhances the quality of our existence and our relationships.” ~ Darshak
The Prompt for this Week: “Practical Application of Spirituality”
Here’s my take on this week’s prompt: 5 Unique Ways Spirituality Helps in Self-Improvement
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Spiritual Secrets’ Picks of the Week
Last week on Spiritual Secrets, we talked about attachment/detachment.
I wrote: To Be Free From Suffering, Free Yourself From Attachments ~ Dependence breeds attachment, and attachment breeds need. We become selfish when we are in need, and selfishness is synonymous with egoism.
Your response overjoyed me.
- Nature Helps To Heal Attachments And Detachmens In Our Lives by Dr. Preeti Singh: Always be part of nature for healing. Enjoy the environment around you but with the full awareness that you are on this earth for a purpose.
- The Problem Is You’re Trying Too Hard To Control by Shreya Badonia: Know that you can’t control most things, and you’ll be liberated.
- Attachment Is The Great Fabricator Of All Illusions by Lanu Pitan: The practice of offering all your desires can help you tremendously in learning detachment.
- How to Be Free From the Attachments to Live an Authentic Life by Ruchi Thalwal: In this world, where the attachment is considered normal, we can live a life of detachment.
- Have You Cut The Umbilical Cord? by Indubala Kachhawa: One needs to be detached to grow. Detached and just be as we are meant to be.