I have also heard Master Sha give this teaching over and over. I have always tried to practice no attachments as best as i can, but it is definitely something that takes time as your awareness grows.
But i have also learned deeper that every stage of the spiritual journey is a positive process. Whether it be incredibly enlightening, or incredibly painful and confusing.
But whether something is enlightening or painful and confusing is just a attachment. Its when we attach to them that we have a emotional response. The truth is, they are just events happening, neither good or bad. and once we learn to stop labeling things as good or bad we can lose all attachments to them.
There has been stages to my awareness of losing attachments. First i was very attached to Master Sha's treasures and spiritual downloads he offers.
I felt i needed to get every treasure Master Sha offered for me and my family. I would like to take this opportunity to say that the spiritual treasures Master Sha offers are literally priceless, and I am beyond grateful for everything that me and my family have received from Master Sha.
But I would put Master Sha's treasures before anything, and although that is smart in many ways, it definitely put my spiritual life and physical life out of balance. Until one day i heard Master Sha give a beautiful teaching (that i have heard him say many times but it never sunk in), saying "Even if you only ever receive Divine Healing Hands you are beyond blessed! Divine healing hands has infinite healing power! It depends on your purity"
How true this is! Look at beloved Jesus. He had Divine Healing Hands and created many miracles, why? Because he was one of the purest human beings to ever walk this earth.
So now i get spiritual treasures if they resonate deeply in my heart and i can afford them for me and my family.
By losing this attachment alone, it has made me cherish the spiritual treasures i already have and given me more inspiration to work with what i already have to purify myself to be a more humble servant.
I always remember i flow i did with Lao Tzu. I was put in a situation where i had to chose between two things that both meant a lot to me. I didn't know what to do. I didn't want to chose one over the other, so i did a flow with Lao Tzu.
Typically of Lao Tzu, he was straight to the point and made the situation look so simple and clear.
I asked Lao Tzu "which one should i choose?
Lao Tzu said "Neither.... Go for a walk instead on your own. You are attached to both, and attachments make you weak"
Now that's a true Master! and Lao Tzu is right! Attachments truly make you weak!
I have had the privilege of speaking personally with beloved Dr. Bennett (The beautiful wise soul in charge of the education in Master Sha's mission).
We spoke about Attachments, and she said this to me.
"The spiritual journey is the journey of freeing the soul. The soul is like a balloon, and the attachments on mother earth are like the strings that holds the balloon down"
This was a beautiful analogy for me. Dr. Bennett also shared with me that when we lose attachments to all the things that don't serve us, this is a high spiritual achievement. But Losing attachments to all the things that do serve us is a even bigger achievement!
This is profound wisdom. This wisdom definitely opened me up to a broader awareness, and that is why i share it with you all now, so hopefully this wisdom can serve you.
I have just been through incredible spiritual testing for a few months. In that few months two teachings kept me and my wife free and strong. The first teaching was to practice not being attached to the situations that where taking place.
The second teaching, was that Heaven knows everything.
When you are not attached you step out of the mind and into the heart. The mind is attached to everything, the heart is not. The mind tries to justify itself and its actions. The heart just loves.
I truly had the opportunity to experience what its like to lose attachments to the things that are not serving me. When you have no attachment you also cant get hurt. you develop a unshakable heart. I must admit that i am not there yet. But i have been able to experience a far broader awareness of no attachments. And its been incredible. I have felt a freedom from my mind.
Then Master Sha visited Australia and it was so incredibly beautiful and heart opening to be with him.
I realized why Master Sha is always so happy! Because he has achieved no attachments to anything. Good or Bad!
I remember driving home with Danielle in the car and saying "Could you imaging the peace and joy you would feel if you had totally lost all attachments to everything? Whether it be money, your life or even your family! You would literally have no worries in the world"
Danielle said "i know, it would be amazing"
I am not there yet of course. i am attached to my beautiful family, but i am happy knowing that one day if i keep following Natures way as best i can i will lose attachments to everything.
One thing that is important though, is that you understand that not caring about anything and losing all attachments are two totally different things.
To not care about anything is not compassionate. But to work towards none attachments is a compassionate act. It is compassionate because when you are truly dis-attached from all worldly things, you are enlightened. Therefore you can serve all souls on a much deeper and broader scale.
To serve with no attachments is so beautiful. Because you serve with no expectations to the outcome. You just do your best and know that whatever happens is perfect.
This is so powerful because then you are living in a state of total surrender. You don't then have to fight against anything. You can just be.
Master Sha is a beautiful example of no attachments. This second visit of Master Sha was totally different for me. I saw on a much deeper level how much Love Master Sha has for all souls. Master Sha literally loves all souls equally. And when you are in his presence you definitely feel his love on every level. Whether it be physically, mentally, emotionally or spiritually. He just loves you.... Plane and simple. He just loves you to the point where you cant have a negative thought.
Through Master Sha's example i learned that Love truly does melt all blockages. And by embodying that next step of no attachments i just totally enjoyed every moment i was with him.
Don't let anyone block your spiritual journey. If someone or something gets in your way, love them. Heal with them. Forgive them. But keep moving forward.
So practice no attachments. Start right now by not having any emotional attachment to this blog post. whether you enjoyed it or you thought it was a waste of your time. Just be silent and neutral inside. come out of the mind and just be.
I heard a beautiful saying by Osho once, "Listen to the Master as you would listen to a waterfall. Don't be attached to his words. Just listen"
This is a practice you can do all day every day. Listen to everything as you would listen to a waterfall. Present and none judgmental, with no attachment. Then you can serve them, by pulling them into the present with your example.
Love Nick
