An Awareness of Master

An insight into the development of the being occurred to me recently.  Watching my children mature into independent members of the community, recalling events throughout my lifetime, and those of others with whom I’ve associated for many years have led me to realize what is happening, at least I think so, as we progress through a lifetime.

As a physical person, our body develops from inception through maturity.  Our childhood, from birth to maturity at about age 25 years, is a period of development where we experience situations and deal with them under the guidance of influential adults.  All along the way more and more of our actions are the result of extending our experience and reasoning to deal with situations until all of a sudden we realize that we are operating independently.

As a spiritual entity, our Master may develops in much the same way.  An observing persona emerges slowly and becomes stronger and stronger until it becomes, for lack of a better term, Master of the entity.  The extent of the development of this Master determines whether or not the entity becomes permanent and continues ad infinitum in the spiritual world.  

The work that is done by the being, comprised of the physical “brain-body” and the spiritual “mind” is all aimed at the development of Master.  

Master begins to assert itself at some point in the lifetime of the being.  The fortuitous being realizes this and fosters the development, encouraging it in ways that are often not even understood.

A most important stage of development is when there is an awareness of Master and his observation of the actions of the being.  There are no events that signal this development but an awareness after the fact that it has occurred.  I think this is where I am now.

The arrival at this juncture can’t be pinpointed, neither can the first awareness of Master, which for me occurred thirty or forty years ago.  Much developmental thought occurred, a lot of it written down for the expression of the ideas whether they made sense or not.  They did at the time and one can see the bits of wisdom that were made evident; the insights that occurred even if they are not profound enough for the scholarly.  The insights were are refined over time and continue to occur, much like this one about the maturation of the Master.   

My exposure to philosophy of all kinds leads me to the conclusion that there is a thread of truth that exists and that my thinking, development, insights, and experiences are in accord with that truth.  Acting on the advice of G. I. Gurdjieff, I have not “adopted” the teachings of any organized religion or philosophy but explored in my own mind the wonders of life and living.

It is not my intention to divulge that thinking because it is my conviction that it can be realized by anyone who will devote the necessary time and psychic energy.  There are myths, parables, shrines, and other evidence of the truth and this evidence allows us to realize the truth.

It is my conviction that the beauty of the truth is realized incrementally and what is beautiful as a bud becomes even more beautiful as a flower.  If the picture of the bud is said to be the definitive truth and any other representation of it false, then one can never reach the beauty of the flower.  This to me is the futility of organized religion as I have experienced it.  They have definitions that fall short of reality.

Master develops incrementally.  The fundamental notion here is that Master develops as does the physical person.  He is not fully formed and then realized but reaches his fulfillment during this lifetime.  It is also possible that he transcends lifetimes, i.e. he recurs if he is not fully formed after this lifetime.

Master is mute. If he has come to this brain-body after developing in previous lifetimes he has an inkling of what is necessary for his further development and he patiently waits for it to happen.  The brain-body and the mind experience life and through those experiences Master continues to develop.

It has been my experience that when this brain-body and mind are not acting in accordance with the will of Master there is a struggle for change that can be destructive.  There is an accord that is felt when experiences are what Master wants and needs for his development.

The wants and needs of Master are not necessarily evident to the brain-body and mind.  They can be involved in a whole set of activities that are not necessarily directly related to the development of Master.  There are those that are and when these are accomplished there is this almost imperceptible serenity that occurs.

Then one must be aware that the world is full of beauty and truth.  The ideas and experiences necessary for the development of Master become available and when he perceives one he exerts his influence on the brain-body and mind to take advantage of the opportunity. 

The permanent non-physical world of which the fully matured Master becomes a member may be “life,” the physical representation of which is diverse and of which our physical beings are one.  Joining this spiritual world on Earth and being a part of it may be the aim to which enlightened beings aspire.

There may even be a further extension of this where the member of the spiritual life on Earth continues to develop and eventually becomes a member of a spiritual world that is unconcerned with the physical world of the Universe and lives in a different realm.  I hasten to add that there is no way of knowing this.

This entry is an attempt to understand more fully what is and what may be.  As with all of my thoughts on life and living, it is merely an attempt to understand.  It is not put forth for any other purpose.  I am a humble beggar stumbling along a dark street whose walls enclose palaces of luxurious living.