Life is a Mountain Climbing Experience

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Life is a Mountain Climbing Experience

These scripted words are motivated by my journey through this rollercoaster like experience we call life. Usually when we think about climbing a mountain we envision one humongous formation of rock with a summit. However, to get to the summit of many large mountains you first have to climb the peaks of many smaller mountains. In addition, once you start to climb the actual mountain of which you want to reach its summit, there are still many small formations with peaks and valleys, which you must ascend to and descend into before reaching the main summit. That means that there will be many highs and lows before you reach your desired destination. Actually, that is not the way we envisioned the mountain from a distance. It will not be a straight climb up the side of the mountain to the top, as we thought it would be. Well, as I think about my journey through my present lifetime, I see a mountain with a multitude of peaks that I must ascend up to, and a multitude of valleys that I must descend down into, before I can actually start my Sacred Final Ascension to the summit of the Spiritual Mountain of Divine Awakening.

I cannot honestly say, that I understand why each one of us has to travel the life paths that we do, up and down so many different mountains with their vast array of peaks. Some say we choose all of the experiences we go through in our lives. Others say our life experiences are pre-destined by a SUPREME BEING called GOD. Who truly knows that at this time and place in our existence? At this point in my journey through life, I believe that most, if not all of the explanations and reasoning are pure speculation. Matter of fact, most of what we believe, and most of what we have been taught is actually nothing more than pure speculation, based on others beliefs, and then they are taught to us as fact. That is why I strongly believe that we must find a way to go within and tap into our True Sacred Self, what some call our Higher Self and have a Sacred Time of Meditation. During that Meditation, which is the process of concentrating on our inner vibrations, those inner vibrations could come to us as feelings, visions, fragrances, or words, as in advice spoken to us in a voice that could sound like our voice, or a voice that we are not familiar with at all. I believe that we can learn some things from each other, however that is not good enough. If we were in school and we only had each other, and no teacher, we would not fair to well in what we were studying and supposed to be learning. I believe and would even go as far as saying that most of what we need to learn and come to truly know must come to us by way of going within, and tapping into our DIVINE SOURCE. That is how and when we will get what we truly want and need.

My life has been full of mountaintop and valley experiences. Now I am starting to believe that a great deal of my life I have not even begun to climb the main part of the mountain that lead directly to the actual summit. Another error I have made countless times is taking my eyes off the present moment, the now, and that caused me to loose footing and tumble backwards and loose major ground that had been gained. This journey up the mountain of life can be difficult and very challenging, in the exact, same way that a climb up an actual mountain is difficult and very challenging. I am not sure where I am on the mountain right now. However, I do know that it is a very difficult place. I could be trying to make it over a protruding ridge leading to one of many apexes that must be reached before I start the final climb to the glorious summit of the mountain. Alternatively, I could actually be headed into one of the many valleys I have to go through on my sojourn. Here is something that just came to me as I was thinking about valleys. In most valleys, you will find plenty of vegetation for food, and water for drink, all of which will sustain us perfectly while we are in the valley, and prepare us for our next journey upward. A valley is not a bad place to be, a valley should be seen as a pit stop, a rest area, and a place where we map out our next journey up the mountain. Every leg of our journey up the mountain is designed to make us stronger.

One very important tool that we need as we make our individual climb up the mountain is our Goggles of Focus. Goggles of Focus are of the utmost importance during our climb, because if we loose our focus, we are subjected to fall and experience serious injury. The Goggles of Focus help keep dust and other particles made up of illusions and deception out of our eye. A lack of focus has been the main cause of most of my set backs on my lifelong journey, up my Mountain of Spiritual Awakening and Transformation. Another tool that we need as we climb up the mountain is the Rope of Faith. The Rope of Faith will suspend us in thin air when we slip and otherwise would have fallen to the ground. Having the Rope of Faith also gives us the courage to reach out and grab that which we would normally feel is completely out of our reach. The climb up the Mountain of Spiritual Awakening and Transformation cannot be made without the Rope of Faith; it is absolutely impossible, to make such a climb without it. In addition, we need the Harness of Hope. The Harness of Hope is wrapped securely around our waist so that we can loop the Rope of Faith through its ring for support. When we get tired of climbing and we have not reached a place where we can sit down or lay down to rest, and we are wearing the Harness of Hope that is connected to the Rope of Faith. We can just lean back and allow the Rope of Faith and the Harness of Hope to support us while we rest. Another very important piece of our climbing equipment are our Shoes of Stability. Our Shoes of stability gives us sure footing on the rugged terrain we are climbing. As they help us maintain sure footing, it also protects us from the sharp edges, which are life-threatening experiences. Next, we have the Axe of Creation. We can use the Axe of Creation to chop away at the mountain like a chisel and create footholds that we can use like a step. We can also use the Axe of Creation to wedge in a crack of understanding and pull ourselves up. These are just the major tools we have at our disposal as we climb our Mountain of Spiritual Awakening and Transformation, which is one in the same with what I sometimes call Total Spiritual Re-Call.

Baba-Kundi Ma'at-Shambhala
Copyright © Oct. 2010