My friend Chee

Those of you who visit the Heavenletter Spiritual Community Forum will understand why I especially wanted to share this article that my friend Chee wrote. Please note it has been abridged.

The people who post on the forum are remarkable, just as remarkable as the people who post here. The only thing is that they tend to give credit for Heavenletters in the wrong place, for all credit belongs to God. I have not known how to fully express why it is important that all gratitude go to God, but my internet friend Chee gets it and sure knows how to say it.

Krishnamurti was born in the year 1895 into a Brahmin family in India. During his adolescence, he met prominent theosophist C.W. Leadbeater by chance at the Theosophical Society grounds. Leadbeater believed Krishnamurti would become a great teacher and World Teacher. Krishnamurti was subsequently raised under the strict tutelage of the leaders of the Society for his “role.”

When Krishnamurti grew up and took over as the head of the Order of the Star, he stunned everyone by disavowing the idea of the coming of the World Teacher, and dissolved the worldwide organization established to support it. As a young man, Krishnamurti already understood that spiritual truths cannot be organized or imposed upon people.

In his dissolution speech, he said:

"Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organized; nor should any organization be formed to lead or to coerce people along any particular path. If you first understand that, then you will see how impossible it is to organize a belief. .

"Truth is narrowed down and made a plaything. Truth cannot be brought down, rather the individual must make the effort to ascend to it. You cannot bring the mountain-top to the valley. If you would attain to the mountain-top you must pass through the valley, climb the steps."

Ironically, many members of the Order could not understand Krishnamurti’s intentions and some even turned against the man they had believed to be their guru.

But Krishnamurti maintained:

"Seek to understand to be free; not to follow me..."

Krishnamurti spent the rest of his life traveling the world as an individual speaker, speaking to large and small groups.

I first encountered the transcript of Krishnamurti’s brilliant dissolution speech (www.kinfonet.org/Biography/dissolution.pdf) What Krishnamurti said left an indelible mark on me. His words still question our complacency and deepest motives in our spiritual quests today.

Forming an organization can be a good thing. It is perhaps the intentions of the people who form the organisation that matters. Krishnamurti apparently dissolved his own organisation when he realised that the members were not following their own inner divine guidances.

Every now and then, I would ask myself -- Am I addicted to spirituality or any teachers? Am I being spiritual for the sake of being spiritual? Am I stuck in my spiritual path? Do I even need to have a spiritual path? Am I a more loving person today than yesterday?

Eventually after all the questioning, I realize that truth is simply love expressed on the earth plane. When we are true to ourselves, it is an act of love to ourselves. When we do something for others in love, it is truth in action. When we respond to others in a truly loving manner, it is because we see their true nature as God in incarnations. Spirituality is thus simply a journey to rediscover and become unconditional love.

When we look around us, we find that many people are not involved in any form of spirituality, and they are not judgmental. All my spiritual knowledge and wisdom still fall short when compared to simple acts of unconditional love.

I would occasionally come across homeless old men and women feeding abandoned stray dogs and cats. My 6-month old baby niece smiles happily at everyone who plays with her regardless of background or self-worth. There are also many kind-hearted volunteers who don’t know a thing about metaphysics, yet they care unconditionally for orphans or the destitute. United States prisons today use dogs for prisoner therapy, and the canines are never shy of showering their love on anyone – murderers or petty thieves.

Spirituality is ultimately a label we put on ourselves or others. I believe one does not have to be spiritual in any way — to follow any spiritual path, join any spiritual movement, or form any organisation. If a person has a lot of love and gives it freely, he or she is already a demonstration of God in action. Having said this, it is really a paradox since we are spiritual beings having temporary human incarnations. We are already spiritual in every sense. It is only our fears that prevent us from fully expressing the love that we truly are. The majority of us still have a lot of inner work to do to heal ourselves in order to unclog the fountains of love that have always existed within us. Krishnamurti knew that very well when he said, “My only concern is to set men absolutely, unconditionally free.”

When we are truly free to express who we are, I believe we would be so overflowed with such intensity of love that we could only pour our love out to everyone and everywhere. We would then once again reacquaint ourselves with the feeling of home – a state of absolute unconditional love.

Joyouschee adds love, light and joy to the world through Cosmic Lighthouse Metaphysics Magazine. Singlehandedly, Chee publishes an amazing ezine in Singapore. http://www.cosmiclighthouse.com   *

I found Chee's article in Lady Isis' newsletter http://home1.gte.net/ladyisis/index.htm