Creating the causes for goodness

JFR · Post by **JFR** » Mon May 06, 2013 4:39 am

I read this quote this morning:

“When you plant seeds in the garden, you don’t dig them up every day to see if they have sprouted yet. You simply water them and clear away the weeds; you know that the seeds will grow in time. Similarly, just do your daily practice and cultivate a kind heart. Abandon impatience and instead be content creating the causes for goodness; the results will come when they’re ready.”

Although it is referring to meditation practice it seems really applicable to working towards physical healing as well. All we can do is learn the steps we need to take to foster healing in our bodies and put them into practice. That way we are creating the conditions for healing. The results will come when they are ready. One thing that will surely hamper getting the results we desire is impatience.

Jean

Gabes-Apg · Post by **Gabes-Apg** » Mon May 06, 2013 5:17 am

Jean
beautiful
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I logged on to come and share something very very similar (great minds think alike)

Thanks to the beautifully awesome Polly and a book she gifted me 'just one thing' page 152
lets say you want to have your own apple tree. you go to the nursery and pick out a good sapling, bring it home, and plant it, carefully with lots of fertiliser in rich soil. Then you water it regularly, pick the bugs off, and prune it. If you keep tending and nurturing to your tree, in a few years it will likely give you lots of delicious apples
but - can you make it grow apples? Nope you cant
All you can do is tend to the causes, but you cant always control the results.

YOU CAN optimise the chance of apples if the structure of the roots are strong and stable, have the nutrients they need, have the right amount of water, sunshine, etc etc
there is no short cut, an apple tree grown in Aus will be different to one grown in the USA, the soils are different, the seasons are different.

JFR · Post by **JFR** » Mon May 06, 2013 5:28 am

Gabes,

This felt so important to me when I read it this morning. It encapsulates the attitude I try to maintain; it is an antidote to impatience. Many years ago I read that one should try to give without expectation of reward and since then I have tried to put that into practice. This feels similar, act in ways you know foster health. As you say "all you can do is tend to the causes, but you can't control the results"

It is so nice to find people here who are on the same path as I am.

Jean

Gabes-Apg · Post by **Gabes-Apg** » Mon May 06, 2013 5:42 am

Jean
not only are we on the same path - we are sharing the beauty of the path!

a motto I have had for many many years (since I went through a horrendous 3 year divorce) no expectations no disappointment.
living in the moment, going with the flow gives me so much more fulfilment, gifts and beauty.

have a wonderful day Jean - hope the snow is starting to melt and the beauty of spring is starting to shine through....

JFR · Post by **JFR** » Mon May 06, 2013 5:53 am

Gabes,

No more snow. Daffodils and tulips and birds in their nests.

Giving up ambition and with it self-hatred has truly been a gift. No expectations no disappointments is a wonderful way to live. I have a son. He is a kind and decent person but he is terrible at keeping in touch or remembering things like birthdays. Since I have been able to give up any disappointment I may feel at his lack of attention (or almost any disappointment), I have opened myself up to the gratitude I feel for his basic decency. It sure feels better than anger.

Winter must be on its way in Australia although I don't know what that looks like down under.

Much love,
Jean

JeanIrene · Post by **JeanIrene** » Mon May 06, 2013 6:34 am

Jean and Gabes,

Thanks so much for sharing such lovely thoughts. You have given me wonderful inspiration to start the day! Today will be warm and sunny in Oklahoma, a good day to plant flowers and care for my little vegetable garden.

The other Jean

Kari · Post by **Kari** » Mon May 06, 2013 8:58 am

Thank you Gabes and Jean for your beautiful exchange of thoughts, it is such a comfort to know like-minded people here :). I just woke up from 18 hours of bed rest (MC symptoms got me after 5 good vacation days). I had to beg off yesterday afternoon's activities with SO and his daughter to nurture myself, and feel so much better today for listening to my body's needs.

No matter how dark life may seem, there is always a glimmer of light somewhere if we choose to look for it. Similar to your thoughts above, something I read years ago has always stuck with me: "abandon all hope of fruition". Hope implies a better future, which means we blind ourselves to the beauty of the present moment and live for tomorrow instead.

Love and light,
Kari

Polly · Post by **Polly** » Mon May 06, 2013 10:59 am

Such wise and thoughtful folks we have here. This thread made my day.

Love,

Polly

Gabes-Apg · Post by **Gabes-Apg** » Mon May 06, 2013 4:20 pm

Jean
winter in Aus is on its way.....
there is no snow in northern Australia (I have never seen real snow!)

For where I live (quite elevated) the overnight lows are about 38-40F, the days are about 50-64F, and there are many days we get windchills as low as 26F!

Housing in Aus is built to suit the hot aussie summers. In the northern states, we don't have boiler/radiator piped heating in our houses.
it is lots of blankets and electric heaters, for me i try to keep the electricity bill down, so it is lots of layers of clothes and lots of blankets!!!!

ldubois7 · Post by **ldubois7** » Mon May 06, 2013 7:01 pm

Oh my...what lovely people, with such relevant thoughts!

Jean ....I have 3 boys (one is a stepson), and they rarely remember my birthday or Mother's Day, except for maybe a text message. It did hurt so much for a long time. But, you are right, I began taking away the expectations, and just had a nice day with my husband, and I was not as sad. I began to appreciate my sons for the good in them, and it felt better.

Thanks for sharing. Healing begins in the mind!

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