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Continued
from Part I
Control
versus Trust
by
Richard Dupuis
Avoiding
Pain
 Humans
are pleasure-seeking and will avoid pain at
all costs, which is, of course, an attempt at
controlling the natural rhythms and cycles of
life. Pain and suffering may seem like an
unnatural part of your life, but these are
mostly the result of perception. The loss of a
business, the breakup of a relationship, these
are perceived by you as incredibly painful.
Yet death is half of the cycle of life. An end
to things as we know them simply creates
opportunity for something better in the
future. As soon as you let go of your need to
know exactly how you will be supported by God,
you will be supported by God
completely, and exactly as needed.
In
the neutral zone, you suspend your need to be
sure of the outcome of any situation. You can
never know consciously what the outcome of
your actions will be, but you can trust that
every action you take is leading you to
something that will enhance your life. This
does not mean that by saying you believe God
supports you, you will then be freed from
taking any action yourself. You must act to
create anything. When you are acting in
accordance with the Universe?s principles,
every action will take you to higher ground
with an economy of effort.
The
intelligence of the divine mind that birthed
you is inherent in your personal energies,
even in the cells of your body. The
intelligence of the universe is accessible
from what we call the neutral zone. The
neutral zone is that moment when all judgment
is suspended, when you yourself are not
polarized. From this space, you can easily
hear the intelligence of the universe speak.
Your soul understands the universal principles
that apply to all forms of creation. These
universal principles are very simple and few
in number. Maybe you don?t believe there is
a divine plan for your life, or for the
nations of the Earth. Maybe you feel that
mankind is creating a better life for his
children by taking charge of his destiny. But
the ignorance and chaos seen everywhere
certainly speak of something else.
When
we elect new leaders in this democracy (who
rarely ever lead), we choose those whom we
think can gain control over whatever seems to
be out of control, i.e., the economy, drugs,
violence in the streets, etc. For a while it
might seem to work; the economy increases,
violent crimes may decrease. However, real
change is always the result of growth in
consciousness. Lasting change occurs in your
awareness, not as the result of being smart
enough to pass laws that cover every facet of
a fear-ridden society. Of course, the more out
of control things get, the harder society and
individuals try to grasp the reigns.
A
better future is created not by law, but by
understanding and insight. Most of my adult
life I was an entrepreneur. When fewer ideas
and opportunities started coming to me, I
stopped developing business because I felt it
was due to circumstances beyond my control. I
became a loner and worked jobs that relied
solely on my individual effort. The whole turn
of events seemed like the cruelest of
circumstances. How could this happen to me,
and why me? What had I done? But eventually
awareness and understanding began to creep in,
and with that came the realization that the
true nature of the game of life being played
out here on earth was in opposition to almost
everything I was learning.-?
What
I have learned since then was that life doesn?t
have to be a struggle, that when you let go of
struggle answers come naturally. Where do they
come from? They come from God. Some would
argue that they come from your intuition, your
human nature, or even the angels, but that is
just so much semantic nonsense. It is all one
thing, God. You are the personification of God
in the physical. God will assist you if you
give him a chance. That will only happen when
you are allowing him to, and not trying to
control and run everything.
Control
is really an aspect of fear, which puts you
into a contracted, polarized state where you
cannot hear God speak.
Control
Feels Safe
The
root of control is fear. Danger lurks behind
every bush, every closed door, every alley,
and control is the only thing that will work,
because it feels safe. The tighter you hang on
to something, the less likely it is to slip
out of your grasp. I love the illustration of
the Chinese finger puzzle, and I can?t help
but wonder if the Far East inventor who came
up with it had our compulsive need to control
in mind. A Chinese finger puzzle is a small
sleeve that fits snugly over your index
fingers. When you try to remove your fingers,
the sleeve only tightens, and the more you
pull and struggle, the more it tightens. Only
by relaxing your fingers together rather than
apart ? going against your instinct ? will
you allow the sleeve to relax and slip off
your fingers.
Believing
in the righteousness of fear is a belief in a
false God. Fear has claimed as its domain and
territory all that we are as a society. When
you surrender to your fear and act to control
a perceived threat, you have given up the most
basic universal principle of all, trust. You
create change in your life through awareness,
understanding, and insight, not through
control. Life is created to be joyful and
fulfilling. You have the right to experience
your life as a movable feast, not a faithless
journey of struggle and enslaving toil.
You
always get more of what you put your attention
on. You think that by applying more control
you will get a better result. Actually you
create more of what you don?t want by trying
to control it, and thereby create more need
for more control. It becomes a never-ending
cycle, as you can see in all areas of our
society. What looks like control is really
interference with the natural order of the
universe and its innate intelligence.
Forever
Seeking Balance
The
universe is forever seeking balance. When your
feelings and emotions are out of balance, you?ll
experience something that causes an emotional
upheaval. This is a natural order seeking
balance. Life is completely symbolic. What you
experience externally is the result of your
inner landscape. Even the work you do, the
career you choose, will represent your inner
world, as for Patricia who chose to work in
law enforcement. One of the symptoms of sexual
abuse is the victim?s need to control. Drug
and alcohol abuse are also an attempt at
controlling the inner world through external
interdiction. Reformed alcoholics often become
control addicts. They?ve given up their drug
addiction for yet another addiction.
Your
personality, or ego, is completely invested in
control. It believes control can work, and it
will move heaven and earth to prove it to you,
no matter the cost. Because your ego is
conditioned by previous training, it always
projects the past onto your present and your
beliefs about the future. Of course your ego
is going to do this. After all, it?s how we
as humans learn about the natural world: that
innocent stove was hot and burned you in the
past, so it?s hot today, and will be
tomorrow. Your ego actually thinks it?s
protecting you, which is why your ego will try
so hard to prove to you that control can work.
But in those areas where you have adopted
beliefs from your early experiences that are
out of sync with universal principles and
reality, you will continue to repeat and
reinforce those beliefs. Trying harder,
struggling, and putting more effort into
resolving your problems might give you
temporary relief, but treating the symptoms
never works. That is simply more control,
which puts you at odds with a real solution.
If
you accept the premise of this chapter ?
that control does not work, that it is
actually a roadblock to fulfillment and
understanding ? then the next step is
learning trust. Don?t allow the temptation
of fear to dictate your thinking. This will
take continuous, ongoing monitoring of your
choices, responses, and thoughts. The reward
is that you will be free to become more
conscious, more aware, and more in touch with
that grander part of your soul and spirit that
is your divine intelligence.
 This
article was
excerpted from-?
From The Mouth of God
by Richard Dupuis.
This article was excerpted with permission from the book "From
The Mouth of God", published by BookPartners, Inc. For
information on workshops and seminars, contact Mr. Dupuis at 800-480-6021.
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About The
Author
Richard
Dupuis is a spiritual advisor and speaker who travels widely. He presents
workshops and seminars based on his favorite subject: expanded spiritual
awareness for a richer and fuller life ? straight from the mouth of God.
He is the author of "Creating Your Light Body" and "Ancient
Wisdom".
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