Existential Paradoxes

Life is not just about doing and having, it is much more than that. We are spiritual and material beings, and we need to balance both aspects to find meaning in our existence. It is common to feel unmotivated and lost in moments of frustration, but this only reveals our mental state.

We cannot limit our lives to material things, as everything has an expiration date. Spiritual aspects are perennial and prevail over time, like philosophy and religions that have been around for thousands of years. However, society has made us believe that the most important thing is to do and have, forgetting values and ethics. This is a mistake, as we need both aspects to live harmoniously.

If we focus only on the material, we will find ourselves in a deep emptiness, because we are not paying attention to our feelings, emotions, values and dreams. To materialize something, we need spiritual, mental and emotional strength before material strength.

Therefore, it is important to find a balance between the spiritual and the material to give meaning to our existence. Let us not allow society to make us lose focus on what is really important in life. Let us learn to value the spiritual aspects and balance them with the material ones to live fully.

Of course, if this is explained like this, a rationalist mentality will not understand it, but if I explain it in structured terms, they will surely understand it better:

• First, you have to brainstorm (spiritual level)
• Second, a planning (mental plane)
• Third, give it a philosophical meaning (emotional level)
• Finally Materialize it - manufacture it.

Now let's clearly analyze the situation from another perspective:

• How many people do you think actually do a creative exercise to bring an idea forward? Few, most are so mentally lazy that they prefer to either copy or live with the ideas of others.
• How many people who manage their own idea are capable of planning it and developing a work strategy? Much fewer.
• But of all those that manage to create a strategic development plan, how many are able to sell it and carry it out? Even fewer.
• And after all of the above, materializing an idea that works, very few people are going to achieve their final objective.

   Como podemos ver, la fuerza espiritual es de donde nosotros traemos nuestras ideas, la fuerza mental es el proceso que le da la forma, la fuerza emocional es la motivación que nos dará el empuje para llevar a cabo lo que nos propongamos, y así, finalmente, estos aspectos espirituales dan paso a que podamos materializar cualquier idea o intención.

   Por lo tanto, cuando nos quitan esos aspectos espirituales, dejamos de comprender el por qué estamos haciendo algo, cuáles son las verdaderas razones de por qué hacemos algo o para qué lo hacemos, o sea, la razón de ser de eso que estamos haciendo y por ende de lo que somos. Muchas personas para no pensar en eso, prefieren distraerse con un trabajo o se vuelven cínicas presumiendo el valor de lo que obtienen cuando hacen cualquier cosa material, lo que sucede es que, más tarde o temprano, por la razón que sea, acabaran no confiando en la vida, ni en los demás, y finalmente no confiarán en si mismos y terminan alejándose.

   Por lo tanto, cuando nosotros queremos que algo suceda en nuestra dimensión necesitamos entender que la energía espiritual requiere que no accionemos nada, o sea la “No acción” en el plano material es lo contrario, en donde requerimos crear acción. Muchas de las veces lo hacemos al revés por eso los resultados son tan contradictorios o paradójicos.

“Non-action” is “Non-effort”

Deepak Chopra explains that a tree does nothing to grow leaves, nor do we make any effort to grow hair, no action is required for this to happen.

In the same way, when we need an idea, no matter how hard we try, sometimes it doesn't flow. Why? Because we are pushing. When we relax, that's when it comes out of nowhere and the answer comes, or the answer comes in our dreams. It's when we stop pushing that the solution comes. And I'm sure this has happened to you many times.

Non-action is not doing nothing, it means not interfering with the flow of life energy, rather it is traveling with this flow to reach the destination.

When we do not understand this and we constantly violate the energy of non-action with action, we do not let things happen, it is like restarting our computer over and over again, before it fully starts up. The only thing we achieve is that what we want to happen is delayed.