The Keys to attainment are Simple
The Keys to Success & Attainment is Simple August 2008
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• The Chicken and the Eagle
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One of the parable examples in class really resonated with me. This was also part of last months discussion group, so I'd like to share the story and some of the participant comments:
One day, a naturalist who was passing by a chicken farm was struck with curiosity. He noticed an eagle, the king of all birds, living among the chickens. He asked the farmer, "Why do you have this eagle confined to live in the barnyard with the chickens?"
"Since I have given it chicken feed and trained it to be a chicken, it has never learned to fly," replied the farmer. "It behaves as chickens behave, so it is no longer an eagle."
"Still," insisted the naturalist, "it has the heart of an eagle and can surely be taught to fly."
After talking it over, the two men agreed to find out whether this was possible. Gently, the naturalist took the eagle in his arms and said, "You belong to the sky and not the earth. Stretch forth your wings and fly."
The eagle, however, was confused; he did not know who he was. He was comfortable with his life and was content with the farmer providing his food and being in the company of the chickens. Seeing the chickens eating their food, he jumped down to be with them again.
Undismayed, the naturalist took the eagle on the following day up on the roof of the house and urged him again, saying, "You are an eagle. Stretch forth your wings and fly." But the eagle was afraid of his unknown self. He was afraid of the world he did not know. He was scared to fly. He jumped down once more for the chicken food.
On the next day, the naturalist rose early and took the eagle out of the barnyard to a high mountain. There he held the king of birds high above him and encouraged him again, saying, "You are an eagle. You belong to the sky as well as to the earth. Stretch forth your wings now and fly."
The eagle looked back toward the barnyard. Then he looked up to the sky. He still did not fly.
| Then the naturalist lifted him straight toward the sun. The eagle looked up to the sky and began to tremble. Slowly he began to stretch his wings. He looked back once more to the barnyard and then fixed his gaze toward the sky. At last . . . . With a triumphant cry he soared into the heavens.
From that moment on, the eagle was living life as an eagle. Now it may be that the eagle still remembers the chickens with a certain fondness and nostalgia. It may even be that he occasionally revisits the barnyard. But as far as anyone knows, he has never returned to the barnyard to live the life of a chicken. He truly was an eagle, even though he had lived the life of a chicken.
Just like this eagle . . . . . people who have learned to think of themselves as something they are not can re-decide in favor of what they really are.Comments:
Danielle Slater: For me this story was about me not taking risks any farther than my comfort zone. While in my comfort zone I felt "safe", yet I wasn't getting the beauty of life. Throughout my life, I accepted the beliefs of others that I must act and achieve in a certain way. Taking flight has been scary, exhilarating, breathlessly easy, and I find so much more happiness.Tricha Porter: "I lived under the rules of the chicken life for many years, even though I had taken many classes and read many books. Something intolerable would always happen in my relationships, and they would end with me in great pain and long suffering. I had been taught that I had to suffer or the love didn't mean anything. Plus, during my suffering I could get a lot of pity, which I disguised as people loving me. When I spread my wings to heal my reasons for attracting disappointments in love, it scared some of my friends who chose to stay chickens. Like the eagle, I am experiencing a new freedom from the bondage of unnecessary suffering. I feel a new level of love, and my choice of friends to support me in that love. I do miss some of my friends from my chicken days, however, they find fault with my new heights of healing and love. I do not try to change them, I got that message that I cannot control another persons choices. So instead, I live my life to the fullest, and hopefully by the example of my results some of them may spread their wings as well." (note by Crystal Merril: A quote from Pema Chodren, a wonderful female Buddhist monk: Pain is inevitable, suffering is a choice.")
Brad Kein: "Like the Eagle, I was afraid to leave the crowd at the barnyard. In the crowd with the chickens scratching for a meager meal, I never seemed to reach my financial goals. Something always "happened". It was only when I saw that I was the one choosing to say a chicken that things changed. I had been choosing to stay small with the things that "happened" to take my financial rewards away. I had been choosing to stay a chicken relying on someone else to determine when I could feed and how much. Now when a bump in the road shows up, I use the tools I learned in Simple-Key class to ride over them like an "E" ticket ride."
Sonja Michell: "This story told me that I should never give up. Even during those moments of remembering the truth about myself, feeling shaky and unsure; stumbling the first time - to keep on going - keep looking to my highest self and keep going for it, and I will fly - every time!"
So, this story about about living life willingly taking risks and experiencing our true potential. Many people have accepted a perception about themselves and think they are chickens. When we are all Eagles, each at our own level of growth."Pedestal Danger
Have you ever put someone on a pedestal, who later disappointed you? Why does that happen?
When I ask this question, many times I will hear that a "spiritual " person is supposed to behave a certain way. And when they don't, the judgment then becomes that this person is really not that spiritual. (Spiritual people aren't supposed to get angry, spiritual people aren't supposed to be fat, spiritual people aren't supposed to drink or smoke or to have problems with anything, and so on....) And the pedestal crumbles.
For me, the real question is - when someone falls off the pedestal I put them on, what was I projecting onto them? Why do I need to put someone on a pedestal, and why must they fall?If I look at the attraction issue, I must take the time to look at why and what. Why must I have someone on a pedestal? Why am I not putting myself on a pedestal for myself? What "terrible thing" did this person do? What similar thing, behavior or action, am I doing in my life to myself that was mirrored in their behavior or action? What excuse for myself did I attract by having them fall? (If they can't do it - no one can, or, I knew it wasn't true, or...?) Did I attract this person and experience to assist me in my own growth, and instead of accepting the lesson and gift, I can make them wrong and continue my life the way it was (Until the next attraction.)
Although I didn't specifically state I wanted a person to fall off the pedestal I put them on, my larger vision is still being brought into form. Until I revisit the truth about myself, this will keep happening.
It's all there, and it's all about me and my life, when I am willing to take the responsibility to see and accept it.
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NEXT MONTH: More in the Mindfulness series.
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TIPS from Graduates
Submitted by Erik Crane, Simple Key class graduate:
"When I have trouble attracting money I find I am usually not taking care of myself. My money flows to me easiest when I pay myself first, and give money with gratitude. I over tip and buy other people dinner. I put money in the parking meters for other people, and I always give money to the street people. It's not my business what they do with the money, I am just keeping the flow going."
SUCCESS STORY
Something I learned the hard way. Every interaction between two or more people is the LOA working for both. You attracted people to interrupt your business, and the people who are doing it attracted you. The why for each of you is different. What I learned was I needed to let go of blaming the other people for my problem, and then ask myself what I really want. When I started my business, I attracted many people who disappointed me and got in my way, until I looked inside and saw my fears. I talked the talk, but I wasn't walking the walk. I am still working on healing those fears, and my business is growing as I do.
Best Wishes, Melissa
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