I mentioned in yesterday’s blog that if one does not actually DO the Practice, it’s worthless and one cannot blame the Teacher. Boy, is this an important idea. You read about the Practice. You hear about the Practice. You study the Practice, and in the end, you must DO the Practice or give it up. I’ll elaborate on the subject…

1.   You hear someone talking about work ideas and it sounds interesting and exciting, which it isn’t, but thank your lucky stars you don’t know that yet, or you’d just plain give up right here before you even start.

2.   You read a book, watch a couple of videos on youtube and read what your friends say about it on facebook, the final arbiter of human social interaction.

3.   You hear a lecture, radio show, interview, something that indicates that something might be there, but doesn’t indicate exactly what it might be.

4.   You hesitantly buy a small, inexpensive amulet, just to try.

5.   Good things suddenly happen, and now you’re really interested, want to know what more there may be in the goodies box under the CQR tree.

6.   You ask around, and find out about the Ashram.

7.   You are told that the work you’ll be doing is largely in the Ashram, although you might want to sell greeting cards or operate a small business as part of your Practice, like Eric and Tamara and Ken and I do, and like Lee and Charles used to do in a gallery space.

8.   You bring your Avatar into the Ashram and hook him or her or it up to the grist mill, hoping for the same results or better that you’d get from using a bead mala, and that’s exactly what does happen; you get the Merit from the work, plus the Merit for the work you do for others, a double whammy Merit-Hit. Continue reading →