Naqsbandi are reputed to be an order of the Sufis who have the reputation for
teaching through a living design.
Some say they mathematically designed the great cathedrals of Europe, and
The Taj Mahal – which is why when entering these buildings a feeling of peace
can descend upon anyone who is receptive.
George Gurdjieff was a student of the Naqsbandi Sufis, and great teacher in
the method of teaching by design. He would design a situation whereby the
student had the chance of actually experiencing their own fixed pattern in a
real-life situation. (George Ivanovich Gurdjieff was an influential spiritual
teacher of the early to mid-20th century who taught that most humans live
their lives in a state of hypnotic “waking sleep.” Wikipedia)
This happened here just recently – partly by happenstance/coincidence, and
part by design. Someone was given the chance to see their very clear, very
fixed pattern, very clearly, and go beyond it. Even with me sending out an
email and recording to IML on the subject – still they totally missed the
opportunity.
As I seem to keep saying, when someone is not ready to allow change to
happen, then they will resist all chances of change happening. Worse still, when
they think they have gone beyond it, and they haven’t, they are in an even worse
situation – because thinking they have gone beyond it they stop looking.
Might be a good idea to have another look at your fixed patterns? How? Check
with your closest friends, and your most dreaded enemies. First make it clear
to them that you do not intend to hit them, then listen. Whether you think
what they share is true of not, listen, and let it in as though it is true. Then,
whether you think what they have shared is true or not, thank them.
If you react, in any way at all – it is true – and you are hearing something your
fixed my mind does not want to hear. And of course you don’t have to hear
-you can stay in your misery for as long as you like.
Not in misery?, and yet not in The State? –
The Peace That Passeth All Understanding?
If you are not in The State, then you are not experiencing the happiness and deep
fulfilment that is available to you – your True Self.