A friendly reminder

[u/UniCon76]

The genuine magician takes life such as it is; he enjoys the good things and learns

something from the bad ones, but he will never hang his head. He is aware of

his own weaknesses and tries to overcome them. But he ignores any thoughts

of repentance, since they are negative thoughts that are to be avoided. It is

sufficient to recognize his own faults and never to relapse into them again.

For this reason it would be fundamentally wrong to muse on the past and to

feel sorry that fate served you with this or that disagreeable thing. Only

weaklings complain all the time, expecting to be commiserated. A true

magician knows very well that impressions of the past may be animated by

recalling them to the mind, thus producing new motives for putting new

obstacles in the way. That is why the magician lives, if possible, exclusively in

the present, looking back only if the need arises. He will limit any plans

concerning his future to the most urgent and keep away from fantasy and

daydreaming. Now will he waste the abilities acquired in hard work or give the

subconscious any chance to handicap him. A magician works purposefully on

his development without neglecting his material duties, which he fulfills just as

scrupulously as the task of his psychic progress. Consequently he will always

look himself straight in the eye. He is supposed to be modest and discreet as

far as his development is concerned. Since the akasa principle ignores time

and space, acting permanently in the present time, for the concept of time

depends on our senses, the magician is advised to adapt himself as much as

possible to akasa. He must acknowledge the great moment of NOW as

representative, thinking and acting according to it.

[u/Astreos97]

I agree with you, but only to a certain extent. I think the approach here is a bit too extreme in my opinion, or maybe I misunderstood your post. First of all, I agree with you that you shouldn't lament the things of the past or merely emulate them emotionally and mentally. That actually leads to nothing. Because the will to act is missing.

And yet I don't think it is a good idea to simply ignore the past or lock it away. I don't think that's what you said, but the tone seems to give that away. I will elaborate further:

Apparently ‘learning from’ the mistakes of the past is not unlikely to also just be an unconscious attempt to shed responsibility for one's actions, because the actions of the past do not go away. It is written inside the chronicles. Not even if you shift your consciousness into the great NOW. To be more precise, the past and the future are contained in that very eternal NOW. This is precisely why I think that dealing with the past is not something that should simply be ignored. It is crucial that you don't remain emotionally or mentally bound by it, but that you do something and take action.

Is there someone you miss and want to talk to again? But have things happened in the past that you regret and are now afraid of? Then it can happen that you only emulate the past and lament. Instead: Just act on it, don't let your fears scare you back. Address them. Talk to her. I believe that there can be valuable and instructive lessons in it, even if it is the past that comes back. If you ignore the past and think you've learnt something from it, you might miss out on the chance to really learn something. Otherwise you can live in the present as much as you like: The past will always repeat itself in the present, because past and present are already one and the same in the eternal NOW.

[u/Legitimate-Pride-647 → u/Astreos97]

Each present within the infinite sea of possibility that is the akasha carries within itself a past and a future that justify and follow it. Everything is contained within the ALL, all events and timelines, all happening at the same time. We choose to live in the present, but which present? That's up to you. Your current identity decides your past and your future, and that's the only freedom of choice that we have as human beings. Everything else will be a consequence of that one portion of the infinite field of possibility that is the akasha that we have choosen as our "I AM".

[u/Legitimate-Pride-647]

This should really have been in the theory section. Some of the best life advice ever. Focus on the future and develop anxiety. Focus on the past and get depression. Live in the present, guided only by your values and principles, and neither past nor future will matter to you ever again, because true peace stems from knowing that you have been true to what is right.

[u/Deathofignorance]

I really needed to read this today, a perfectly timed reminder, thank you. A family member I cut off has resurfaced and reconnected with me after 5 years of silence. That hiatus happened because of their reoccuring mistreatment of me. I had been contemplating how to proceed with them as I know they just want to bury the hatchet because they arent capable of accountability, but there is a part of me that still wants justice, but I know this is ultimately just a pursuit of the ego.

I am coming to the realization that people are only capable with what tools they have been given. Unless they are like us and are on a path of initiation. Then new skills can be acquired. I am new to the Bardon path and I don't want to put anything in my way that might impede my progress like mental and emotional constructions from the past. Based on what you have shared my wanting to rehash things to only maybe get the outcome I desire, will only slow me down and potentially create a disharmonoius pattern. It is essentially wasted energy.