In two different laboratories, two technicians work diligently at their projects.
One is trying to piece together something they found. They are not sure what they found: it feels precious and important but they are not sure they have all the pieces. However, they are convinced that once they work it out, what will be revealed will change the world.
The other is restoring a beautiful work of art that has been covered in dirt over the centuries. The faint outline of the image is there in many places but in others it is totally obscured.
The first goes through a process of assembling and reassembling the pieces they have; at times they glimpse something beautiful but in the end there are always holes and gaps and so they go in search for the missing piece once again.
At times they want to pretend to the world that the work is finished to avoid embarrassment; at times they become despondent but they are persistent, driven by an inner longing. They assemble and reassemble the object to see if it can come together in another way.
They receive encouragement from senior technicians, who share similar experiences and pass on assurances that it doesn’t matter if you get there or not, the focus and dedication that is shown is what needs to be appreciated. In fact the technician is so well known for their dedication that they get invited to conferences to speak about their work.
The second technician works patiently, starting on one section of the painting and is amazed at the beauty and the colour that is revealed.
The work is delicate and they need to continually fight the desire to rush ahead. Sometimes they do rush ahead and it leads to mistakes and delays long term. If they focus on what is yet to be done, they become despondent, but if they focus on what is being revealed, time evaporates.
At the start of each day, they set the tone for their work, either rushed and focused on what is left or still and joyful in the knowing that the whole image is already there and that all they need to do is remove what is covering it. People from the first lab would come in and start to ask if they thought the colours were as vibrant as they once were, or comment on the technical merits of the art work itself.
From time to time the technician gets distracted by this chatter, becoming concerned that what is being uncovered maybe not be what they anticipate. So once again, the technician has a choice, to be swayed by the ‘what might be’ and the theories of jealous counterparts, or to be held in the knowing that what they are doing is already whole and complete. And with a dedication that is not measured by time or the accolades of others, but by a consistent dedication to restore each centimetre to the beauty and majesty that lies beneath.
In the laboratory of life we are often sold the job of the first technician. We are told we have to build something special but that we don’t have all the pieces already.
We are encouraged to find the missing pieces, the job, relationship, degree or award. We form groups who have all assembled their pieces in a similar way, so that the holes are less obvious. We even begin to think a life with holes is true and something to be acclaimed.
But the magic of life is the canvas, an image fully rendered and glorious in its beauty but obscured by past choices.
So the alternative is to work like the second technician. Knowing that our own soul is complete in every way and our work is to uncover a portion of colour and beauty a section at a time. We can become despondent at what is to be cleaned, or can be confirmed with every revelation that there is even more to uncover.
Inspired by Serge Benhayon, master craftsman and restorer of technicians the world over.
by Joel Levin, Western Australia
Further Reading:
Personal Development
Before and After My Self Love Program – Forever Unfolding the Real Me
From Self-development to Unfolding into my True Self – Inspired by Serge Benhayon
The Truth about Universal Medicine 
I absolutely loved the ending of this blog Joel. So true that our Soul is complete in every way. We give way too much focus generally to the issues and problems and holes in our life than we do to the fact that we are in truth million times grander and already beautiful amazing and that these issues pale in size to our true hugeness.
Restore is a word usually associated with the status quo as in restoring order. Yet, when we understand that restoring order is essential for any body to be able to evolve, the meaning ceases to be a bad one. Moreover, restoring order requires getting rid of layers that do not truly belong and when this happens, there is only beauty left.
“If they focus on what is yet to be done, they become despondent, but if they focus on what is being revealed, time evaporates.” Such a beautiful line. It says so much about life as when we come back to our essence and our true selves. Do we keep looking at what is still to be done or do we deeply appreciate all we have been doing and letting go of already?
‘We are encouraged to find the missing pieces, the job, relationship, degree or award.’ Only to discover that what we are looking for we already have, we have to choose to build the relationship within ourselves and then the beauty is revealed.
I like the comparison you’ve done here – we can either try to put everything together, and sit focussed on the missing pieces trying to jig them in from a place where we know nothing. Or we can stand on the other side, the inside and restore everything that is already there.
‘Knowing our own soul is complete in every way’ that that we are complete but learning to live that completeness in life, and that our task is to uncover that which obscures us living that. I love the imagery offered here and see so clearly how much as a world we’ve gone for image 1, whereas image 2 is consistent, and steady and when they wobble they just come back to that steadiness again, no drama, just being with the process knowing we are complete.
I love this and the many layers and truths that this holds, that it is already all there, that life in truth is not about going out and seeking something to complete you. That is like saying to a newborn baby- look your pretty good, but your not quite it yet, you need to get a good job, husband, education etc to complete you. This is just crazy- when you look at a newborn you know it is already everything so why do we do this to ourselves.
We indeed are encouraged from a young age to believe that to make sense of life we need to piece together an existence that has certain ‘deemed’ essential components, and this is what will amount to a successful and satisfying life. If we can’t manage this, then we are missing out. Yet all along absolutely everything we could ever need and more, is already a given for us to simply explore and live in connection to and guided by. Our Souls are with us from our very first breath, and it is this inner-spark that is what defines who we are and guides us to live our true potential, in full colour.
Understanding that we are all again going to live from the absoluteness of our soul, is the beginning of uncovering the layers of ‘muck’ that hides the beauty of our soul from ourselves and the world.
I liked reading this ‘the other is restoring a beautiful work of art that has been covered in dirt over the centuries’ and sometimes this dirt tries to come back from time to time until we know that every fragment of this dirt is removed and that piece of canvas is squeaky clean and then, to the next area.
Thank you Joel, it makes so much sense what you have shared about the two different ways to approach life – to build an outer life absent of our true selves, or to reveal the beauty of the soul, which is something that is there in full already.
To simply keep connected with oneself, and allow this connection to be the river that washes through us, healing the old, and revealing who we truly are… Simply allowing ourselves to be.
It seems we do not need to re-create ourselves in this world, but to simply be and express that which we already are. Wise words Joel, thank you.
“confirmed with every revelation that there is even more to uncover” the magic of rediscovering who you truly are.
Such a wonderful example of the choice we have in our approach to ourselves and life. To know we do not have to get caught up in the rat race and to understand that the finish line is not a goal is like permission to be free, and to simply live and appreciate in all we have.
Beautifully said Elodie. No matter what age it is to simply live and appreciate and celebrate in all we are and have. Love is the main event in life and there is no race to get there – it just IS ad we only have to deepen surrender and let it well up in all its beauty.
So true… The most extraordinary revelation is that everything that we need is right there deep inside… And we don’t have to go anywhere.
Life is not about getting somewhere but about returning to what and who we truly are, as we diligently and patiently unearth, clean and polish what we find and had buried.
Love this allegory of the steady technician of life, knowing his purpose and responsibility and holding that beyond anything others might wish to sway.
Without criticism or comparison we can stay in each present moment and express who we truly are. If we get distracted by what was behind us or what lays ahead our true quality is lost which means we simply re-connect and continue to truly express.
I have become more aware recently that in living life with more self-loving choices we are in truth restoring ourselves to our original masterpiece – that it is a restoration of us to our original magnificence. This analogy reflects this beautifully.
Wow, Joel amazing, as you have described life all we have to do is be aware we are already enough and not to go looking for a grander version because underneath we have a heart of gold.
“So the alternative is to work like the second technician. Knowing that our own soul is complete in every way and our work is to uncover a portion of colour and beauty a section at a time. We can become despondent at what is to be cleaned, or can be confirmed with every revelation that there is even more to uncover.” This is so beautiful and the only true way to live. The more we open up within ourselves the more purposeful we become.
I love the deep wisdom shared in this blog Joel, there is nothing we need to search for outside of ourselves – it’s a beautiful step by step process where we get to live and be more of who we truly are.
I love this Joel. You have described life in a beautiful way.
The beauty of using metaphors gets fully revealed when the user has a deep lived sense of what is being talked about.
Lovely Joel you have explained the so called mystery of the ages ” whats life all about ” . Revealing the master piece we are by the way we live , that been proof of our mastery .Mastery of nothing but who we truly are and where we are truly from.
Thinking or making ourselves believe that our world is in truth broken and nothing can fix it is a conscious belief, (an energy) behind the wheel, so to speak – One that tries to mask away the truth about our capacity to deconstruct evil. And so, yes we might now have a world created all together where so much is out of place and in absolute misery by our choices of brutality in individualism, and so in disharmony to all.. But as we had created this – we have the power to undo it, and so it is simply by our willingness to do so. This is the truth that the opposite force (evil) likes to hide away – simply because it likes the pleasure to create – no matter the consequences. Hence it is not easy to dismantle – as we carry such arrogance with us. Until one day we, as we are part of this thriving character, realize in full that creation has never been the way.
This analogy is so powerful. Using a temporal, earthly image to represent divinity. It’s a true reflection of life in this plane of life – we connect to our divinity through the very earthly body we live within.
“And with a dedication that is not measured by time or the accolades of others, but by a consistent dedication to restore each centimetre to the beauty and majesty that lies beneath.” thank you Joel, this really stood out for me today, it makes me realise more, how important every detail in life is in uncovering my beauty that lies within me.
What I could feel in this incredible piece of writing is the gift of appreciation and the importance of appreciating every step we make along our path in uncovering the gem within. A wise friend said to me the other day, take small steps and master every one and in this we leave close the space for a slip up to happen.
Appreciation – So easy to forget and yet makes all the difference in how we feel about ourselves.
When I am with you Joel, I am always reminded of the fun that can be had while we uncover the philosophies of life. I can feel that I am much more than my daily tasks, I am brought the future and held by the forgotten or hidden history that makes up the richness of what we can draw on to evolve.
“knowing that the whole image is already there and that all they need to do is remove what is covering it:” This is beautiful and allows us to feel the completion that is already there.
The constant search for missing pieces is debilitating but when we accept that we already have everything we need life becomes amazingly simple.
I love the way you contrast the two choices we have in the way we live; either by trying to solve the puzzle of life without having all the pieces and getting despondent or patiently uncovering the true awesomeness of life one section at a time as the layers that have been obscuring it are removed to reveal the absolute beauty underneath.
I love what you say here Joel “work like the second technician. Knowing that our own soul is complete in every way and our work is to uncover a portion of colour and beauty a section at a time.” how awesome is this.
From a fellow technician learning and ever-deepening in the fine art of restoration – of one’s body and being to the magnificence that has always lain within – thank-you Joel Levin.
This blog deepens my heart.
And is deeply appreciated by our Soul!
Beautiful metaphor Joel.
Restored from the knowing of completeness, takes me to the fact that I’m temporarily here. The only thing I have to do is allowing this whole I am, and come from, be revealed and manifested in everything I do. Then there’s no time, no effort, no goals, but the simple flow of expanding in my living day to day.
You reveal a beautiful science and that our Soul does not need restoring in any way, shape or form. All it takes to reunite is to patiently get rid of the layers that have obscured and dulled it.
Returning to our beauty and re-discovering it is far more enjoyable than forever seeking it as if we aren’t already everything we’ve ever imagined and more.
We are all scientists of life the moment we put ourselves under the microscope and truly observe the quality with which we express in, in any given moment.
My shoulder dropped and a smile crept over my face as I read this today. I swopped jobs – I went from technician one to technician two. Thank you.
“If they focus on what is yet to be done, they become despondent, but if they focus on what is being revealed, time evaporates.” and the more we appreciate what is being revealed the brighter the colours and the more our magnificence is revealed.
Wonderful description of the two ways to live life, we are so conditioned to live like the first technician we can’t believe how simple it is to be like the second and just reveal and allow what is already there, but when we do surrender woohoo it is like nothing else on earth. When your body surrenders to what is, it is pure gold.
Trying to put something together without all the pieces means you often also end up wasting an inordinate amount of time trying to put square pegs in round holes.
Another piece of alchemy Joel, so well written and expressed, gently offering one to ponder on what life truly holds.
Have you ever tried to put the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle together without looking at the picture on the box? It takes a very, very long time! So too is it a very lengthy process to try to assemble the many ‘pieces of us’ when we have lost sight of the whole from which they have separated from.
The choice of how we view the world has an interesting feedback that is set up by the way we approach it. As the articles offers, ” If they focus on what is yet to be done, they become despondent, but if they focus on what is being revealed, time evaporates.” Allowing your thoughts to run into the future or back to the past takes you away from what is there and also confirms your next step will carry the same impress. But what is the future and the past? Is it not a series of choices whichever way it looks? What is important and where the dedication should focus is on our choice in the moment, as past or future the moment we are in shapes how both will be seen. We can fantasise either way but if you keep your presence more and more in the moment you stand in then you will view the world differently.
One step at a time Joel, valuing, honouring and expanding from each step as we go. Great blog to come back to and be inspired by; much appreciated Joel, thank you.
What I took away from this blog is the dedication to one step at a time, to the step by step uncovering process of what is already there. It is a great way to describe The Way of The Livingness where every movement counts and contributes to the All, or not – the choice is always ours.
This is definitely one of my favourite blogs Joel, it should be a bedtime story for all children everywhere. A fable of truth and resonance that shows everyone we are complete already, we need not pull ideals and beliefs from outside of us.
It’s great that we can get inspired by others who are also returning home to where we once started out from.
Gorgeous Joel – that if we take our time – revealing the beauty we naturally hold – we come to understand that nothing is missing or needs uncovering. We have everything already it is just a case of dusting off he cobwebs. Your analogy of the painting can be applied to many things in life. There is no fake it till you make it here. There is only keep wanting to explore and find out what we already are.
What a set up having to live with an insatiable chase for those missing pieces! Life indeed could be so different if we could start from a place of knowing we have everything and we are enough.
This blog beautifully presents the two choices we have in life, one leading to life, the other to death (which does not exist anyway!) It is one of those parables that we are either going to get or not get, depending on how much we have already twigged about the 2nd technician!
Beautiful read, the magic of life is in uncovering the masterpiece, revealing the gold that is already there and simply clearing away the layers that do not belong.
After re-reading this blog, what stood out was how we can either be influenced by others to give up on the uncovering of our masterpiece or we can hold fast in the truth and the knowing that there is always more to be uncovered.
Another beautiful piece of alchemy Joel, we are already whole and glorious we just need to clear the dirt away.
Exquisite Joel, your writings are truly inspirational. It is so true that in today’s society we are encouraged to believe that we are incomplete and life is about searching for what is missing, who we can become, how we can be identified through what we do. Yet as you have share, the truth is that who we are in essence is already complete, simply waiting to be explored and discovered through our willingness to be honest, as such surrendering to being guided by our love and truth, as the richness of our Soul, in its full majesty, is ever-present within us all.
Also in today’s society we tend to focus too much on an end result or achieving a goal often forgetting the magic is in appreciating our journey of uncovering, learning and knowing we are already complete.
So true Chan – appreciation is the golden key that unlocks the door to our Soulfullness so that more of who we are pours into life.
Whole industries and entire marketing campaigns are created on the basis of the need for improvement. The truth is that we need to get rid of what is not true and then, what is true and right and beautiful gets uncovered. And best of all – it was always there.
Great post as always, Joel. The idea of working towards an image will almost always let us down. How can reality compete with one’s imagination? As you rightly say, it is through focusing on the here and now, the conscious presence we bring to a role which will reveal a much grander and beautiful whole.
‘Knowing that our own soul is complete in every way’, Beautifully said and very true Joel, knowing this and then taking steps to live this truth is an absolute game changer that allows us to experience a deeper level of love and joy everyday.
The preciousness and fragility of who we are, slowly revealed in the tender honouring that our imperfections are to be held in equal love, for they are rendered nought in light of the perfection of our soul.
We are already and eternally pure and untouched at essence. Our beauty is always there to be seen by those who have eyes to see and yes we often have a few layers of “not us” on top to remove.
What an amazing laboratory our bodies are to work in, restoring ourselves day by day returning to our former glory and grandness.
Life is a continual recovery of the wonder we already are, as by removing all the dirt our beauty will be revealed in all its brilliant and bright colours and in fact made available to be shared with all of us once again.
It’s so true we tend to believe that a life with holes is normal. But in truth, that is a false truth (lie). Hence, it is shown that we most of us live in a life with holes – and so make it our normal way of being.. So we have to turn it around, and feel the holes in our lives and start to take responsibility for them. For we know the truth, we just need to live it, all the way. Which eventually will leave to less and less holes. I am Inspired by Serge Benhayon, who lives to the best he can the most full life I know.
This is just beautiful Joel, to be reminded we are whole already, if a little dusty in places, and it’s about bringing that out into the world. I can also see how we’ve set up a world to actually chase missing pieces when in fact we all need to shine up the all we already have, but that chase can be so addictive and indeed the world lauds those who do, whereas that quiet work of uncovering that is needed is often dismissed, so a great reminder today of what it is we all are, a masterpiece waiting to see the full light of day.
On reading your blog this morning Joel I am reminded not to rush ahead in my head, but to stay present with myself feeling into what is next and appreciating the moment and the lessons presented.
Thank you Joel for the reminder that we are not made up of all our issues and distractions, and if we rub ever so gently it isn’t long before we connect to the true part of us.
There is a beautiful simplicity, richness and depth to all you have shared here, thank you Joel. It is such a different way to approach life when it is “to restore each centimetre to the beauty and majesty that lies beneath.”, as opposed to believing we ourselves are broken or incomplete. We are indeed whole and beautiful, just covered up as you say with the dust of past choices.
What a blessing to know that our soul is complete in every way, available to us in each and every moment if we so choose. Thank you Joel for this beautiful reflection and relevant poignant analogy.
So much detail is missed when I rush around like a headless chook. So I fully appreciate what you have shared Joel about being in the detail and giving it space to unfold. I have quite often been the fool who rushed in where angels fear to tread.
The patience thing…something that requires a bit of commitment. I’ve spent most of my life being so impatient, and rushing through almost everything from my meals to the jewellery I make, It doesn’t work, because it sets you up in a motion that constantly suggests there is something coming next. But, what if there wasn’t anything coming? What if we were present in every moment with every single thing we did…how would we feel then? I for one would certainly have less anxiety and probably enjoy what I was doing in the moment more rather than racing through life.
“still and joyful in the knowing that the whole image is already there and that all they need to do is remove what is covering it.” Beautiful Joel. Removing the layers of ‘the what is not’ to reveal the beauty and Divinity that we can feel is there within each and every one of us.
Another big factor is the pictures we have of how we want something to be and holding onto these instead of allowing what is there to unfold.
I can live life with this simple choice and knowing that I have everything within and all I need to do is to allow this magnificence to naturally shine out everyday.
Making the choice each day to choose will I rush or will I approach the day with spaciousness that is naturally there is a deal maker for me.
There really is so much appreciation to be felt in every single brushstroke we uncover of our life’s true masterpiece. For it is from this depth of beauty we see emerge before us, that we are simply divine already.
Thank you Joel for yet another one of your expressing jewels, This blog is so reverent for me as so much is coming up to be cleared in my life lately that I can loose sight of the real picture, and not enjoy what already had been revealed. Appreciating that I am already complete, it is just the clearing away of the choices that have covered over my true self.
Great blog, Joel. We are and have always been complete but have covered up much of our completeness with self doubt, fear, misunderstanding, jealousy, comparison, insecurity, hate , revenge, frustration and so the list goes on. Our completeness can be restored with love -so simple but so hard for many of us.
‘The work is delicate and they need to continually fight the desire to rush ahead.’ Patiently being consistent saves us making many mistakes.
Wow I love this analogy Joel, I really needed to read this today as it has brought a settlement back into my body. We can be so hard on ourselves that we miss the beauty that we have already uncovered. This is a great reminder to appreciate all that has been uncovered and not be worried how others may view us.
The power of each choice or movement we make either paves the way to the truth of who we are, or casts a shadow over the brightness of our essence. “But the magic of life is the canvas, an image fully rendered and glorious in its beauty but obscured by past choices.” Beautifully expressed Joel.
It is beautiful to read this again and come back to the simplicity of the absolute truth that you have shared here – ‘the whole image is already there and that all they need to do is remove what is covering it.’ Our Soul, who we are in essence, is complete and ever-present in its fullness. We already are all that we need, yet all we need to do to access this is to develop our connection to our Soul through choosing to be honest with ourselves, so we can discard all that gets in the way and masks us from living in the knowing of all that we Soulfully are.
A very interesting observation and reflection… That we are actually complete, that we have everything within us that we need… We just need those stop moments so that we can actually reflect and feel there is within.
We live as though there needs to be a completed, finished product in the end with our each individual’s name on it – but the truth is that we are all a part of one big picture that is constantly changing and there is a beautiful symbiosis in its movement. There never is a ‘wrong’ piece in the ‘wrong’ place. Everything is perfect in its imperfection at every moment.
The beauty is found in the canvas already and it is the loving choice to commit to uncovering more of what is already there so beautifully, for all to enjoy and inspire that same beauty in another.
Profound in it’s simplicity Joel, thank you.
The wonder and beauty of any piece of the canvas as it is uncovered is its own reward as it is whole and complete in itself, while representing the whole. This is what truly inspires about the canvas and not about the puzzle.
I am a forever fan of your writing Joel… for the way you bring such extraordinary lessons of life through the most colourful of analogies or stories is an art form in itself…. Inviting us to ponder on the gems of wisdom within them and within ourselves. Today I am reminded of the consistent dedication required to unveil each layer of my past choices to reveal the absolute beauty and majesty we are beneath. Awesome… and totally worth it.
Absolutely worth it Ms Westall.
Our canvas of life can be obscured by past choices but everything is there waiting to be uncovered. It is so affirming Joel to know that we have it all already within us but we have chosen to not feel the gloriousness of us in the past and this is what we are uncovering.
“The work is delicate and they need to continually fight the desire to rush ahead.” This is something I could have done with knowing earlier in my life! However I have discovered that it is never too late and in my learning to not rush, doubt, or be swayed, my obscured canvas is slowly but surely being revealed back to the beauty it always was.
This blog shows that this can be so for all of us.
Reading this it becomes more clear how many of the projects and researches are being conducted – we look for something, we strive to get the answers, but it’s all done without first being settled within ourselves so the look becomes biased and conditioned to bring us something instead of already being content as it is.
Joel – having the presence and commitment to revealing things one bit at a time is a gift. To not jump ahead but to uncover in full what is offered to us at each moment. I love how you used the analogy of cleaning a painting – beautifully revealing, each bit one step at a time. As people we can always go deeper, reveal more, learn more about ourselves and others – so not rushing into this is so key and allows us to appreciate where we are at in each moment.
Often beauty need not be ‘created’ or ‘pieced together’, but rather uncovered through a delicate process of rubbing away the layers of dust or dirt that have built up on the exterior edges.
And this assumes there is already a wholeness, untouched by life’s challenges within. From that premise everything is possible.
When we are convinced that we need to create life through our own making it is easy to settle for convenient truths. A lot of scientific knowledge humbly accepts that there are holes in life.
Beautiful Joel. I’ve read this before, but forgotten just how simple and profound the observation was… we don’t need to make this any more complicated. Its all there and has been from birth, we simply need to take return to that rather than inventing something complicated.
To see ourselves as a restoration project rather than something that we need to create with pieces from outside of us makes such a difference to how we approach ourselves and life.
It’s not what we are told or sold, but it is an approach that is available to all of us.
We can spend lots of time in the despondency and wallowing. It is certainly a familiar stomping ground of my own that ultimately doesn’t get anyone anywhere.
We do have a choice Joel, to keep searching for our ‘missing parts’, or to know we are in fact everything and just need to allow that to be felt, seen and shine forth, ‘the technician has a choice, to be swayed by the ‘what might be’ and the theories of jealous counterparts, or to be held in the knowing that what they are doing is already whole and complete.’
So exquisite and confirming to read this blog again this morning… The point you make Joel about the choice we have to either focus on what we’re missing or literally marvel and cherish what we are uncovering is huge. This morning I just felt a pattern in myself that’s a bit like the dust you share about here, and underneath that pattern or ‘dust’, I felt a deeper level of me so beautiful, tender and open that is yet to be revealed fully in my day to day interactions. As I walked to get to work this morning I marvelled at what my body was showing me. This way of being with ourselves allows what has been hiding beneath the dust for centuries to come up so bright and shiny in the light of the day.
Joel, I love the beauty you present to us and how so many of us have gotten caught in that first view of life and the world, to find the missing bits, and yet as that second view presents, we are whole and often obscured by our choices and our job is to clear away those previous choices and allow the glory and beauty that is us to shine through again, without wanting any accolades or recognition. The more I live the Way of the Livingness the more I understand that this is the way, that I am unraveling the beauty that is me and while at times I may feel frustrated at the slow pace or want to get there now, get it all uncovered, the work is needed and the knowing is there that I am whole underneath all that I’ve hidden that wholeness. Thank you for reminding me today that the quality and the approach is key, and that there’s nothing missing at all, it’s a return back to the wholeness that’s always been there.
What I am realising a lot lately is that I can be hard on myself for unnecessary things, but when we look at life as one of continual learning and evolving then there is no reason to look down on ourselves because we are living life from our commitment to be all that we are and that is a true gift and one to greatly appreciate.
This pattern of being hard on ourselves is something I can relate to. Always finding a reason to find ‘another missing piece’ rather than appreciate what is whole and complete already.
Living life in response to what presents as apposed to reacting to life. There is a surrender in this.
What an experience it would be to work in such a way, we could all create our own labs all across the world. For myself the main key is to remember two things I am already all that I am and not to get despondent with myself because I am always evolving and the more I allow myself to feel this the greater the evolution has room to flow in my life.
“We can become despondent at what is to be cleaned, or can be confirmed with every revelation that there is even more to uncover.” To embrace every step of uncovering the beauty I am learning has to be in itself mastered before moving onto the next as it is not a race and can never be rushed.
A knowing, a pull towards a direction can navigate us through life, but having an image of how that is going to look like often spoils it – leaving us frustrated, anxious and in doubt whether we are doing it ‘right’.
So true Fumiyo, living without images is the ultimate invitation to draw from the bodies universal intelligence – true freedom.
‘But the magic of life is the canvas, an image fully rendered and glorious in its beauty but obscured by past choices.’ – Beautifully said and very true Joel.
“The second technician works patiently, starting on one section of the painting and is amazed at the beauty and the colour that is revealed”.
The work is delicate indeed Joel, and cannot be rushed as you say. How important ii is that we appreciate and honour each “colour” as it is revealed.
Love it Shirl, that’s one of my learnings for the moment, taking the time to deeply appreciate what is being uncovered.
Thank you Joel for a great article, so true in describing the two path of life on this earth. I have lived the first life with no love only searching, I love the picture of the second technician, as I am on my way to uncovering and restoring my former glory .
awareness is the first step, I guess in reality even when we are living like the first technician we are still uncovering something about ourselves…the canvas always being revealed bit by bit…
I am often giving thanks for the support from Universal Medicine which enables me to continue to be aware and appreciate each new discovery, which in turn keeps my commitment strong to discovering more about myself.
As always, loving Joel’s writings on love life and the universe. And it was great… As soon as I saw the heading I knew that it was another of Joel’s pieces, and as I started to read, a delightful sense of letting go inside happened, as I can really feel the beauty of the approach of the second technician… Thank you.
‘We are encouraged to find the missing pieces, the job, relationship, degree or award. We form groups who have all assembled their pieces in a similar way, so that the holes are less obvious. We even begin to think a life with holes is true and something to be acclaimed.’ I loved this paragraph, it really reminded me how much we champion actually filling a hole inside us, or finding the missing piece. How crazy when there was truly nothing missing in the first place, just a lack of commitment to really know who we are.
Wow…this takes it deeper….”a lack of commitment to really know who we are.”… its a level fo responsibility that is startling to comprehend and liberating to live.
Liberating is a great way to describe it. To not be perpetually thinking that we are missing something, and to not be always searching for it – feels like true freedom.
Freedom in responsibility…love it
Thank you Joel for giving us once again the gift of your insight. Much to ponder on here too .
When I read this, it dawned to me today that never do I have to worry about the outcome, because it is guaranteed. It is either guaranteed to succeed or to fail. The latter for the case when I am not myself. In this case I am guaranteed a learning to be more of myself.
Great point Felix, that could also be said another way…we are all always guaranteed to succeed, our choice is how much suffering we choice before that occurs.
That’s true, we’re often paralysed by needing a successful outcome, but there is no outcome in which we cannot learn more and gain a deeper understanding of life.
Yes Meg, it is very beautiful to surrender control and results and stay open to observing and learning. A wonderful no drama, no tenseness way of living which the body loves.
Absolutely – my body loves it when I choose a no drama, no emotions, no control kind of day. That’s the kind of day I feel like I have given my all to at the end of the day.
Its the accepting to something ‘close enough’ that feeds a lack of honesty about just how far away ‘close enough’ really is.
Exactly. We all start the same and forever hold an untainted love in our inner heart. The only difference is our life choices can reflect what is already there or not.
Another read Joel and still I am held at every word and love your story telling way of sharing truths. The beauty of taking time, appreciating and confirming each revealed part of what we all already are as we reconnect to it is so powerful that it allows the what is not to dissipate.
Well said and very true Johanna, appreciation has become my daily medicine and continues to build the more I express it. The more we focus on the ‘what is’ the more the ‘what is not’ begins to shift.
The Masterpiece that is covered in dirt does not mean that all that meets the eye is all that is and all that is true. So the masterpiece is gently and methodically worked with, it requires commitment and trust that the detail in the beauty is there and the quality of the work to clear away the dirt will determine the time it takes to uncover the whole masterpiece. We are like this masterpiece. We have made choices to allow the layers of what is not the masterpiece to accumulate to the point that the rich quality of who we truly are can no longer be seen. Changing our choices and also through honesty and deep reflection what is not us can be discarded. Thank you Joel for the beautiful image of life and what we can bring in taking responsibility for exposing the essence of who we are to shine through.
“The Masterpiece that is covered in dirt does not mean that all that meets the eye is all that is and all that is true” – I love this line… thanks ch1956
Another beautiful masterpiece thank you Joel. Inspiring and reminding us of our magnificence, ‘Knowing that our own soul is complete in every way and our work is to uncover a portion of colour and beauty a section at a time.’
Our magnificence – yes I love this. We are magnificent already and part of a greatness and grandness always.
‘And with a dedication that is not measured by time or the accolades of others, but by a consistent dedication to restore each centimetre to the beauty and majesty that lies beneath.’ This sums up our returning to our true essence beautifully. Thank you Joel.
Sometimes it’s overwhelming to realise how much debris I have accumulated on top of the beautiful painting underneath, and I actually forget that it is right there, just waiting to be uncovered. If we pretend that we didn’t know what was underneath and act surprised when we get a glimpse of it, aren’t we excusing ourselves from asking “How come we have ended up with so much debris on top, only to excavate what is underneath?” and being responsible for the part we have played and have to play?
“We can become despondent at what is to be cleaned, or can be confirmed with every revelation that there is even more to uncover.” This sentence outlines the importance of appreciation. Appreciation is the bridge to the next stage to be uncovered.
Well said Donna!
So true Donna and appreciation is the perfect antidote when we feel overwhelm slipping in.
I have found this to be true. The daily building of self appreciation and learning to appreciate in tricky moments supports us immensely.
I trust these technicians have a lunch break when they can truly connect and feel that collaboration in the way to go.
I enjoyed reading this too Shirley-Ann and the simplicity it brings. When we look at all that we have to still do it can be easy to become overwhelmed. However, when we stay with where we are at and enjoy the revelations, life can be simple and enjoyed more.
Yes Brendan, it’s that simple and that powerful! Choices choices!
This is blog is priceless and timeless and sums up so much in so few words. All those people out there relentlessly searching, purchasing, studying and trying to fill the emptiness when the answers are already known to all within.
I love the brevity and clarity of your comment Kevin – the answer to life is so simple when we allow.
Simplicity is absolutely key.
I remember going through a long phase as I became more aware when I became more and more aware of how unaware I was. It helped me to know that I actually had to be quite aware to be aware of all the things I was aware that I was unaware of. More recently I have been become more and more aware of how aware I am rather than being aware of my unawareness. Of course in true connection everything is very simple. It is either true or it is not.
Classic, I love your sharing’s Nicola.
Ha ha, love your playfulness, and truth, Nicola, this brought a big grin to my face, and I even burst into a laugh.
‘As I became more aware when I became more and more aware of how unaware I was.’ This is super cool, and I totally agree once we realise just how little of life we are actually clocking, everything we are missing begins to become very obvious.
That’s lovely Meg – we have made life one big conundrum of paradoxes when in truth we are simply not present with our own awareness and then wonder why life is so complicated. As we become more aware of our unawareness we can begin to be more aware, fully alive and vital and live life in full awareness.
I think the most important word you said here was ‘presence.’ It’s absolutely astonishing the difference choosing to be present from moment to moment can make. I find it’s like life comes alive around you, but that’s not true – life was always fully alive – it was me who was choosing to not be aware of it!
These words brought me to a stop, and an “aha” moment when I read them Meg, so I just had to repeat them again. “I find it’s like life comes alive around you, but that’s not true – life was always fully alive – it was me who was choosing to not be aware of it!”. How so very true this is and something to remind ourselves when we are not feeling “alive”!
When we understand that we are already everything and our evolution is to RETURN and not go anywhere or look outside it is incredibly liberating, empowering and makes complete sense. Enormous thanks to Serge Benhayon for his living example which allowed me to reconnect to the all-knowing that I and everyone carry within.
A revealing and confirming blog Joel, and one that continues to offer a ‘celebration’ to be experienced as each beautiful part is revealed. As you have written – ‘If they focus on what is yet to be done, they become despondent, but if they focus on what is being revealed, time evaporates’ – the revealing of all that I truly am is magical.
If one looks as something purely as the sum of its parts, one can never understand true synergy. You can study the human brain in isolation to the rest of the body, and never will you discover the truth of who we are. Sit back, however, and consider the whole and the simplicity of the true is revealed to you much more readily. As the old saying goes, you cannot see the wood for the trees when you are deep in the forest. Sit back from the mountain top, however, and you see what was always there to see – an infinite forest stretching beyond the horizon of your awareness. We belong to something much grander than our little selves.
“At the start of each day, they set the tone for their work, either rushed and focused on what is left or still and joyful in the knowing that the whole image is already there and that all they need to do is remove what is covering it.” Awesome reminder to me Joel of bringing awareness to how I start (and end!) my day, thank you.
I love the beauty we all are honoured by in this blog and story; Joel very inspiring and so true. “the magic of life is the canvas, an image fully rendered and glorious in its beauty but obscured by past choices.” A brilliant perception thank you.
I agree Patricia – Joel’s words capture so succinctly ‘“the magic of life is the canvas, an image fully rendered and glorious in its beauty but obscured by past choices” and with his gentle artistry Joel captures the very essence of each one of us.
Thank you Joel – and I feel you are also another master craftsman when it comes to revealing the truth of life – a truth that we can feel deep within but sometimes alludes us and can feel unaccessible. As we learn to slowly and patiently remove the veil that has allowed us to remain hidden we begin to reveal who we truly are and our light begins to shine in the world as we gain a new sense of purpose and power when we dedicate our lives to express ourselves in the world and connect with everyone equally.
The tools of the trade for the second technician are appreciation, responsibility, understanding, great care and acceptance of the fact that there is a big picture.
love it Matilda…best looking tool belt in the world.
Such a gorgeous blog Joel. I can absolutely feel God’s hand holding ours as together we can restore ourselves to our true divinity, always there within but with the shine dulled by choices. There is no striving, no rush, just a gentle loving focus to remove the what is not.
‘We can become despondent at what is to be cleaned, or can be confirmed with every revelation that there is even more to uncover.’ This is so timely Joel, as I am finding I can live my day more joyfully by swapping the self-bashing about what I discover is ‘covering the picture’ and instead appreciating that I have just found another layer of the obscurity to clear away.
I can so relate to being a creation of the first laboratory. I used to feel like the “Tin Man” put together with parts (ideals and beliefs) from here and there, needing a bandaid in one place and a rubber band in another to stop me from falling apart, all the time looking for the answer to why life was such a continual challenge, often of humongous proportions.
To now know that I actually am that canvas in the second lab, and everything I am is etched in divine detail under the layers of ideals, beliefs, experiences, traumas etc, feels so solid, supportive and so familiar. I know that I don’t need to go looking anywhere any longer for what I have thought was missing in my life; that all I need to do it stop and feel what is already there waiting for me to gently and lovingly reveal one layer at a time, revealing the glory that I am and always have been.
In the hands of an inspiring, true storyteller you have shown me again, Joel, the absolute simplicity of life and the power of the fact that we are already complete, simply returning to a known and former glory through careful, attentive, honest and responsible restoration. Thank you.
Absolutely Matilda. And to feel so clearly how we can either create something to fill in the gaps, or co-create, simply working with and revealing what is already there. Feeling it like this reveals one is a lot harder work than the other.
Yes, Matilda, the restoration to our former glory is a beautiful way to look at life and what we are here for.
Gorgeously said Janet, “The restoration to our former glory is a beautiful way to look at life”, sure gives purpose and meaning back to life. Thank you.
I love it, Doug. And another question arises – is there a pressure for the experts to know and come up with the ultimate answer to everything – which stops everyone to be very honest and humble and admit the lack of responsibility we all are exhibiting?
Yes, Doug. And the truth is we all do know, but most choose to deny ever having access to the truth, and wait for someone to ‘prove it’ and shut the door on the magnificence of what is.
It is such a beautiful thing to remind myself of again and again, and start to feel it more and more, that I am the 2nd technician. There is a beauty underneath that only needs to be uncovered. No need to put an effort in creating something that is not there, as it all is already there.
I agree Benkt it’s a great reminder that there is no need to put effort into creating something magnificent or perfecting something beautiful, because everything is already there, it’s simply uncovering it.
Joel, what I relate too is how we can be uncovering that delicate piece of art and how despondent we can come when it is squashed throwing us of course for many years if not lifetimes. The art is protected and not displayed to the world.
I have recently started writing a thesis – a very detailed and long task, and I have another, longer one ahead of me if I wish to earn my researcher’s ticket. This story is a great reminder of the beauty of dedication and persistence and patience and remembering the bigger picture, be it in revealing a work of art in practical terms or uncovering the magnificence of who we are. Thank you.
Love the practical approach you are taking Victoria… dedication and persistence applied lovingly is needed in so many arenas.
What is revealed to me as I read your comment Victoria, is in the haste to get it revealed and reach an end product we are harsh on ourselves and focussing on the end product. Lost is the respect and beauty towards the piece of art and gentle dedication which is required – there is no need to focus on an end product – this leads to ideas of perfection and outcome – but simply the process of revealing. In other words, self care, self love and understanding it is a deepening of returning to who we are, not a climb to attain an outcome.
Revealing the work of art that our future is. No attachment to a time line simply a knowing that it will be because it already is (in us all).
Lovely metaphor Joel and a great reminder for those of us who get impatient. The beauty is in the unfolding towards the original work as much as in the original itself.
I agree Victoria – the unfolding offers us moments when we let go and connect to the greater whole that will be revealed to us all.
So once again, the technician has a choice, to be swayed by the ‘what might be’ and the theories of jealous counterparts, or to be held in the knowing that what they are doing is already whole and complete. This is a great representation of the kinds of choices we are faced with in life – do we stay steady in our wisdom or do we allow ourselves to be swayed by outer influences?
Oooh I love this Jane! What wise words. It’s true, there are many who would have us derail from our true purpose or dedicated task. Some might come to us with genuine words of wisdom and support, others might be naysayers, jealous of our advances. It is up to us to stay true and discern, discern discern – and read – the energy of what is being presented to us in each instance.
Great comment Victoria. It shows just how important it is to read energy all the time. A great reminder to take into my day.
A point of inspiration to hold steady in the knowing that we are already finished works of art and our ‘job’ now is to peel away the layers that have accumulated in our wandering away from this fact.
I love returning to this blog Joel and the wisdom on offer. We are all beautiful masterpieces that need a little tender, love and care to uncover all the masterstrokes that are hidden beneath past choices, beliefs and a myriad of life’s learnings. But that is the joy of life and our forever learning to uncover more of the magic we hold within.
It is so empowering to know that we are already complete and not have to look anywhere outside of us, and that we only have to uncover it and remove that what we have put on top of it in order to hide it for ourselves and the world.
‘We are already complete’. This is so great to remember and truly, deeply KNOW because we’re all pretty good at allowing that massively undermining force – self-doubt – in. And yes, what you say next Nico is also true – we have indeed hidden our great light from ourselves and the world.
And that is in fact the sadness of it all, that we hide our light from ourselves and the world as it is the light that is equally in all of us that is so desperately sought after but have forgotten about that it is already there, abandoned by our own choice.
Not only complete, but magnificent…
Indeed Joel, ‘magnificent’ that is the word that best describes our true nature.
Indeed, Serge Benhayon is a “master craftsman and restorer of technicians the world over.” A beautiful description of his dedication to truth, love and the instigation of awakening in all people that he meets.
I loved this too. The master helping to restore the masters-in-waiting. And Serge Benhayon’s understanding of who we truly are is reflected in the sense of equalness he brings. He knows he is no more nor less than us, just simply fully restored. He lives that knowingness with all, ever humble.
Yes, we do need to develop a consistency and dedication in our work as a student of life, learning to live in the stillness and not be distracted by the questions, comments, choices and actions of others that unintentionally (consciously at least) try to steer us off path.
I am beginning to understand that the “consistency and dedication in our work as a student of life” is the foundation that holds us through every moment of every day. When we can feel the support of that foundation whatever comes to challenge us can be observed and not absorbed, and although we may wobble a little we very quickly come back to the steadiness and stillness that we have so lovingly developed.
“If they focus on what is yet to be done, they become despondent, but if they focus on what is being revealed, time evaporates.”
This is great because the beauty of the soul becomes evident when we allow ourselves to be fully present in each moment, in surrender to what is. Time as we think it is, is only a marker and our sense of space expands, taking in and seeing so much more.
Divine, as ever Joel. I love how you describe Serge Banhayon as the restorer of technicians, it is a lovely, simple nod of appreciation which epitomises how little credit Serge ever looks for in the work he does with all the technicians. What a gem.
Exquisite Joel “We can become despondent at what is to be cleared, or can be confirmed with every revelation that there is even more to uncover”. this is the exact encouragement I wanted to hear today thank you.
Same for me Samantha, it is such a completely different approach and for me it is the appreciation of where we are now, compared to where we came from, that is restoring in us the power that we are. It is the connection and the inner knowing that we are already complete in our essence that will help us to unfold the beauty we are in full once again.
Working at what comes up in the present always bring joy, it takes away any pressure of what is still to be done and what we have not done yet. It takes super presence and the wonder of a pure heart to keep this focus, no matter what others say.
Everyone in the world has a right to choose what way they would like to work, either as Technician 1 or Technician 2 or many other technicians too, the understanding of how we work and how others work in respect to each other is key.
Wow Joel I love the depth of what you bring with this blog. How many of us, including myself, can think like if we could just find the missing pieces than I can be all that I am. Instead of honoring the deep knowing that we are already divine and just need to take of the layers and layers of all that is covering up our true and beautiful being.
Yes Diana, I also do love the fact that we are divine to begin with and that everything will unfold from there just by commitment, dedication and appreciation for who we are and are returning to in order to live that once again together in brotherhood.
I know I’ve fallen for that Diana – thinking ‘if only’ I did this or that then I would be worthy or whole and complete but armed with the knowing now that I am already complete and magnificent in my essence, as we all are, I find I can catch these kind of undermining thoughts more quickly if they start to come into my mind.
As they say “the Kingdom of God lies within us” – there is no need to seek it on the outside and forever get distracted by fake models of it that abound, there is just the allowing of it to unfold from the inside. However, when we are standing on the outside looking in, it can seem like the hardest thing to ‘crack’ and to let out or let unfold. But with patience, and gentleness as our beginning tools accompanied by a committed dedication to know the truth, the illusion of the fortress eventually melts away to allow us to feel the power that lies within. I suggest you wear oven gloves when you handle this power, ‘cuz we’re all pretty hot and fiery when it comes to the essence of who we are!
I love the analogy Joel that our soul is a glorious and precious piece of art neglected over the centuries, and that we are meticulously restoring tiny sections at a time. What is being revealed is indeed the ancient wisdom of god, our divine and pristine soul, timelessly awaiting our return.
I agree Bernard, we spend so much time soul searching, trying to find who we are, when in reality we are already all of who we are and our time could be dedicated to uncovering it rather than feeling we must discover it
Beautifully said Bernard and Rebecca – I agree with you, that it seems one of the biggest questions we can supposedly not answer is who we are and what we are here for – but maybe we actually already are everything?
What a game changer that would be – all the time and all the lives spent searching for who we are and why we are here would not be needed, and maybe instead we could use it to actually put our purpose into action.
Absolutely Rebecca – so why not start now?
And Bernie, I would add that it is in the consistency of the restoration that we build back our relationship with our divine roots. It might appear that only tiny sections are restored at a time, but when you look back and see the tiny bits together, they come together to show a much much larger piece. And this is when we see how consistency plays out over time, how consistency builds trust and hence opens up doors to a deeper relationship with the soul and self.
That’s a good point Shirley-Ann, the state of the world and also our own personal lives can often seem overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be overwhelming if we remember the amazing things we can uncover.
Yes, coming back to the simplicity of knowing what is underneath, and that it is all as it should be, is very important because the crazy world on top of our often crazy lives can seem incredibly overwhelming.
I like how you say that the simplicity is underneath Lucy – as with in the blog, it is clear that all of the craziness is actually sometimes, or most of the time, self-created and self-perpetuating.
This is a really interesting concept – that the image is already perfect underneath, and we just obscure it with our choices. This means that we don’t have to work through all of our issues before we can feel good about ourselves, or worthy – we just need to know that there is a beautiful canvas that is always there, we just decide how much we show.
This flips striving for achievement, competition and self development as we know it completely on its head.
Absolutely Abby – achievement, competition, etc are all seen as positive concepts but as you said it flips it on its head
Agreed Jessica, we keep obscuring the image beneath by constantly creating issues which are not true and keep us away from appreciating and knowing that we are complete and magnificent in every way.
Very well said Francisco: “we are complete and magnificent in every way” – it is only our choices that get in the way
Great point Jessica – it feels like many of us are actually a little scared of uncovering the power that lies within, that we allow ourselves to be distracted by other things so as not to access this strength and enormity of the being that we actually are by heritage.
I agree with you Henrietta – which raises the question, why are we scared of what is underneath all the muck we have created on our canvases?
Great question and one I have asked myself many times. In the end I can only come up with the fact that it is just another excuse to not step up to responsibility. It is a fear of feeling what we have left behind and the pain of having done so, both to ourselves and to everyone else. But how bad can it be to just step back to what we know to be true and own up to the mess we left behind and gradually take the time to clean it all up? Is there anything else we could possibly need other than stepping back into the love that we are?
I find that a really intriguing answer – I agree with you and I can see how I have done that too, but doesn’t it sound a bit crazy that we are constantly excusing ourselves from feeling the pain of the fact we stepped away from our beautiful painting by creating more pain by stepping away from it even more? When does the cycle end?
Spot on Jessica, it is absolutely crazy to step further away from the very thing that is the answer to our woes. Indeed when does the cycle end? When we make the choice to end it so.
Very well said: “when does the cycle end? When we make the choice to end it so”
I agree Henrietta and sometimes when we have actually cleared a part of the canvas we grab another tub of paint and smear it over that clear part thinking there are still issues there that we need to clear.
When you put it this way, it’s so obvious that we are always making a choice whether to show our grandness or to obscure it. I notice it especially in all the small moments, where I eat something too much, or that I know is not right, or I get stressed or behind time. It’s these little choices we think are insignificant that contribute to whether we are willing to stand up in the world and show everyone the amazing grandness that we are.
Oh, yes Meg – as you say it’s the ‘seemingly’ little things that add up. We are fed the ideal that little things are insignicficant when the truth is that no detail is ever ignored by God.
‘When the truth is that no detail is ever ignored by God.’ This is so beautifully written Susan, it’s true – there is never anything that does not count, and every little detail is registered by God.
I could not agree more Meg, for each and every one of those ‘little things’ is actually just as important as the ‘big things’. The chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and so each and even link needs to be cared for and attended to in order for the true and total strength to be there.
I notice more and more how many little things, and little choices all add up to how I feel at the end of the day, or the end of the week. As you say, we are only as strong as our weakest moment!
Or we could say that our strength lies in the solidness of our foundation which always needs to be assessed and worked on as needed. And as we grow and expand, we do so by building on that foundation and soon before we know it a new foundation has been established, a new marker, a new point that we will never drop away from.
That is true, I find choosing to build a solid foundation, which is simply choosing to be loving from moment to moment, creates a super strong platform on which to go forward from.
Love what you have said Meg – platforms are key and we need to make them real and practical too. The solidness of our platform or foundation is what allows us to then ‘go forwards’ or really, return to an even grander solidness that was always there to begin with.
That’s super cool – your comment reminds me of building blocks and how solid our way forward can be if we ensure it is solid now.
Yes Meg – and ha ha I always love Legos as a kid! So the things we do as children are never lost as they have a purpose later on! 😉
So true – we love building stuff as kids – and what we learn when we are young definitely stays with us.
Love it Jessica, it is our choice how much we show of the beauty that lies beneath.
True Jessica, ‘ we just need to know that there is a beautiful canvas that is always there, we just decide how much we show.’ Deep inside we do know that is my feeling, but hold back from allowing this to be seen in full, in a sense playing a game in deciding how much of this beauty and amazingness we allow to be seen.
Well put Jessica. Our choices change everything – but if we bring it back to the foundations of who we are, we make this very simple. And each choice therefore supports us or hinders us.
Good point – “each choice therefore supports us or hinders us”
Thank you Joel for this laboratory of life example and lesson for us all here to question, ponder and contemplate if we choose to.
My understanding now is that there is actually nothing missing and that my start point needs to be I AM ENOUGH. Well these are just words and they do not just magically change anything but knowing this and working with this and finding ways that support me in the knowing that nothing, absolutely nothing is missing has helped me enormously.
I do my best each day to apply the teachings and presentations of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine and after a decade, I can say I have stayed on track and by getting on with it, things have changed. Feeling enough takes time as it comes from my core and each day I make choices to connect to that place where nothing is needed and things come to me instead of me doing technician one stuff. The need to listen to others constantly to confirm I am enough is no longer there now and if it creeps in I know how to knock it out as I know it is NOT the truth.
This is gorgeous Bina and a real practical sharing on what to expect when transitioning from lack of self worth to “I am already enough”. Whilst things have changed for me too and I have more self worth than ever before there are still those moments where doubt can creep in. Choosing to connect is and must be a daily choice. There can be no let up from this, but the rewards are really starting to be felt. I am slowly discovering the loveliness and gentle power of what is the real me and when I wobble the foundation is strong enough for me to regroup and re-confirm that essence so that those moments where I am “out” are becoming far less than the consistency of when I am “in”.
Awesome sharing Bina, I feel this is very important for us to know and remember. That we are Enough. Especially as we currently live in a world that compares, strives, judges, tries .. the list goes on. Yet there is 1 place within the world I know I can go to that will reflect something different, and that is Universal Medicine, who reflect Love, Truth and that everything we need is within each and everyone of us equally so.
Spot on Vicky – and the blessing lies in the fact that we know that the one place we can go that stands for all the is true, is Universal Medicine – and the real blessing lies in the fact that they reflect back to us that which is equally within each and every one of us, just as you have said! Wow – thank God for this!
That is a great place to get to Bina, not needing confirmation from others to know you are enough. There is great power in accepting ourselves as we are and leaves lots of room for us to develop ourselves more and be open and loving. What I am finding helps a lot in this process is committing to the little things that confirm myself. The more I do this the less it matters if I am recognised by anyone else and the less I need go searching for that approval that is very much a childhood pattern of seeking recognition and acceptance.
I love this Bina and this is where I started – I am not enough – my whole life I have had that whispered in my ear and I have attempted to live life from that place – running now on exhaustion to keep up with the lie that this is… As I consider the starting point – I am enough everything changes and things have to shift for the power is back with me and whilst it has its challenges I know that this is true and am learning to live it more each day.
I too had – I am not enough – continually whispered, drummed and everything into me, and yes it is a very exhausting and dis-empowering place to live life from. By knowing more and more that – I am already enough – changes everything.
Funny Bina, having read some of your blogs and comments I have never for a moment thought “you are enough”. I have always felt you are glorious and magnificent. The same applies to me – I am amazing, super awesome and ever expanding.
This morning I woke up feeling very much so like the second technician. At first despondent in reaction to what I was feeling (making the muck on top bigger and grander than the beautiful work of art underneath) but knowing that there is a beauty underneath, having seen and felt it more and more lately, I know it is always there and that we can live like the second technician, appreciating our ability and technique of cleaning each little step is a huge support.
awesome thing to name and claim…long live those in Lab #2 🙂
Gorgeous Leigh. I am also having more and more times where I feel like the second technician also and what I am learning is that the more we let go of getting a result for ourselves the more we do it for all and this is where the grandness of the second becomes a more natural way of life.
Thank you for this Joshua, this brings home the fact that should I have any expectations on myself, life, others – that is holding onto needing a result. Needing the pieces to come together, it’s the first technician.
Absolutely Leigh, and there can never be any joy in living life if we are needing certain things to happen. Part of the joy in living is seeing it all unfold from a knowing within of how it is
I like what you share here Joshua- about living life and enjoying watching it all unfold. Sometimes I can lose sight of this and focus on it needing to be a certain way however when you step back and all things to be you get to enjoy the beauty of observing things as they unfold.
And in this Kristy I can feel the ease, simplicity and effortlessness of just observing what is before us. It feels exhausting to be trying to make life something it is not to meet our desires.
Beautifully expressed Joshua, and so true, ‘there can never be any joy in living life if we are needing certain things to happen. Part of the joy in living is seeing it all unfold from a knowing within of how it is’.
‘If they focus on what is yet to be done, they become despondent, but if they focus on what is being revealed, time evaporates.’
A brilliant exposure of our ability to switch outlook – and the obvious impact of this.
That line is gold Matilda, it’s so true, look at all we haven’t yet mastered or done and the task seems insurmountable, but look at it from what is there being discovered and every day is magical.
Beautiful, Leigh.
Thank you for your sharing Leigh. At the moment I am going through a process of clearing out the ‘muck’ and got caught up in being hard on myself for what I saw but as I read your comment it brought me back to appreciating the beauty of the uncovering and enjoying that.
Absolutely Kristy and Leigh. This is the all-too-needed perspective on things. The muck, the injuries, the hurts, are never bigger than the grandness, glory,beauty and love that is our truth! We have to keep observing, and the muck gets out in proportion and is transmuted by the grace of God’s alchemy.
This is great Leigh, and lovely to see and feel in you, ‘knowing that there is a beauty underneath, having seen and felt it more and more lately,’ .
Beautifully said Joel ‘ the magic of life is the canvas, an image fully rendered and glorious in its beauty but obscured by past choices.’
Thank you Jenny for highlighting this. It is very humbling to see and accept that it is I who have created the obscurity and just as much as there is no point in blaming others or the world, there is every reason to accept responsibility for clearing it.
I love this Jenny, life is amazing and so rich and full of beauty, our past choices don’t change that beauty, they just temporarily hide it. But it’s always there, it’s simply a change of focus.
‘And with a dedication that is not measured by time or the accolades of others, but by a consistent dedication to restore each centimetre to the beauty and majesty that lies beneath.’ Love the beauty and simplicity of this parable Joel and this reminder that it is about the consistency and dedication that we work with to uncover that which has been obscured by past choices which is waiting patiently to be unfolded as we connect to our true purpose and once aligned to that we are not swayed by anyone or anything else.
Dear Joel that is such a great parable – wonderful. I like following sentence: “Knowing that our own soul is complete in every way and our work is to uncover a portion of colour and beauty a section at a time.” as it shows me that the glas of water is half full and not half empty.
I love this statement too Ester, it tells me that; the more we reveal the more there is to reveal what is to be revealed.
‘However, they are convinced that once they work it out, what will be revealed will change the world.’
Joel you have so captured the allure of if I just figure out this next piece of the puzzle then I’ll unlock the secrets of the universe and conquer the world in terms of understanding as a means of control. I see this in education and social care – all the theories being developed in the hope of creating the perfect teaching or social formula that if applied will produce every child a star pupil and every community a model community.
But all the while we are innately already star quality, we just don’t want to take responsibility for muddying the clarity of this so distract ourselves by seeking the elusive piece of the puzzle when all the while we are it.
So true Karin we are all already ‘star quality’ and if education and social care focussed on supporting people to reconnect with that there would be no need for constant new theories trying to find the elusive key to perfection which is just a distraction.
The allure of the next piece of the puzzle…. love this turn of phrase…it is so enticing to forever search without really being honest about what we are looking for
Reading your parables Joel takes me straight to the simplicity and grace that life can be when we simply allow. When we try to fix and control, things become complicated and heavy-going. When we connect to the knowing we do have that is all there within us, beneath whatever choices we have made that may obscure our grandness, we can allow so gracefully and life opens up to enormous space. And we can live in that, day by day.
Ah yes, I know the dance between allowing and controlling very well!!
The more we bring awareness to our bodies and the way we move the more we get to feel how much love there is to express in full connection to our soul. Thank you Joel!
Yes that is so true Francisco – the more I bring the awareness back to my body and my movements the merrier I can feel my potential.
It is so easy to get caught up on focusing on missing pieces in life to fill complete, when all that is needed is to stop, connect and appreciate what is there and we will know that we are already complete in all our fullness.
To know that we are already whole, that we have everything that we will ever need, and that we are not the seemingly incomplete being compiled from an assortment of beliefs, ideals and experiences, is the most liberating and powerful feeling. And to know that to reveal the magnificence we are will come from “a consistent dedication to restore each centimetre to the beauty and majesty that lies beneath.” is to finally be able to breathe freely the breath that has been compromised for way too long.
I love what you have written here Joel, ‘We can become despondent at what is to be cleaned, or can be confirmed with every revelation that there is even more to uncover’.
This is a great point, often we can be hard on ourselves or focus on the parts we may not like yet as you share there is great joy and learning in appreciating each step chosen.
It’s a beautiful attitude to approach in life in general. I find that if I’m not deeply trusting in myself, I’ll try and control all my external situations and set them up in a way that makes me feel safe (but not truly safe). But in dropping into my own connection and feeling how it is all already there, gently being uncovered, I can then let go of the control and have a much more easy and relaxed way of being in day to day life as well.
So so fundamental in building the falsity of life that we are led to believe is true – “In the laboratory of life we are often sold the job of the first technician. We are told we have to build something special but that we don’t have all the pieces already.”
While we have them there all along. Crazy and very sneaky to be sold the version of the 2nd technician!!
Joel as usual your sharing is a visual delight, “but the magic of life is the canvas, an image fully rendered and glorious in its beauty but obscured by past choices”.
I have often felt the pressure to create something amazing that others will admire and respect, without all the pieces and assuming that the missing piece or answer to my problems was out there somewhere waiting to be discovered. I now know the answer to the feeling of being incomplete or unsatisfied in life was inside of me all along just waiting to be uncovered.
I can relate Andrew… and how relentless this would be. It’s an attitude that guarantees we never ‘get there’, because it’s all about attaining something we don’t believe we have. To really connect to and then accept that it’s all already there, simply waiting to be uncovered one gracious step after another is to fully embrace ourselves and life. It’s a dropping into the beauty we are and a homecoming like no other.
I can relate here Joel to feeling a lot like the first scientist a lot of my life – looking outside of myself for the missing something. Comparing myself to what others had created for themselves. Noting that nobody really was sure they had all the pieces (despite what they pretended) but still assuming that that was normal and copying others creations that seemed the best or most complete, but always sensing there was still something missing. Then I met Serge Benhayon and he had all the pieces together and then he shared with me (and many others) that I had always had all the pieces too.
Joel I thank you for sharing this wisdom with us, and showing that uncovering the beauty within each of us just takes patience and loving focus to reveal piece by piece, the beautiful Masterpiece within all of us. I absolutely agree with your wonderful description of Serge Benhayon!
Well said Roslyn. It really does not need to be a complicated process; unfolding and unwrapping the masterpiece within us is naturally a gradual and intricate process, and if you move too quick or too rough you’re in danger of messing the order up and delaying it even more! Patience and consistency is key.
Always a treat ! I knew straight away that it was another one of Joels awesome blogs.
Very beautiful Joel, what an awesome metaphor for life – “the whole image is already there and that all they need to do is remove what is covering it. ” loved reading this. We are so often sold, and choose to be sold, into the fact we need things to help assemble life to present something to others. When its all there for us already.
in reading your blog, Joel, I am touched by the analogy that removing the layers of dirt is a slow, careful, delicate process.
There is a perfect beauty in knowing that, in order to live who I truly am, requires this same delicate, loving commitment to slowly peeling always the layers of my choices.
This is something I know deep within, although I don’t always give myself permission to choose it.
Beautifully expressed Julie, in the delicateness and power that you claim here. Thank you.
I agree Katie, Joel the way you write is such a treat for the reader. I love your expression too.
Re-reading your great blog Joel, it is clear that the first laboratory is way way in the past, and demonstrates a scientifically outmoded way of living. The second laboratory is in alignment with true science, taking into account that ‘everything is energy and so everything is because of energy,’ – the first part of which we know was described by Einstein’s famous equation, the 2nd part of which was added by the master scientist Serge Benhayon. The first laboratory is antediluvian!
I love your analogies so much Joel, and I feel to say to myself, be like the second technician, enjoy the beautiful slow unraveling that is in accordance to my soul and the delicate nature of my essence because in truth I do have it all there waiting for me to uncover, slowly but surly and exquisitely beautifully.
It does feel an ongoing journey of work in progress of life to reveal the masterpiece within us all of everything we already have and know is already there. Without trying, it simply is.
Beautifully said Gill.
Indeed gillrandall, we are a true masterpiece, trying is not needed, simply the honesty and dedication to clean the canvas. (sometimes easier said than done !)
It is the most reassuring, reaffirming thing to understand and fully realise that we are everything we need to be, and that it is all within just waiting to unfold. Then we never have to seek outside, never have to feel we need to get something to make ourselves better, only to release and free ourselves from everything that envelopes us that diminishes or obscures the enormous light we carry within.
Absolutely Annie having spent years seaching for the elusive key to the purpose of life it is amazing to find it was inside all along and just hidden under layers of protection which are gradually being peeled away to reveal the masterpiece which we all are.
Beautiful Joel. I must remind myself of this line more often ‘ to be held in the knowing that what they are doing is already whole and complete.’ We think we have parts to fix or to find but we forget we are whole and complete already.
Joel, I came back to re-read this today and am I glad I did, it reminded me that it’s not about the rush but allowing each thing in it’s own time, and that it’s not about the accolades either, or getting distracted with others ideas or what they think, it’s about taking the time to uncover the majesty of the soul we are, that we’ve obscured and hidden through our past choices. It’s tender, often laborious work and yet it’s the only work we’re here to do, so we can shine and be the soul we are. And we have a choice to ‘be confirmed with every revelation that there is more to uncover’ or be despondent on what is to be cleaned. And as I read this and write this comment I feel how far I’ve come and how it’s about confirming deeply what has been revealed and catching those moments where I do feel despondent and knowing that it’s not the truth, it’s another distraction from the on-going and delicate work to reveal the masterpiece I and indeed we all are.
I love what you have shared here Monicag2, and I agree it is the only work we are here to do, which is, to walk back to our Soul and it feels to me the more steps we take in this direction, the less we are drawn into the distractions all around us.
Like what you are saying here monicag2 – that we are all very precious, exquisite, delicate master pieces which require the most gentle, tender, committed, detailed and un- rushed excavation to uncover. It is archaeology of the soul.
I love that phrase Andrew, ‘the archaeology of the soul’. When I am descending through the layers to get to my hurts or the root cause of something I always refer to these as my archaeological layers! It is so great to clear the polluting layers of soil we have accumulated to release the light of the shining Soul.
Andrew, that is just gorgeous ‘archaeology of the soul’ – I will take that into my day thank you, it offers such a deep clarity of what it is our lives’ work are truly about.
Oh so true Monica: it is “not about the rush” to get somewhere, to find something special, for our hurry to do so may cause us to miss something that is equally as glorious as what we have already uncovered, or it could be a lesson that is still waiting to be learned so we can evolve just a little bit more. What a wonderful process uncovering our masterpiece is, something that I would have never wanted to have missed.
Brilliant blog Joel, this is a blog on love. The technicians respecting each other’s work, without losing focus and steadiness on what one’s work is. In the laboratory of real life technicians can be nosy, imposing and jealous of another’s work and we may then lose focus and get distracted in concentrating on our work, but that is also a part of the cleaning up of our canvas we have to get at, and the truth is no matter whether we have chosen the work of technician 1 or 2 or a combination of both at one time or another, every technician is always working with every other technician no matter what their method is.
How often do we set out to “avoid embarrassment”, which is only there because we are empty of love. When “the magic of life” is discovered we blossom as the Sons of God!
I recall at a time of my life being caught in the game of thinking of life as a painting already complete that is emerging or as pieces of a puzzle being put together. Both seemed acceptable and both seemed to offer something, whatever suited the occasion. It was similar to thinking about “to be or not to be” the famous Shakespeare quote and weighing up the pros and cons of both. I now see clearly how all this was intellectual gaming which suited a way of life that was about self calming and the comfort of analysis and mind over matter. It is great to feel a deeper truth related in this blog, that there is only one truth and it is for all. It brings responsibility to every action and into every day, so one’s choices can be seen and one can know exactly where one is in life.
When we do not have the understanding of who we innately are, we are constantly in the momentum of trying to ‘assemble’ something from outside pieces. We can buy clothes, shoes, cars, houses – all in different permutations and combinations in the hope they will fit together as the pieces of the puzzle to help us feel whole. We can bring things together for a time in this way, but it never truly stays and there is never the true consistent joy somewhere we know is possible. Learning to live from feeling our inner heart, and all it impulses is the true path to living the wholeness we have always craved.
Yes we seem to have created a very attractive world of things to make us feel better; shopping, technology, entertainment. But if this is relied on to make us feel complete, we can be assured we will never feel this, and continue to strive for more in the wrong way, because it is outside of us and not confirming of who we are in full.
“Knowing that our own soul is complete in every way and our work is to uncover a portion of colour and beauty a section at a time.” Our canvas is masterfully divine from the get go. Absolutely stunning Joel. Thank you.
Joel this is a gorgeous reflection of the different ways in which we can approach life. I spent many years in search of the missing piece, thinking it was something found only beyond my reach. When we consider the possibility that we were born with All that is ever needed to live, learn and grow in this life, we can then be open to the possibility that we are all-knowing and begin to deeply appreciate who we already are. With this we can then wisely choose movements that are in accordance with the purpose to simply deepen our connection to the All that is already Divinely there and bring to life the All through our bodies.
“If they focus on what is yet to be done, they become despondent, but if they focus on what is being revealed, time evaporates.” This sentence is an absolute gift to read. You remind me to focus on what is true and choose thoughts that support me. Thank you Joel.
“Meeting someone and feeling a special connection or pull towards that person simply means that we have allowed a space for more love to unfold and become tangible.”
That is exactly how it feels for me: like a door opens and there is more love to feel and not just for that 1 person but for everybody.
That’s beautiful, Monika. Life is full of moments where love can pour in and enrich us, with those close to us or complete strangers.
Yes life is full of opportunities where we can ‘pour love in’ which enriches everyone. I’m feeling the connection in not shying away from these moments.
I love the start of this article: “how on earth can we fall in love? Love is always there, inside of ourselves and everyone else.”
We are always (held) in love and we can only choose to not connect to the love we innately are and have inside us.
A tale that is so relatable to life, thank you Joel. I love this…”be confirmed with every revelation that there is even more to uncover…” as it captures the wonderment and awe that is there in life, if only we choose to look and see.
Beautifully said Johanne. Appreciating the magnificence and stupendousness of our Love simply revels the magnitude to which this Love can be realised and lived by all of us. I agree that this reality is awe-inspiring.
We live in a world that constantly asks us to search for something outside of ourselves when a simple change of perception reveals that there is nothing to search for, nothing that needs to be fixed or added, we are quite simply whole and complete as we are. What a beautiful and life changing revelation.
I absolutely love this parable and the wisdom that is presented – awesome! I shall be keeping this treasure to hand as it’s such a powerful reminder for me to remain focused in the knowing that there is nothing to fix and that I’m already beautiful and most importantly whole and complete – thank you Joel.
Thank you, Joel, I love your presentation of the fact that our soul is already there in all its glory waiting for us to return to it.
So often I can be swept away in the ideas and needs I have to be getting it right or be looking ahead to the way I think things should look or be. This blog brings me back to the fact that everything is here now, complete and available, just not revealed. As I allow things to unfold, as I set the tone for my day, I let go of needs and ideals and know that everything I am is there and enough.
Revealing as always Joel. Stunning piece of writing. Thank you
Love what you say of Serge Benhayon Joel – ‘master craftsman and restorer of technicians the world over’. Very true indeed.
I too love this line Sara, Serge Benhayon – ‘master craftsman and restorer of technicians the world over’. There is a refined delicateness, consistent and unwavering love for humanity, one that Serge holds all equal in that love ‘whoever’ they are. Reflecting to us that we are in fact divine, not of this world, yet we have to commit in full to this world, whilst reawakening us to the grandness that we already are…..it is a magical and equally challenging unfolding, but so worth it.
Very beautiful Raegan. We are “in this world, but not of it”. Committing in full, yet knowing we are divine is a glorious and delicate balance, developed over time. It is the master craftsman and restorer, Serge Benhayon, who has walked this way for many years. And so inspired, many are choosing the same path for themselves.
Agreed Reagan, so worth it. I couldn’t imagine it any other way.
Beautiful expression indeed, ‘master craftsman and restorer …’ it cuts to the heart of what Serge Benhayon offers to one and all, and how as each restores themselves through the inspiration of that master craftsman, they in turn inspire others to begin their own restoration projects. And in all of this there is nothing less than an equalness as what the master craftsman offers is an invitation to find and uncover your own masterpiece and an understanding that the only difference between you and them is that they are slightly further along with their restoration; yours is there too, it just may be hidden more.
Very true Sara, Serge has restored many to seeing that there is no need to search any further than themselves.
I can feel a book of your writings Joel. They are exquisite and will be a real treasure for someone to find in 100 years plus time.
I would prefer to read the book now than have to wait 100 years. Joel’s blogs are so beautiful, captivating and relatable for all to read. A true craftsman in his own right.
But what a beautiful find if you did!
I love it Joel. We are not pieces of something to be put together, we are restoring something that is already there. The earlier assumes we are not complete and the later knows that we are already everything, even though our choices may have obscured our view. Very beautiful.
Well said Jennifer. ‘We are not pieces of something to be put together, we are restoring something that is already there.’ It is our purpose here in this life to connect to and live with that which is already and always there, our Soul, through which the choices we then make will restore a harmonious way of living together.
This is beautifully rephrased Jennifer, “We are not pieces of something to be put together, we are restoring something that is already there.” We are not broken and need fixing, we are complete already and were from the beginning but need to restore what we have forgotten and not lived in a long time.
Love the way you have clarified all this Jennifer. You put it so delicately well. We are already everything.
‘At the start of each day, they set the tone for their work..’ This is so true Joel, and I am paying more attention to how I am in the mornings, especially what is driving my actions. I am slowly replacing the rushing energy to one that is simply allowing each moment to be.
I agree Debra, how you embrace each day sets you up, or supports you for the day. It’s our choice how we choose to live and see what is revealed to us.
Debra I know the rushing about only too well, and also the rushing to get ahead…. I have to be careful because it still can creep in under the guise of; lets just get on with it as time is passing….but I do have to remind myself that it does take time to unravel and unveil the masterpiece that lies within us all and then to appreciate the unfolding process and all the learning it brings.
Yes this is so powerful Debra, and worth taking note! If I start the day feeling rushed and stressed this is usually how my day continues. It is worth taking the time in the mornings to take care of the energy I am in, or else I can end up creating a whole lot of stuff that obscures the beauty that I would otherwise feel.
Yep…been there, done that! It was such a familiar way to be that it took great dedication and love on my part towards me to choose a different start to my day. The challenge is that when the rush has been normal for those around you, it is important to give them time to catch up when you slow down!!
I love that! “…give them time to catch up when you slow down”! Very true. When we claim our true rhythm people take a while to get used to it.
Joel, I knew this was your work in the first line and inspirational first paragraph. You are a truly wise and wonderful wordsmith, and oh what an incredible philosopher you are.
I am inspired before even finishing your blog.I am a fan, add me to your list. Thank you for being you!
Love this blog Joel. The process you write about is exactly what occurs when you have an Esoteric Breast Massage. The EBM supports you to delicately uncover a portion of colour and beauty a section at a time with each massage and eventually you see the full canvas of the divine woman you always was but had covered over with splashes of mud.
This is a beautiful example Mary-Louise how everything is there already which only needs to be revealed, step by step, layer by layer.
I love all you write Joel and the 2 ways of living presented here are relatable for most. Reading through both approaches one is definitely less tiring and honouring of ourselves and can be simply applied when living with consistency and a connection to self because there is a “Knowing that our own soul is complete in every way and our work is to uncover a portion of colour and beauty a section at a time. We can become despondent at what is to be cleaned, or can be confirmed with every revelation that there is even more to uncover.” Thank you.
Gosh so much of this is applicable to mine and I am sure many lives Joel. I have been caught by the many modes of finding something but realising that they were in fact holes within holes… The beauty of life, is as you describe, in the revelation that we are uncovering more of our true selves by diligently and lovingly learning section by section.
This is applicable to mine too Lee. It now does make sense that we could never find that missing piece that we search for in the world, as the piece that was missing was the connection to all that we already are within ourselves, through which we can then live in the world in full.
I know what a crack up – constantly looking for the missing piece, under the sofa, in the car, at work, in the shop etc etc… all the while it is right deep inside – our connection to the divinity that we are often stubborn enough not to see.
Shirley-Ann this is exactly it – we get caught up on the micro forgetting that we play a big part in the macro if we would step back, appreciate and let go.
I agree Jane – Joel I love your expression here. And yes – it does make the point that every second is a choice – do we look outside and chase, or within and confirm? Yes there are plenty of stories and ways we can avoid bringing it back to something so simple, but in the end, it does come down to that choice reflected in everything we do.
I love this description of Serge Benhayon: “ master craftsman and restorer of technicians the world over.” It is a very apt description of him.
I love it too Elizabeth, it is so apt.
Agreed I love it too Elizabeth, so much so it bears repeating. “(Serge Benhayon) master craftsman and restorer of technicians the world over.” A bringer of light and all that is true.
Beautiful sharing Joel thank you. I had this image of an old painting being in the attic for centuries all covered in umpteen layers of dust and cobwebs but since Universal Medicine/Serge Benhayon came into our lives an emerging glorious picture is being revealed and it is priceless.
This blog is an observation on the two main perspectives we can have about life, and the illusion that follows. Because essentially we can see that we are broken or complete, but no matter how broken you may think you are, you are actually already complete – it is a matter of perception about time, life, and relationships. So to put this in to context with the blog, the first technician, although working in the first lab under the pressures to seek and find, all the time has an uncovered painting, there, waiting for him to start working on.
Shami knowing that we are already whole or complete is something very different to what is presented all the way around the world. This has been very huge for me, for someone who was always wanting to better myself and look for the next thing. Knowing that we have never been broken has been very freeing because there is nothing to improve on or fix. There are layers to peel back, layers of hurts, projections, beliefs and ideals that I have used to set myself up to think that I am lesser. But peeling back these layers reveal the truth of what is already their, intact, untarnished and being “amazed at the beauty and the colour that is revealed”.
Having spent most of my life trying to better myself and get somewhere, coming to Universal Medicine and gaining an understanding that we are already complete was a huge revelation for me. When I heard this presented by Serge Benhayon I knew it to be true and opened up space in my body to know that there is no where I need to get to but simply allow for the process of unfolding back to the divinity that I already am.
It is quite amazing to feel there is nothing broken about me or anyone else. It makes my choice of how to live very clear – I can choose to live in a way that attempts to confirm I am broken in some way, to judge myself and others on face value; or I can live from my divinity and know everyone else is equally divine.
So true Jennifer and Donna, a lot of us have been trying to better ourselves and repaint our picture but without the soul connection, this just adds layers of tarnish over our soul. Now that I have seen the magnificence of the little bit of soul that I have uncovered I am learning what dulls it down, and what reveals more.
A gorgeous expression Shami. And oh so true!
Yes very true.
Very true Shami, we all have access to the truth, it is only a matter of uncovering what is there already.
Yes , True clarity is an infinite unfolding as we deepen and evolve…
I agree Shami, when we get caught up in feeling broken or upset or in a mess, we can’t see the wood for the trees, or see a way out – and yet often those around us can see that we are whole.
That’s a great point Rebecca, I can relate to what you have shared, that when we become so caught up in our own issues we lose sight of things and lose perspective and then go around in circles a bit. However, when we do appreciate ourselves and our learnings in life our purpose and next steps are clear.
I agree Kirsty, for me I know that when I lose purpose or focus, its very easy to get lost and drift – or just simply give up. But I have found that bringing a focus and purpose to developing my own relationship with my self, seeing life as one big classroom with lots to learn, its far harder to lose purpose or get caught up in dramas.
That is where not isolating ourselves is key to healing. To walk beside someone whilst they unravel a seemingly tricky issue can keep it all in perspective. It is what a community used to and still can do.
Well said Lucy, the role of friends, of community, is to support people when they are going though an intense time, to see that they are not alone and many people are dealing with intensities
Beautiful said Shami, we are all complete and yes eventually we will all experience this.
Joel, I love your parables. They explain life so well and so simply and this one is no exception. Thank you.
I love Joel’s parables as well. Also coming at a very timely point reminding me again, that everything is within, it is just a matter of aligning. I could also really relate to this ‘We form groups who have all assembled their pieces in a similar way, so that the holes are less obvious. We even begin to think a life with holes is true and something to be acclaimed.’ Many times in my life I have felt ‘oh look I don’t have to bother because they are not!!!!’ How incidious! And how inspiring is Serge Benhayon, the Benhayon family and Universal Medicine in showing all that truth in action is what is needed.
That’s a great point Vicky of when we override our own impulses and justify it with ‘I don’t need to do this, they are not’.
Me too Elizabeth, it helps to take another way of looking at something we have considered normal to be open to the possibility that it is perhaps not normal.
Very creative writing Joel, I Liked it
I agree Jane this is a great reminder of how exhausting and relentless it is when we look outside of ourselves – carrying around the sadness of this separation has become out normal – “We even begin to think a life with holes is true”
We have all started as the unique masterpieces, tide and time have left their effects on our canvas. The restoration becomes a labor of love that uncovers the beauty that has been hidden for years or life times.
‘The work is delicate and they need to continually fight the desire to rush ahead. Sometimes they do rush ahead and it leads to mistakes and delays’. It does feel exactly like a constant fight not to rush, as the world is rushing around us, wherever we look we are being told to rush and push and strive for the next thing. To remain steady, be gentle with ourselves and walk fully connected to feels so delicious in comparison to the rush that it is well worth the fight and the more I build a patient and gentle approach in my body the pull to my old way of rushing weakens and the steadiness becomes my new normal.
As I read the title and the introductory paragraph I knew it was written by you Joel. I love your blogs and how you simplify what we have a tendency to complicate. As I read about the first technician I realised how I am still very much caught up in this illusion of finding all the different pieces to make my life complete, this is a great reminder to me to stop looking to the outside world for confirmation of what is already within.
there is a choice in every moment to which technician we will be, a choice between the illusion of life and the truth of the love and beauty we hold within.
The hard work of the first technician is very familiar to me. The constant working hard, trying, looking for the next piece that is going to make it all allright. And the praise we give each other for it so as to not expose the fact that in truth it is not working at all. And now the very different way of being that is the development and unfoldment in learning to be still, surrender into the moment and trust that we do know and hold it all inside.
I relate to the first technician’s ‘way’ as well Carolien, there is so much effort that goes into it and like you, am deeply appreciative of my new way.
Joel I love your blogs the analogies you offer are always so simple but hold the truth and wisdom of life.
Another allegorical bit of magic from you Joel – always appreciated. And I know how I have lived in the past, scurrying around as the first technician, always feeling like I don’t have the right tools and so need some new skill, accolade or something which I produce with a flurry thinking ‘this is it’, but then find the problem remains just as difficult to ‘fix’. The alternative view, that its already there if we just look carefully, is so much simpler. While it still requires diligence and care it makes so much more sense, and the proof is just looking at kids in their purity and magic and seeing that they have it all, in buckets! The layers are simply what we take on, that need to be gently peeled back to reveal the light hidden beneath.
For so long, so many lives in fact, we have been searching and striving to find the missing pieces, often becoming despondent when we can’t make the pieces fit, that when we do uncover the other way, the true way, it almost seems too easy. The light that we already are is just waiting to be uncovered.
“Serge Benhayon, master craftsman and restorer of technicians the world over.”
Love it Joel and I wholeheartedly agree. By virtue of the light of truth that he lives, Serge Benhayon is able to inspire others to also restore that one and same light within themselves.
Our endless drive to fill parts that already exist. Your blog is so brilliant at putting this forever drive at rest and shedding light on the many wasted hours we chose by not holding, knowing, feeling the truth that there is nothing to fill, for we are already full. Another part I just got was if we are not filling holes because they are already full, then what are we filling, and where is this energy of filling being stored?
We are a masterpiece when we live the light and loveliness of our Soul. All that is, is already in place. Our job is merely to uncover it by way of removing the layers of shadows that have moved in to obscure it.
Beautiful comment Liane.
We are the artists of our own Masterpiece. Like a sculpter, we chip away at all that doesn’t belong, leaving only what’s true. There is no deadline to meet, just an allowing, working in harmony with our soul, our guiding light, showing us the way forward as we reveal more and more of our exquisite, glorious selves.
So beautiful Liane. A masterpiece of expression. And a golden gem to have in my back pocket as I move through the day. Thank you.
Beautifully expressed Liane.. we are by nature magnificent.
We are here to restore Heaven’s light on Earth so that love can be reinstated as our most natural and normal way of being. Thankyou Joel for yet another gorgeous blog that takes us to the deeper truth we can all feel through the alchemy of your words.
“At the start of each day, they set the tone for their work, either rushed and focused on what is left or still and joyful in the knowing that the whole image is already there and that all they need to do is remove what is covering it.”
It is so important that we consciously choose how we will approach each day, your blog beautifully describes the choice we all have, thank you Joel.
I’m so done with trying to find the missing pieces. I wonder if it’s because there’s nothing missing in the first instance? This artical reminds me loud and clear that I have all my parts, that everything is already in tact and that all I need is to sweep the dust right off, peek underneath and find everything sitting patiently for me to accept and appreciate.
The fatigue of the search for the missing piece is palpable isn’t Elodie. So much wasted effort.
Life is a laboratory. The only way that we know what works and what does not work is through trial and error. However this blog brings in a different aspect that we are already whole and that there’s no searching or trying necessary or destination to reach, it’s about the uncovering of our own innate beauty. When we make this the focus, life takes on a very different meaning and is no longer arduous.
Your analogies are so wonderful to read Joel. I love how relatable they are, and how much of a visual you paint that really brings the story to life. You learn something every time.
I agree Elodie, Joel’s wonderful gift of storytelling brings to life that which he is sharing so vividly it is seen with the minds eye and felt as a knowing deeply in the body.
Thank you Joel this is a beautiful reminder that we know it all and that the beauty is always there for us if we make the space to see it and so much more.
Such a beautiful awareness to start with in the morning Joel “our own soul is complete in every way and our work is to uncover a portion of colour and beauty a section at a time.” Feeling, accepting and appreciating this is true then what ever unfolds before me is full of colour and beauty and perfect as it is. If I don’t like what I see then that’s when I want to skip over that part, but miss out on the richness in the moment and delaying what is there to be revealed.
Agreed Sandra, its a real gift to read this first thing in the morning and be reminded that its all there.
Love your wisdom Joel. We are indeed magnificent pieces of art that make up the this grand tapestry of life. Some a little worn, faded or unrecognisable in their original beauty although there the magnificence remains under a thin layer to be rediscovered. Our life is a work of art, delicately restoring us to our gloriousness.
So beautifully expressed Victoria, and I totally agree,” Our life is a work of art, delicately restoring us to our gloriousness.”
Absolutely Victoria – we are all magnificent indeed and when we are open to discover and live the grandeur of our magnificence we will realise that Divinity is our natural way of being.
Beautiful Joel, as always and very timely. I am at a point in life where everything has an uncertainty. I used to live in a very controlling way so finding myself at this point feels quite unknown. But amazingly deep within me I have a huge level of trust. That trust comes from what you share – that I am simply uncovering what is already there for me. I don’t need to create it, it is there already to be revealed.
That’s a great point nikkimckee, the very reason we can trust is because everything, is in fact already all there.
As a wise friend just shared with me, we just need to allow ourselves to be moved by the hands of love, and in order to help with this we need to get ourself out of the way so the love has room to flow.
Wise words indeed. The hands of love are always there wanting to support us. It is only us who stops them.
I feel the same Nikki in ‘moving labs’ what I have found is that the foundation is already within me and when I connect to this the trust is naturally there. I don’t need to build the trust, the building is in the depth of the connection to the masterpiece within.
Spot on. It’s not a trust that needs to be but – simply connected to.
Deep inside there’s so much trust, I would even call it knowing. It is up to me to either connect to this part and live my life from here or from the controlling and ‘doing’ way of life. The latter requires a lot of effort and energy. Yet in my ‘system’ is very common. I’m slowly getting to see the huge difference and that I do have a say and always have had… I can relate to you Nikki, surrendering to this hugeness and letting go of control feels quite vulnerable. I guess this is still part of the control, which doesn’t want to give in so easily. Thank you Nikki! Very confirming.
What a gorgeous differentiation between when we surrender to feeling and appreciating the treasure that life reflects to us as opposed to the ‘usual’ manner we tend to approach life: chasing after what we think ought to be there or trying to make it into what we have decided it ought to look like.
It is exhausting just reading about it Jane I agree! Whereas the other path of loving unfoldment and revealing beauty is one filled with vitality and joy. It is peculiar then that we seem to almost prefer the path of trying etc. I have seen recently something happening with animals in big groups today for example a flock of sheep who the farmer needed to get off the road and onto a new paddock but there was a muddy big puddle in the gate entrance and the sheep were not going there, he picked one up and put it over the puddle then every other sheep followed quickly behind. This seems symbolic to me of the Way it Is we having now people living in a way that is very different to the norm, living the second way Joel described and soon many people will pay attention and want to live this way too as it is the way back to the beauty of our soul.
You never fail to blow me away Joel, I love reading what you write very very much and this wee beauty is no exception.
I walk right beside you Kevin in the appreciation of Joel Levin. His writing is so brilliantly accessible and slices through the complexities that we all put in the way of this simple journey.
Pays to pat our back pocket often and remind ourselves, “Ah, there we already are”.
So true and may we, “restore each centimetre to the beauty and majesty that lies beneath.”
It shows that we are all beautiful underneath. It is all there for us to uncover but we need to make that choice. Some of us get sidetracked along the way as we search for other bits to complete the puzzle but these are distractions and only add to the delay. I am loving what is being uncovered. Thank you Joel.
Lovely blog Joel Levin, thank you.
I love that Mary: ‘what is being revealed to me rather than chasing ahead to the next place’ – so opportune to read this today as I feel and understand more that it’s the next step I need to take and not to allow myself to get distracted by where I think I need to be. It’s not just exposing of the impatience I too share, it’s also showing that we often have pictures of where we need to be or how we think it needs to be, and that’s not what’s needed at all. So your comment has brought me back to the simplicity of feeling and seeing what is being revealed to me. Thank you.
I love the image of the canvas Joel, and uncovering each little bit of it gradually, (with no rush) to reveal the beauty and vitality of the colours. I have a vision of other technicians in this lab doing the same thing, and that everyone’s individual canvas is also a little piece of a huge canvas, and as each individual piece is uncovered it contributes to the whole.
(with no rush) piqued my curiosity. There is definitely a patience, a deliberateness about the 2nd technician but the work does need focus and urgency to make sure the artwork beneath does not stay hidden for all to see. However, this is very different from the desperate searching of the first technician.
Hi Simon, I like your description of patience and deliberateness yet with focus and an urgency to reveal what lies beneath, and realise the word “rush” can be deceiving. It feels to me like “rush” can become a state of being that is associated with an internal state that manifests in a driveness. Another word is “hurry”, and to be in a hurry to get somewhere or finish a task is invariably an inner anxiety due to lack of confidence and being consciously present, that results in much unnecessary tension and the desperation you mention. Remaining consciously present with the whole of oneself halts this momentum and brings us back into connection within and with all around us, and then the inner rush or hurry is no longer there.
I love what you share about how to be with this – not looking at what still needs to be done, not worrying if what’s there is good enough, not being swayed or comparing to others, but to simply be with and enjoy what you are doing and be in awe of each part as it is revealed.
The simplicity and beauty expressed in the following words ” to simply be with and enjoy what you are doing and be in awe of each part as it is revealed” allowed a feeling of freedom and expansion in my body, a letting go of all that keeps me in striving and comparison. Very power-full.
Love the awe Kristy!
Joel, yet another beautiful example of storytelling at it’s greatest. This is just one of the lines that jumped out at me ……. “we can be confirmed with every revelation that there is even more to uncover”.
Yes this is true story telling at its greatest with such divine purpose. The storytelling in main steam media seems only to compound futility and cycles of suffering with no true connections. However, Joel offers us a clear re-connection with our true selves and life through his story-telling. Powerful stuff!
“we can be confirmed with every revelation that there is even more to uncover”.
Indeed Vicky there can be no path to evolution without true inner confirmation.
Gorgeous Mary. To see ourselves and each other in this way asks us to continually be willing to see the bigger picture and not get caught in focusing on the small stuff – the layers that are being removed.
Beautiful Mary and Vicky, looking at ourselves and life in this way takes away the need for separation and not feeling enough when in fact we just need to focus and take responsibility to start uncovering the grandness wihtin us.
“. . . can be confirmed with every revelation that there is even more to uncover.”
This wisdom is very powerful and simple and very worth appreciating, thank you Joel.
There is a true beauty and joy in knowing that there is even more to uncover, and that this will always be, as the love and beauty I am is never ending.
Joel I loved reading this, choosing to slowly uncovering the what is not, to reveal the what is in all its beauty.
I love that Sally.
I love it Joel. We are already everything we can be – we simply need to discard the layers we have put on top to dull the beauty.
The awareness that we are already complete makes the process so much easier
Agreed Joe. Choosing awareness is choosing to be empowered by the truth.
‘Knowing that our own soul is complete in every way and our work is to uncover a portion of colour and beauty a section at a time’ – reading these words Joel is re-assuring and allows us the time and patience to unfold at a pace that supports us as we let go of the need to compete and complete.
These words are beautiful Susan and they bring me back to being patient with the uncovering process.
Yes Rachel patience is indeed wise, this is something I am learning and to be loving with that is also super important.
An amazing sharing, Joel. Thank you for helping us uncover the true meaning of life.
What can only change the world is us restoring the magnificence that already is and helping others to do so through actions that aim at putting together pieces that talk as a whole to that magnificence.
Beautifully said Eduardo.
Gorgeous Eduardo. A piece is a fragment of the whole only for as long as it loses sight of the Whole from which it has departed. When the fragment embarks on the path of return, it instantly knows that it is a great part of a far greater whole and not the isolated and lonely fragment it first thought itself to be.
What do we make of life? The world of ours has its own version of completeness (there is a famous saying “plant a tree, have a child, write a book”). Most of us fall for it. This blog presents an alternative way of approaching and working towards completion: it is about restoring what is already complete in its full magnificence that can be felt even in a tiny part of it.
Beautiful Eduardo, and lets not forget the final piece… letting the world see this beautiful artwork that has been uncovered so they can be inspired to see their own canvas, and whatever stage of restoration that it is.
Having spent time in the both laboratories I see that the word completions has come to mean 2 very different things, for in the first laboratory I was tirelessly chasing a mirage of completeness, rarely satisfied and constantly berating myself, yet in the second laboratory I was shown a mirror and slowly slowly I began to see again, the chasing halted and the still completeness returned.
We spend a lifetime trying to fix something that has never been broken or protect it so it cant become broken. When we realize that what is within us all is not broken and meant to be shared with everyone, life just flows.
And how lost and focused we become in fixing what is not broken. It seems to be self-perpetuating. Yet it is all a waste of time. We are already complete and life is already there for us. All we need to do is surrender and allow it to unfold. Not get ourselves in the way by creating this and that.
Joel what a fantastic blog, so beautifully expressed. What you have shared is so spot on, we are taught to be like technician 1, to fill the wholes and gaps, which leads to exhaustion, frustration comparison, jealousy, where as if we live like technician 2, knowing we already know everything, we find our truth, we reveal a little at a time, there is no need for frustration, no exhaustion, no jealousy and no comparison as we all have our own piece of art to reveal.
I absolutely love the fact that right now we are everything that we are ever going to be, a completed canvas and that all we have to do is peel away the layers that we have applied to our canvas that is simply not who we are. We do not have to go out and search for anything, everything is already there waiting for us to dust off the cobwebs and get to know who we truly are.
Yes me too Elizabeth, a true restoration revealing everything that always was.
‘We do not have to go out and search for anything, everything is already there waiting for us to dust off the cobwebs and get to know who we truly are.’ ….. the same can be said for our appreciation of nature ….. we don’t need to travel to far and exotic lands to appreciate the beauty that surrounds us all. We just need to make the choice to open our eyes and hearts to truly feel the magic of life all around us, constantly confirming, reflecting, affirming all that we already are.
It feels like the world needs only to have it’s ‘lab’ full of technician number 2’s together.
Yes Suzanne and may all of humanity in time choose to… “be confirmed with every revelation that there is even more to uncover.” Rather than find reasons to argue and fight over this.
Its true Elizabeth, it’s a line that comes from fostering a deeper exploration of what true appreciation might be… the surface rah, rah and the deep acceptance of what we are in truth.
Interesting that you mention ‘completion’ as a possibility in the first technician Doug. Lovely how you have presented it as completion like a stagnation rather than a true completion. I have often felt ‘completion’ as a sense of confirmation and that I am on the right path, which I then can step joyfully with what is next coming from my heart.
I love the title Joel, ‘The Laboratory of Life’ it does feel like this sometimes, that we are all technicians trying to find out how life works. If it were not for Serge Benhayon I would still be in the first laboratory convinced that I had the pieces and I could somehow work it all out and make life fit.
The title also brings the playfulness and lightness to how we can approach life.
It’s the laboratory of the science of energy. If you use energy this way the scientific result is this or that. If you use it in the first laboratory way the result will be separation. If you use it knowing we are already divine beings, the result will be brotherhood.
I agree Alison, ‘it does feel like this sometimes, that we are all technicians trying to find out how life works’. Interestingly I’ve noticed that many fellow technicians have become distracted doing irrelevant and off-task experiments, such as self abusing and finding ways to check out.
If not for Serge, I’d still be looking at other people’s workbench and thinking ‘I need that tool, don’t have this training… etc’ and then go scurrying off to get those. Much simpler to take a good look at my own canvas and then remove the most obvious bits of dirt as a start.
Simon I can relate to what you have shared about I need this training and that acknowledgement thinking that this would make me more complete. Studies are needed to do the work we need to do, but they are not needed ever to complete us. Knowing that we are everything before anything we do has been one of those light bulb moments for me.
Yes me too Alison, I would still be there, fiddling away waiting for the pat on the back and the discovering the missing piece if it were not for Serge Benhayon. Serge is the first person who enabled me to see that all I ever needed was right inside and so began the journey of transmuting my lab technician’s approach and un-earthing my own masterpiece. It is so important to appreciate what has been un-covered and how much more there is to un-cover and in doing so, completely transform the job of daily life.
You are right alisonmoir, square peg round hole, tirelessly convincing ourselves that making life fit, existing, coping, managing are standard.
Joel, thank you for this beautifully supportive article. It reminds us that our wisdom is always within, and can never be created by outside measures. Allowing this to unfold as it needs to, and with noone else’s ‘timeframe’ is key, as we are all on our own journey of unfolding and have different keys to unlock with what is needed as part of the whole.
This is so healing, ‘If they focus on what is yet to be done, they become despondent, but if they focus on what is being revealed, time evaporates.’ I can either focus on what I’ve not done and in the berating of myself make the what is not bigger; seeing all my many years of getting it wrong. Or I can focus on the glory that is being revealed where it is true, time is no issue. Whilst being held in the love that I am revealing, I feel what is next to work with and so on.
Just beautiful Joel. Thank you so much
Yes I agree, love your writing Joel, it connects to something deep in me.
I too absolutely agree, Joel you feel like a true alchemist, using your words for alchemy.
“But the magic of life is the canvas, an image fully rendered and glorious in its beauty but obscured by past choices.” It is impossible to not feel the power and truth of this. I immediately sat bolt upright and clocked the effect that reading this had on my posture. Thank you for the loving correction Joel.
What an awesome reminder of what we are truly here to do, thanks Joel.
Yes Michael, and this reminder is pure gold..”The work is delicate and they need to continually fight the desire to rush ahead. Sometimes they do rush ahead and it leads to mistakes and delays long term. If they focus on what is yet to be done, they become despondent, but if they focus on what is being revealed, time evaporates.” What a pertinent analogy of our lives.
Thank you Irene. Reading your comment is perfectly timed with regard to the paragraph you have highlighted and it’s relation to my choices in what is being presented to me in my life currently – the choice to bring all of me to each and every moment and to let go of control of what lies ahead.
Rushing ahead is something I still get caught in. I noticed today I was walking quickly and I asked myself where was I rushing to. We need to be in every moment and enjoy it, for time passes quickly when we rush but when we are in the moment, it feels like time expands and wants to be with us.
Another masterpiece of wisdom Joel. I definitely bought into the job of the first technician “We are encouraged to find the missing pieces, the job, relationship, degree or award. We form groups who have all assembled their pieces in a similar way, so that the holes are less obvious. We even begin to think a life with holes is true and something to be acclaimed.”
So true- too many of us spend our lives thinking we need to get somewhere, acquire something, become something, learn something – always feeling incomplete and looking forward to a point that we need to get too.
This is so true Kristy. It’s hard to appreciate what we do have when all the focus is on what we are ‘working’ towards.
‘too many of us spend our lives thinking we need to get somewhere, acquire something, become something, learn something’ ….. So true ….. 30 years ago my life felt like an escalator, I was always moving forward and striving for something, so be something more, but in truth I didn’t know what I was searching for, I just knew I was searching. I decided to step off the escalator, or so I thought. I gave up my job, my flat and moved to another country where I didn’t know anyone. At first it was like everything around me was in technicolour, it was all so foreign and different to what I was used to, very cool. However, little by little the escalator started to emerge again as I settled in to my new home and became familiar with my surroundings. It wasn’t until I discovered Universal Medicine that I began to understand the reason for my searching and why I never found what I was looking for. Everything I needed was already nestled deep inside, I just never made the re-connection to feel what treasure I already had.
It’s no wonder the world seeks distraction, relief and rewards, for deep down we know we are living a shadow of ourselves.
I particular like how Joel exposes that the path of laboratory one becomes something to aspire to and what we can put all our effort into, but it is always an empty path as there is never enough praise, recognition to fill the holes.
Well said Vanessa, nothing can ever fill the emptiness of these holes except that of our own love and stillness, of which no ‘trying’ or ‘effort’ can ever achieve.
Gorgeous parable cracking the illusion of ‘creation’ Joel. We have so allowed ourselves to be corralled into the first laboratory to waywardly use energy to create an ‘object’ that does not work and that traps us into an on-going never-ending work of going nowhere but around and around.
It does not seem purely accidental that this moment I mistakenly typed your name as ‘Jowl’ – your ‘owl’ of wisdom was clearly showing itself!
And when you’re immersed in the first lab you often don’t notice there is another lab – another way.
So true – we think that is all there is.
So true Kristy, I often wonder at man’s seemingly unquenchable desire to create intelligent life, robots and the like, when we do it all the time quite naturally. So much time, energy and research spent on trying to achieve this impossible aim, all the while ignoring the complete miracle of pregnancy, birth and little babies. We really do need to get our heads out of the sand and see that there is so much more to us, to life, to the universe than we have allowed ourselves to truly realise.
‘And when you’re immersed in the first lab you often don’t notice there is another lab – another way.’ … Very true Kristy ….. hence, once we discover Lab 2, we have a responsibility not only to lovingly restore ourselves, but to claim this discovery in our livingness to reflect to all those around us that there is indeed another way.
and Kristy, even if we did know intellectually that there was a second lab it would not make much difference. What Serge Benhayon has brought through with The Way of The Livingness is a systematic way back to knowing in our bodies that there is a second lab. The body is the only place worth knowing anything from.
True, we can be so focussed on finding the missing piece or completing the picture that we are totally shut down to the possibility of another way.
Absolutely Kristy. The first laboratory is set-up so that we don’t know there is a 2nd laboratory. Unless we use our God-given clairesentience, our love and our ability to observe we can never get out of the first laboratory! Thank heavens for those world teachers who come to help us out!
Purely a lab of distraction that keeps us from seeing the doorway to truth.
Yes Kristy, with so much better tools!
Very true Kristy. Our choices definitely colour what we see.
We are born into the 2nd lab. Laying there in all our knowing but as we grow we are taken out of this lab and placed into the first lab. In time we get caught in the rhythms and flows of the first lab and slowly the 2nd lab is forgotten until we see or feel it in another.
This is beautiful Lindell. We have allowed ourselves to be hijacked, kidnapped, and placed in a false Laboratory in which all that is reflected to us is a-rhythmic, chaotic, and out of true order. Let’s get to work and clear what is false and uncover the divine beings we originally were and still are.
Ha ha Lyndy that is cute! Joel is very wise, I love reading his blogs. I agree this is a fantastic parable to reveal the two choices we always have, and it makes it so understandable what is at play and how the whole world is set up to try and build something special when that is the opposite of what is required.
You are exquisite Lyndy! I love your expression.
Thank you Irena!
Gorgeous Lyndy. It’s like the promise of enlightenment, thinking we have somewhere to get to yet in itself is elusive and empty further feeding the need to keep on going until one day, we might ‘get there’ yet never this day will come…because never can emptiness be filled by searching or doing or finding anything outside of what is already in the depths of our being.
Exactly Sara! That’s it!
‘But the magic of life is the canvas, an image fully rendered and glorious in its beauty but obscured by past choices’- I am loving being the technician in my life and observing those that are observing me, a beautiful unfolding.
One technician is trying to piece together something they found….. the trying and seeking and longing for completion is never ending. In fact, it is exhausting.
On the other hand the other technician is restoring a beautiful work of art that has been covered in dirt over the centuries…. this requires the choice to surrender and lovingly restore something that already exists. No seeking just revealing.
Thank you Joel for reminding us that we always have a choice. 🙂
It is a beautiful reminder that we do not need to push and try to reveal what is already there.
Yes, in that trying to skip to the reveal we miss all the stepping stones of appreciation that allow what is already there to be felt.
Yes well said Vanessa, pushing through to get things done not only gives us an end result that marks a human cost, and for those doing the pushing, the impact in the body is something that has to be addressed at some point later. The body wears all these choices, as Serge Benhayon has been presenting for years now, and an exhausted, run down and de-vitalised body is the result.
How true Vanessa and I choose to be.. ” held in the knowing that what (I am doing) is already whole and complete.”
Nicely said Kathryn!
We cannot try to be something we already are. The love that we are was there the day we were born and it has never left…it was us that left love. As such we can return and to do this there is no effort required but only the humility to surrender to the magnificence of what is already there, along with the willingness to relinquish that which has got in the way.
How true Liane and this ..”We form groups who have all assembled their pieces in a similar way, so that the holes are less obvious. We even begin to think a life with holes is true and something to be acclaimed.” This falseness is what we must also be willing to surrender.
Gorgeous Liane 🙂
Such a different concept to the idea we run with in thinking we need to be something or do something to find something. In requiring no effort whatsoever, we allow what has always been there to be revealed. When we realise we are our own master, the search is over and we can simply surrender to the beauty of what is already within.
So true Liane, so simple and profound.
‘One technician is trying to piece together something they found’ …. often it’s not even something that’s found, rather, something that we’re told we need to be, so we try desperately to make it fit ….. but it never will, it will always be slightly off, as it doesn’t belong.
Dear Joel, I was just wondering how many parables you have now? Enough to publish a collection, a book that could have some brilliant illustrations? What about Sunlight Ink Publishing?
Great idea Lyndy!
I love your parables Joel, and here is another beauty! If teachers and educators knew the truth of what you present i.e. that we are already glorious amazing beings who need to clear our old way of living and make wise choices, children at school would be nurtured to stay connected to their true essence and respond from there, instead of educated to go out and get recognition and little glimpses of hope by constructing an object as demonstrated in your first laboratory.
Agree Lyndy, a new meaning of the word technician presented here – not a specialty role but one exercised with great care, attention to detail, to quality and to understanding how the work of one is attended to for the all. Imagine if this was part of our education?
Beautiful Lyndy, ‘If teachers and educators knew the truth of what you present i.e. that we are already glorious amazing beings who need to clear our old way of living and make wise choices, children at school would be nurtured to stay connected to their true essence and respond from there’. This would be amazing for the children, I can feel in schools how the focus is very much on what the children do and what they achieve, being ‘polite’, ‘well behaved’ and that there is very little encouragement for children to stay their tender, sensitive selves and if a child behaves unlovinging, they are labelled as ‘trouble’, it is not considered that they are amazing, and that they are choosing not to live this.
Yes Lyndy allowing all children to be as they so beautifully are in the world and nurturing their connection would be a major game changer in the education system today.
Thanks Joel for a confirming blog that recognises that who we are is enough and that our job is just to uncover the beauty and the gold that lies within us. Everyone has that choice to approach life with this knowing, that we don’t need to try and be anything, just allow who we are to be expressed with as much commitment as we can muster.
So beautiful Joel. Revealing the glory that is already there rather than searching for it ‘out there’ somewhere. We are already masterpieces.
Oh yes Kathryn, “we are already masterpieces”: now to live that knowing and inspire others to know that they are too.
Once again I am inspired by another of your blogs thank-you Joel “But the magic of life is the canvas, an image fully rendered and glorious in its beauty but obscured by past choices”. Dealing and clearing the layers of protection we have created to not deal with our hurts to reveal our true essence of love and light, a lifetime of work and the best venture anyone of us can undertake.
This world is so ill equipped to appreciate the full magnificence we arrive in, so many pieces are missing in this phase of our existence that we can’t work out life in full. It’s only when we learn we are already ‘ whole and full of life ‘ that we stop trying to fit into the puzzle that does not make sense. It’s no wonder we fill the missing pieces with anything we can find to numb the yearning to be reconnected to the complete magnificent picture we already know ourselves to be …. underneath the layers.
It’s interesting we approach children and ourselves as being empty vessels to fill with information, which often means we rely on learning for our skills and information coming from outside ourselves. This starts the cycle of never looking inward to reveal the true intelligence and wisdom we all are naturally imbued with. The masterpiece is already there to be revealed.
You are a master of the parable Joel – an exquisite story-teller who makes analogies like fine garments that we may try on as we read to see how well they fit us.
This one fits like a glove. I have lived the life of the first technician, the at times desperate seeker of pieces.
In recent years I have become more often the second – my life is the canvas being cleaned to reveal the fact that all of the beauty is already there.
A beautiful and simple parable Joel that reveals the two possible options that we can take on our path of return. The restoration of the second technician explores in a very simple manner the path of return that has been offered for aeons through the Teachings of the Ageless Wisdom and today through Universal Medicine and The Way of the Livingness. Thank you for making these teachings accessible to all.
Thank you Joel, I really loved your blog, and the beautiful way you described our life’s work of uncovering who we truly are.
Really awesome to read Joel. I find it really confirming to know that everything that I need is already inside me. There is nothing to become or find out there. It is all already in me.
Feels amazing to read your blogs Joel. I love the way you bring the grandness of life to life in such a relatable way. Thank you for another gem.
A master piece cannot be rushed… nor can the unveiling of one. Otherwise the beautiful that is to be unearthed is compromised. And as said in this big “long term delays can occur”. Trust in what is already there and have the patience to see it through with grace and purpose.
Serge Benhayon is indeed the master technician, and the beauty is there in all of us, and we are all masterpieces.
Chris very very true we have the inspiration of many including Serge Benhayon who are master technicians reminding us we are all masterpieces. I love the symbolism you’ve shared and highlighted.
Yes cjames2012, and there are many times I see the reflection of a masterpiece straight back at me shining and emanating the joy and love of god — and we all can live like this.
This is exquisite Joel. “Knowing that our own soul is complete in every way and our work is to uncover a portion of colour and beauty a section at a time.” We are all glorious works of art. Steadily uncovering more and more as we go about life in the knowing that we are divine and every delicate stroke will be uncovered when it is ready to be uncovered and renewed to the world.
Beautiful Kelly. We are a masterpiece – divine sons of God – needing only to be revealed to the world.
This is a gorgeous analogy Joel…revealing all that we need is already within us – its just a matter of choosing it all – piece by piece.
Great blog Joel, The parallel is clear. Like a scientist in their lab who observes experiments, life is equally a laboratory where we can apply the same observation towards our relationships, behaviours and patterns.
Joel what I loved about your blog was that not only was it a fantastic reminder that I am already ‘whole and complete’ but it reminded me that so too is everybody else whole and complete. It’s so easy to see other people as something other than the equal sons of God that we all are. When we see people as less than the Sons of God it simply perpetuates the illusion.
I love how you have shared a very practical approach to life that is easily understood and transferable into our own life. When we first start every moment we have this choice that is going to determine how life is going to play out. The best thing about it all is that we always have the opportunity to choose differently.
Gorgeous Joel. Another beautiful work of art in the shape of a blog!
This is so beautiful to read and appreciate about life and the different ways we can choose to live it. You are a brilliant writer and story teller showing so deeply and clearly the way things are and can been seen and appreciated bringing a joy and harmony to our unravelling of who we are with a consistent appreciation and knowing as apposed to the constant striving searching and looking for what is missing and emptiness needing filling.
Thank you Joel I love it.
‘You are a brilliant writer and story teller showing so deeply and clearly the way things are and can been seen ‘ ….. and the clear simplicity with which you present how things are, Joel, shows us, so clearly, how we’ve been sold a lie. We’ve been tricked into believing Lab 1 holds the answers to life, when in fact Lab 2 holds the truth.
So beautiful to reflect on your blog again Joel and to feel the true appreciation of staying steady and constant and not getting lost by outside aspirations that confuse and distract us from our own inner path.
What you’ve expressed here Susan is equally as beautiful as Joel’s blog. There is no quick-fix or bargain deal when working with our Soul and evolution; it’s mastery over the small steps that pave the way back to who we all are. Joel’s story of true unfoldment feels so gorgeous to read – to know we are in fact the piece of priceless art needing the attention, care and grace to shine once again.
I love the analogy of our souls being a painting, already complete in everything they are and need, yet covered by layers of choices of disregard. And how we can patiently do the work to uncover and discard these layers, increasing our light, beauty and awareness with no rush, no comparison to others, no need for attention, just for the simple fact that we are now choosing to shine.
Joel, I love your writing and expression. This blog is beautiful! It’s a story that should be told to everyone, and could even been made into a children’s book.
So true Eleanor, how gorgeous this would be as a bedtime story…
What a wonderful allegory, Joel, of the process we embark on when we become aware that there is more to us than meets the eye. We then start uncovering the beauty of our soul which has been there all along, rather than making a botch job out of life.
Yes indeed Janet – let’s all agree to ‘start uncovering the beauty of our soul’…….and say a big NO to botch jobs.
Your blog puts an ease into my body Joel, I realize there is no need to become despondent only a responsibility to keep uncovering.
I agree Judith – as soon as I read your comment I felt a beautiful ‘aha’ moment.
“The work is delicate and they need to continually fight the desire to rush ahead.” Oh, how I know that – it seems so inbuilt. With the tendency to rush there is also a lack of delicacy, or with the lack of delicacy there is the tendency to rush. Consistently endeavouring to bring tenderness to everything I do is steadily mitigating this.
I know this one too, Jonathan, ‘rushing ahead’ …. I sometimes want to run before I can walk. This impatience is actually a delaying tactic, I feel. If I’m wanting to rush through something, I’m actually trying to avoid the detail of what is there to learn and I’m a detailed person! This has been quite a revelation for me to appreciate this morning. I love how you mention bringing tenderness to everything you do …. there’s a harshness to ‘rushing’ and I can feel how allowing tenderness helps to gently hold us in the moment. Thank you.
Spot on Jonathan “With the tendency to rush there is also a lack of delicacy, or with the lack of delicacy there is the tendency to rush.” It is a fine line we tread but oh so worth every ounce of effort.
A parable shared by Joel, always a good way to start the day.
Awesome blog Joel, and a stunning reminder to me this morning to not rush to get things done. This has come up a lot for me lately, I’ve been aware of going into the drive which leads to nervous energy and exhaustion. Accepting that we are already there, there is no competition or rush, and saying a resounding no to the constant thoughts to go into drive is a great gift to myself. And from one aspiring Technician to another, thank you.
Another totally gorgeous blog Joel. What you share is so profound and universal. In my field of work, which is education, the prevailing consciousness is that children and students have empty minds that have to be filled, it is not that they are already whole and amazing. It seems to me that education manages to smother what is there in the belief that everyone has to focus on the knowledge yet to be learned, on the bits of ourselves that need “bettering”. However as you say if we were to start from the point of appreciating what is already amazingly there our systems, our self perceptions, our relationships, our conscious reality would be vastly, vastly different. Imagine going to school in celebration of who we are and it being confirmed in every moment of the day!
Love how you have brought this into a specific field like education, I had not considered how we are treated as empty vessels in school and not honoured for the depth of what we feel.
When really pondered and felt into it does not take long to notice that there is no real foundation of love within education. There are many loving teachers within it but the prevailing consciousness is all about outcomes and results and so this is where the focus is put. Kids are being pushed at ever earlier ages into reaching imposed standards that get ever more challenging. Their feelings are being over ridden in the expectation to simply suck it up and produce. Very little support is given to many children who can’t keep up or don’t want to. This is cold and hard and is causing so much tension for everyone – teachers, children and parents. If we were to stop, to recognise the innate and exquisite value of both our children and our teachers in school and use that as a foundation for learning and teaching, things would warm up no end – the results would improve too without any trying. When a child is accepted for the awesomeness that they are there is an openness and willingness to learn as I have witnessed countless times over.
I agree Michelle, the systems we have created, and in your example the education system, are not bringing us what truly supports us but in the end it comes back to what everybody brings in to the equation to come closer to a system that represents the way of living we want to have. So thank you for saying how it really is for everyone involved in our education system, as the more we hear and talk about it the more apparent it becomes that our systems are in truth not working for anybody and that the power lays in our hands to bring change to where change is very much needed. Not in a one quick, big revolution but in a consistent way of saying no to what is not right for us and bringing that in what works for all.
Thank you Joel, it makes such a difference to look at life with the feeling that everything is there already and just needs to be revealed again, this gives me a solid feeling of being held and having a foundation to stand on and it makes life so much more joyful and harmonious.
Having said that, I know the first example of trying to piece things together very well as I lived almost my entire life with this approach. It was a very unstable feeling, grasping for straws, never seeing the whole picture, always left wondering, forever searching for more pieces, which left me in a very lost and desperate state at times.
So in this regard I am very grateful to Serge Benhayon, “master craftsman and restorer of technicians the world over” as you put it.
He supported me enormously to look at the world and life in a totally different way.
I can feel how when I have been in the 1st Lab and things have not been coming together, I’ve tended to look outside myself, to blame my failure on someone else, rather than take responsibility myself for not understanding what’s really going on. It’s so much simpler in the 2nd Lab, everything is already there, the challenge can be to stay committed and consistent and to appreciate, appreciate, appreciate ….. slow and steady reveals the masterpiece.
I love what you are bringing in here Alison. By always searching in the outer to find the answers we likewise search out there for the one who is to blame when things are not quite right, whereas when we live from the understanding that everything is already there we are allowed to settle within ourself and come from there, knowing that we always have the answer right there with us, and then it is never about blaming another but about not giving up on the bigger picture.
Joel, this is such a gorgeous article, what stood out for me reading this time is, ‘The other is restoring a beautiful work of art that has been covered in dirt over the centuries.’ I can feel how this relates to us as human beings, how underneath the hurts are these beautiful beings and that if we are willing to let go of all of the things we have taken on in life that are not true and allow ourselves to be our true selves then we can live as the amazing masterpieces we are.
A lovely and loving analogy for life, Joel. I love this. It feels so supportive and non-judgemental, and simply offers a choice.
I felt a simplicity and spaciousness as I read this blog this morning. Thank you Joel.
I agree, elainearthey, Joel has beautifully exposed the truth of what we all have, the treasure inside us all waiting to be revealed in full, to share with ourselves and with humanity. He’s lifted the lid on all the ideals, beliefs, misconceptions that we may have been hanging on to, maybe without even realising. You’ve raised the roof, Joel and exposed the bright, shining stars that have always been there.
Joel, this is just gorgeous. And it represents what we we are here to do, to unfold and reveal the wholeness there underneath and hidden by our past choices. And one thing with that unfoldment which struck me is that it’s not about getting caught in all we have yet to reveal but in each step celebrating what we have revealed, as you say ‘if they focus on what is being revealed, time evaporates.’ – this is so healing to read today and brings appreciation to the fore as the foundation of how we approach and continue the next unfolding. Thank you.
Your expression is gorgeous Monica – it really touched a cord within me. Thank you.
Thank you Tamara, your appreciation is allowing me to feel the joy it is to express and how much I am loving reading, and commenting on blogs and connecting with everyone as we all do so.
I agree with you Tamara, that was the same that came to me, the beauty, clarity and love of Monica’s expression.
I love that Monica — celebrating what we have revealed… What a beautiful and simple approach to life we can have ✨✨
I am on an appreciation-program with a friend and did just miss the last two days of appreciating me and I wondered why. I thought I may did not so well and so – had nothing to appreciate. But that is not truth. By exact, more loving observation I found very great things I’ve done. For example I did call out a superficialities in a relationship and supported us to go for a deepening, I did care for myself and had fundamental realizations about my habits. But why I did avoid appreciation? It is like I reached a level of being which is quite great, but then stopped. I did focus on my imperfection and so did avoid to make my new level solid and so would be able to evolve from here even more. I did satisfied with less. I was fobbed off – by me! Now I really get a glimpse of what it means to change my habit to appreciation and taking responsibility about my evolving. I do not want to be fobbed – time to learn to not do so anymore.
“I was fobbed off – by me!” This made me laugh Sandra because that is exactly what I do and I’m totally with you in that “I do not want to be fobbed” – it’s time to choose to stop this silly fobbing game.
True Joel, “We can become despondent at what is to be cleaned, or can be confirmed with every revelation that there is even more to uncover” – like always, he? We have the choice how we focus.
There is not much space for identification and or delusion of grandeur in re-connecting, re-establishing, restoring what we once left, lost or betrayed, much more a humbleness and joy of returning home. No wonder that the need for recognition, i.e. the need for individuality through creation, is challenged to the bones.
In the first lab we are set up with a constant anxiety to make it, an urge to find the missing pieces, a frenzy to be the best, a restlessness; there is no true foundation we are standing on because no foundation is given to us as it holds us in the illusion that we are nothing until we have created something and then some more. Whereas in the second lab, everything is there already it is simply a matter of connecting to that what is there and let the grandness of it unfold.
Well said, that’s a very accurate description Esther. The different feeling between the two forms of living life, or movement we could say, is apparent.
I relate to the anxiety you describe in the first laboratory Esther. It’s never quite enough and for all the dedication, deflation is just around the corner.
The technician in the laboratory is the forever student of life who needs to study himself first to be able to study life without distorting the truth.
So true Alex and so simply yet powerfully expressed.
Beautifully said Alex – the macro is always a reflection of the micro and visa versa.
Beautifully said Alex. The road to building awareness starts with us knowing that we have hurts and if we do not heal them then we are living through a filter, which will always distort the truth.
And filters there are many and only by removing them we afterwards realize in full how much they have kept us under illusion. That kind is the development of awareness, the more we heal our hurts and peel of the veils of tainted sight the more we see truth and hence can remove more filters.
Wanting to achieve something, being seen for one´s accomplishments or efforts goes hand in hand with a loss of integrity and thus makes one deviate away from truth.
We must be servants of truth to reveal the truth and be custodians of truth. Truth speaks for itself as long as it is untainted.
Your comment, Alex, is so beautiful and truth-full. As you say ‘We must be servants of truth to reveal the truth and be custodians of truth’.
What a beautiful way to describe what life is about. Thank you Joel.
Yes Elizabeth the cycle is endless I know for me sometimes of feel like I have let go of an issue only to find it resurfaces in a slightly different circumstance with the feeling of it is not the only issue that has tentacles attached to a deeper core issue. What I have felt is sometimes there are so many levels of our hurts to be revealed before we release the core of some of our old deep hurts.
Yes Elizabeth I feel I have been carrying some of these deep hurts and the ideals, beliefs and patterns attached to them within me for many life times. It is such a gift to have the teaching of the Ancient Wisdom brought to us by Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine to shed light on the true Universal Medicine.
This line stands out to me this morning as I had a moment of feeling a little despondent. “we can become despondent at what is to be cleaned, or we can be confirmed with every revelation that there is even more to uncover” It is my responsibility to choose to either wallow in my despondency or I can readjust my body, take a breath and feel what it is that is being presented for me to clear. This feeling gifted to me is offered to support my evolution and an offering not to be missed. Often and in this instance just with the adjustment of my posture and a focused breath is enough to release the feeling and reclaim my connection with my essence.
Well done Margaret Shadforth! Coming to the realisation that every moment is a choice to stay in the despondency or say no is amazing! I know because I have been there myself, choosing to stay in the doldrums for far too long which amounts to indulging in familiarity. No more though, as having these realisations brings the responsibility to not go there anymore, so no more excuses… quite simple really, time to move on and when we do move on we wondered what was the appeal of the doldrums in the first place 🙂
Thank you Sandra. Often in the past I would dig myself into such a hole by not identifying when I lost my connection with myself and continue on with my day drifting further and further from myself I would become so reactive and back into old patterns of coping. By the end of the day when I felt into what was happening I felt exhausted and lost. Thank God that is mostly in the past as I take responsibility for my life and how I live as my livingness is what I reflect to humanity. It would be irresponsible to reflect anything less that the true me.
These small adjustments we can make with our bodies have a huge impact. I have been noticing this week that even the position I sleep in has a huge impact on my posture through the day.
Great comment deborahmckay “Making that choice to come back to us is really simple we don’t have to over analyse what we did or why – just stop and reconnect and move on. “It is absolutely that simple learning to let go of analysing and unpacking why I have reacted to something or someone was something I struggled to let go off in the past it is just so unnecessary these days and can be a distraction.
This is beautiful Margaret…I appreciate your honesty in how you were feeling, and the simplicity of how easily this can be changed. This illustrates so clearly that we have a choice in every moment – to wallow in our emotions or to connect to the gorgeousness and truth of who we naturally are – no big deal, no drama – just pure and simple posture change and breathing with focus…how power-full are our every day choices!
Yes Paula it is that simple when we take responsibility for our choices. I have found for me being consciously with myself and really feeling any change in my body as it happens is a tremendous support to identifying the second I feel dis-harmony and bringing myself back to a deeper connection.
Making that choice to come back to us is really simple – we don’t have to over analyse what we did or why – just stop and reconnect and move on.
Beautiful, Joel. Writing like this reflects you as the master craftsman you are and inspires would-be and existing technicians the world over. This blog’s a great confirmation that in life there’s nothing to build, but merely to unfold and reveal from all the pieces we have and are already.
It is quite a step to shift our consciousness from considering us to be creators to being re-connectors that thereby realize themselves as being co-creators.
So well said Alex, the first technician trying to piece everything together again is trying to recreate something that is already there, perfect in its imperfections. The second technician simply knows that there is a grandness waiting to be uncovered, it’s not about fixing anything of creating anything new, it’s simply about enjoying the wo drops unfolding that is happening anyway.
I agree Cathy…You show just what a master craftsman you are Joel through your writing; you are an inspiration.
Cathy I too enjoyed the strength in the way the blog reveals that all that we are is already there, we have everything just ready to unfold. That’s contrary to what we are told by so much of society. There is nothing to add from the outside.
I agree Cathy – and how lovely is that to feel, that nothing needs to be done, or found or discovered – that in actual fact we are and have everything we need already.
Yes a master craftsman indeed. What Joel offers for everyone is such a deep connection with ones own healing; the calling out of un-supportive patterns in ways easily relate-able to, and revelations of great wisdom. I feel a great love for humanity at work here.
Thankyou Joel for another great blog. You highlight our choice here to either search outside of ourselves for our true selves never to be found out there or to look within and uncover our essence, in the process uncovering exposing and reimprinting past choices while unfolding more and more of our love and light expressed from our essence.
A beautiful blog to read sitting up in bed this morning. I’m going to take the beauty of me, that which I have uncovered and that which I am yet to see out into my day. Let’s see what reveals itself today …..
What a lovely way to start everyday Sally.
Let it all be revealed indeed. To live in the deep knowing that it is all there and our role is to reveal it and live as lovingly and honestly as we can in that procoess. Awesome.
Agree, that’s a way to choose to start everyday, just like the second technician. In the wonder of uncovering that which is already there.
‘I’m going to take the beauty of me, that which I have uncovered and that which I am yet to see out into my day. Let’s see what reveals itself today …..’ I was deeply touched by your comment, Sally, your total lack of expectation, just an allowing, a choice to be with you, appreciating your beauty and to see what unfolds ….. truly gorgeous.
Love it Joel you are a master of true story telling. We are sold on the striving, searching, chasing, the need to accomplish something, to bring something magnificent and new to the world when in fact we have everything we will ever need right before us waiting to be released and revealed, all we have to do is to allow it to unfold…..so simple and so easy and so absolutely glorious.
Well said Alison. We are taught from a young age that to be successful we must constantly work and drive ourselves to achieve goals, however they miss out the part that we actually have a whole lot of love and majesty already and although we have a responsibility to serve and support others, we need to seriously accept and appreciate everything we’ve already got. Life does not need to be a struggle.
A comment full of so much wisdom Susie: wisdom that I can feel that you are already living, and from which you are, and will continue to, inspire others.
Hear hear Alison on all counts! Before I was introduced to Universal Medicine I was like the 1st technician striving for either elusive perfection or an external solution to solve my problems and those of others…. Now I am happy to claim being the 2nd technician, realising there is nothing outside to find, fix or perfect, but that all I need to do is let what is already within…. Out!
I agree Alison – the idea of being the one to bring something new – the recognition and accolades have driven people for hundreds of years to search and strive, all the while missing out on what has always been there.
And as we now know through what Serge Benhayon has presented there is nothing we can invent – it is already a part of universal consciousness – it’s what we choose to connect to and allow.
Beautifully said Alison and yes indeed, “all we have to do is to allow it to unfold……so simple and so easy and so absolutely glorious.”
What a beautiful reminder Joel that it is all there for us, we only need to peel our own hurts away as we joyfully and lightly walk our glorious path of return. Always in the knowing that our soul is complete in every way.
“But the magic of life is the canvas, an image fully rendered and glorious in its beauty but obscured by past choices”.
I love the way you express your wisdom and knowledge; thank you Joel.
It is a very beautiful quote to highlight Shirl, one that arises from the knowing of just how awesome we are, but that our past choices haven’t supported that awesomeness. It reminds me of looking at a grey and overcast day with a dear friend, who gently said “behind those clouds the sun is always shinning”. Our souls are always shinning and if we cannot see or feel that sunshine, it’s because we have clouded the day with our choices.
I love that you have brought it back again to choices rowenastewart. The quality and the type of choices that we make everyday determine what it is that we feel and how easy or difficult it is to connect with the glory of our soul.
Beautiful Reflection Rowena – the choice is always ours. Thanks Joel
“Behind those clouds the sun is always shining” is a great anology Rowena. I have a dear friend who would often say that and it sounded good at the time but neither of us took it to the next level of understanding.
Beautiful analogy, Rowena. The eternal nature of the soul is always calling us back no matter how we have obscured our sense of it.
This stunningly masterful article is so very affirming, confirming and inspiring, uplifting in every way …… Thank you Joel. I’m am loving the work of the second technician ….. ‘Knowing that our own soul is complete in every way and our work is to uncover a portion of colour and beauty a section at a time.’
It’s challenging to stay on track, it comes back to my loving commitment to the project and the consistency with which I work.
Joel- I love this power-full blog about life. “We can become despondent at what is to be cleaned, or we can be confirmed with every revelation that there is even more to uncover”- Yes, if we continue to connect deeper to our body, allow, trust and surrender to what it is telling us we discover that we are Love. There is no need to go outside of us.
Love it Joel. Completely and utterly 🙂
Another beautiful and powerful metaphor to bless us with great wisdom. Love the last line – he is master craftsmen indeed… showing us how to embrace the master and the masterpiece within.
A beautiful and inspirational sharing Joel! We all need to take the time to uncover the Masterpiece that we are and then value that ! Once again it is about being consciously present and responsible for our growth back to who we truly are. Serge Benhayon has given us the tools to do so, now it is up to us.
“we can become despondent at what is to be cleaned, or we can be confirmed with every revelation that there is even more to uncover” …. this really struck a chord with me too Elizabeth. We can focus on the what is not and allow that to pull us away, or we can choose to stay with our glorious selves allowing each moment to unfold and embrace what is there for us to learn, revealing a little more of our masterpiece.
And this is just a wonderful reminder Joel, it immediately opens the way towards Acceptance – of everything about Life and ourselves: “The work is delicate and they need to continually fight the desire to rush ahead. Sometimes they do rush ahead and it leads to mistakes and delays long term. If they focus on what is yet to be done, they become despondent, but if they focus on what is being revealed, time evaporates” – time evaporates into space to reveal the ease of spaciousness. Glorious.
Love this take on Life Joel…. “We are encouraged to find the missing pieces, the job, relationship, degree or award. We form groups who have all assembled their pieces in a similar way, so that the holes are less obvious. We even begin to think a life with holes is true and something to be acclaimed” – yes, herd or crowd behaviour is not always a determinant of the Truth, and no amount of people can cover this hole-y fact of absent true truth.
Joel your line about wanting to rush ahead really spoke to me. There can be an incredible depth on offer in any given moment. Rushing ahead doesn’t just delay because we miss a step, we delay because we live on the surface and miss the great depths of love, wisdom and beauty on offer moment to moment. These depths are a reflection of the truth we come from, and the truth we are.
I love the idea of waking each morning ‘in the knowing that the whole image is already there..’ Meaning that all I need to do is uncover and be open to what is revealed in each moment. It takes the pressure off that drive to ‘do’ more.
I love that too Debra, no to-do lists running through your head before your feet even touch the floor, but embracing the space that is created when we wake already ‘in the knowing that the whole image is already there..’.
Reading your blog Joel, I got a sense of how precious each moment is. To rush ahead means we miss the opportunity that is being presented to us to choose. I am beginning to understand how my relationship with time and my drive to get things done in a hurry is a fruitless self-perpetuating prison.
What stands out for me in your blog Joel is the choice to go with a steady simplicity and accept and look with appreciation at what is uncovered or to push ahead with determination to break through what is seen as a hugely complex dilemma and solve something. One has a rhythm and flow and the other feel like busyness but chaos. I feel like I have been given a reminder of what is purposeful use of my time and energy – thank you.
Rushing ahead and as a consequence needing much more time is a secure pattern for failure, that I have followed many times. If I am honest, I somehow know I will not get away with the rush, yet I choose it. With support of Universal Medicine I find more clarity about why I sabotage myself. Playing failure gives me the taste of individuality and I can identify with something.
Gorgeous sharing here Joel, it reveals so much about the choices we can make in life, whether to see our life as searching for fulfilment or as seeing ourselves as we really are whole and complete just a little covered by layers that can with love and care be removed to reveal the wonder that we are.
Superb analogy Joel! So true and one I can relate to for sure! It’s exquisite to consider the process of evolution as actually one of restoration – of uncovering and revealing that which is already there within us.
Serge Benhayon is indeed a true artist of people, supporting the restoration of true soulful beauty in human form.
I appreciate the reference here to the quality with which we attend to our work and in that quality, we get glimpses of the whole. It reconnects me to the understanding that the whole is in each part and what a wondrous picture it actually is that we are uncovering. By honouring right where I am and what is in front of me, I feel connected to something truly grand and feel part of it. So no urgency, no rush as we come back to what is always there.
Wonderfully inspiring Joel, I have taken this with me into my day “with a dedication that is not measured by time or the accolades of others, but by a consistent dedication to restore each centimetre to the beauty and majesty that lies beneath.”
I used to be like the first technician, always trying to solve my issues with my mind. This NEVER worked out all that well for me. By testing Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine hypothesis that the way to exact true lasting changes and evolve is to be like the second techy, I have indeed at last made progress in recovering some, and glimpsing more of my divine inner beauty.
Thank you Joel. The way you write about things always brings such a beautiful perspective. Feeling my life as this canvas now, and not something I need to build is a great reminder that we are constantly unfolding – from within – and it is never the external that can confirm or create this for us.
That line stood out for me too, Elizabeth. It is not always pleasant being confronted by our past choices and irresponsibility’s, but that is necessary to reveal the full beauty of who we truly are.
It’s interesting that you have shown how from the outside looking in these two laboratories can appear similar, but when you clock number 1 technician and the way in which he operates you can see that it is a project based on appearances and status quote, comfort and protection. Number 2 technician could appear boring and almost like he never achieves anything but in truth he already has everything, all that is left to do is enjoy the process of uncovering it.
Beautifully said sarahraynebaldwin and well worth repeating. . . , “Number 2 technician could appear boring and almost like he never achieves anything but in truth he already has everything, all that is left to do is enjoy the process of uncovering it.” Ain’t that the truth!!
Just to add to my last comment. . . when en-joying the process one has a rhythm, a connection and a spaciousness that leaves all concepts of time behind.
Very true kathleenbaldwin, knowing this to be true has changed everything I thought I knew about space time and age. Now old people are young to me as they are actually at the ‘end’ of their time with this life and therefore closer to their next life; meaning no project or uncovering, even if it takes life times, is in vain or a waste in any way.
Yes, sarahraynebaldwin, it is so true every new learning not only benefits us personally in this life and then the next it also benefits us as a humanity.
Thanks Joel. It makes life so much simpler to consider we already have everything we ever need, and just need to uncover it and let it out.
Indeed Harry, we already are complete but are not fully aware of that fact yet, it is just simply a matter of uncovering the beauty that we have forgotten we are and to give expression to that, instead of improving ourselves by gaining something from outside of us and in that not really meeting ourselves.
The approach of the first technician as against the second is palpable, the anxiety of not quite having it all there, yet forever in search that it will all somehow come together, as against the patient knowing of the second technician, that all is unfolding in its own time with the trust and consistency that reveals it so. Having come to know many more working with the approach of the second technician, I have been encouraged to also adopt their wise outlook – as frankly, it simply feels better!
Beautiful Joel. This is such a beautiful image to realise that we are whole and complete, but that most of us have covered this through unloving past choices. Celebrating the beauty that we have uncovered rather than what is yet to be revealed is a way to confirm the loving choices we have made.
That is the way to go Lee, to celebrate the beauty that we have already recovered as in that we confirm the steps we have already taken to a way of being that we know from heart is already there. It needs dedication and precision to uncover every piece of it.
Each technician also reflects how we can be with ourselves, that is, either liking what is great but always look for more. Or knowing that we are all everything and that all we need to do is uncover what is already there for the world to see – note to self, this process may not appear how I expect it too.
I love how you express that Elizabeth “if we live responsibly from moment to moment and allow to emerge what is there for us to experience, we will become aware that our unfolding and learning is an endless cycle”. That is very worthy of typing up and putting on my bathroom mirror as a constant reminder for me from day to day, moment to moment. Thank you.
After discovering there is another way to live life, like the second group you described, I found myself once in a while going back to the first way of being and thinking. Like I couldn’t believe the simplicity and effortlessness of living in the knowing that all I have to do is be me and let go of the non loving layers.
What you describe Joel is exactly what we get told and started to believe it true: “we have to build something special but that we don’t have all the pieces already.” It keeps us searching outside ourselves and keeps us in motion. What we want is all inside in the stillness and our connection to God.
I love being aware and feeling this “be held in the knowing that what they are doing is already whole and complete.” It changes my whole day and the way I go about things. The consequences are trust, surrender that deliver joy and connection.
“So once again, the technician has a choice, to be swayed by the ‘what might be’ and the theories of jealous counterparts, or to be held in the knowing that what they are doing is already whole and complete”. Beautiful, Joel, another wonderful blog from you, thank you. This quote so epitomises our journey back to our soul, and the journey of our lives. Our soul is always there, always perfect, for us to return to. We have constant choices to be made, but the end goal is what must be focussed on. The key for us is patience, “knowing that our own soul is complete in every way and our work is to uncover a portion of colour and beauty a section at a time”, we will have distractions along the way, areas of our lives to acknowledge and clean up, and times may be difficult, but patience will out, we will get there when the time is right. It feels to me that ‘Surrender’ is the big word for us all now.
There you go again Joel Levin.
A true technician in offering us a way to feel what’s in our hearts in the most beautiful way.
Book Please!??
Oh yes please!!
“The work is delicate and they need to continually fight the desire to rush ahead”, a gorgeous reminder to be patient, to be still, to be gentle on our path of return.
Thank you Mary, your comment reminds me to do the same. I too love this blog and Joel’s talent in story telling is a blessing to all who reads his glorious and wise masterpieces.
What came to me while reading is the difference between the drive for perfectionism which in fact is always draining and results never satisfying (or only short term) and the simplicity and joy of being with yourself and enjoying whatever task needs to be done. There’s still pockets of the first ‘way’ in my life, but the 2nd is chosen more and more, which is absolutely gorgeous. Such a different way of living my life.
Another beautiful and powerful parable Joel. Indeed we are all technicians uncovering the debris (of what is not love) to return to the love that is always there. No need to go looking for missing pieces because there are none, we have everything that is required all there inside us to restore to living the true glory of who we are.
Absolutely superb Joel, Serge Benhayon is a Master technician who does not do any work for anybody, but empower everybody to be their own true technician of a Soulful life…living who we truly are and getting rid of the layers and past choices that just obscure our true essence.
Yes Rachel I loved Joel’s sign off too, Serge Benhayon, Master Craftsmen and Technician of his own divinity and mastery of himself only – a piece of real art deeply appreciated by all those who make a return to their own crafting canvas and live life with the absoluteness that is love.
We are all the masterpiece in the making or as you say Joel – uncovering. Knowing this frees us up to be present and focused on what is at hand in this moment for it is all there and nothing will change that – it’s all about letting go of time and allowing the space to uncover what is to be uncovered in the moment. Thanks Joel.
A masterpiece of writing indeed, Joel. I love the everydayness of Soulful living that you describe with such a beauty. Waiting for your book of short stories!!!
Rachel what a gorgeous way of describing it – the “everydayness of Soulful living”. I too can’t wait for Joel’s first book!
Thank you Joel and Rachel, and I am also in line for a copy of your first book of short stories Joel!!!!
‘But the magic of life is the canvas, an image fully rendered and glorious in its beauty but obscured by past choices.’ Thank you Joel. Carefully, delicately, patiently and lovingly uncovering each layer of our past choices to reveal what is true and glorious is simply magical.
Such a great analogy Joel, love it. The first lab is really the hamster wheel where we are in going around in circles and repeating the same pattern over and over again in the desperate attempt to better or improve ourselves. When we realize that life is an unfolding what already is living inside of us and that we don’t have to get anywhere we truly start to live in full. To understand that we are all part of a whole and that we are not missing a piece, but that our completeness is expressed by living in the knowing of our divinity has been the most joyful experience ever.
Brilliant, brilliant blog Joel. I love and appreciate your way of writing, expressing so beautifully and reminding us of the choices we have right in front of us constantly.
Beautiful Joel, no where to go to, as it is all within. It reminds me not to get ahead of where I am right now. Thank you.
Yes me too Rosie. I felt my whole body tingle and open when I read this blog. Such a powerful reminder that we are complete and whole (and quite stunning) but past choices obscure us from seeing that. And we patiently chip away at these, to reveal our glory.
A Beautiful reminder that it is all there waiting, as we work our way through the path of return.
And so it is – the pot of gold is something that already lies within us only to be uncovered. We are not here to transform lead to gold, rather we are here to realise the gold that we are. Thank you Joel.
I love this Henrietta. No transformation just revelation of who we truly are!!
Absolute Gold Joel and Henrietta, thank you, for opening my eyes to the truth, which so easy and simple for us as the Sons of God to reconnect to, this is truly transforming!
And this is true alchemy, Lee and Greg!
Yes Nicole, it is all there waiting, always has been and always will be.
We are told and sold that we don’t have all the pieces already. Most of the businesses that are out there are built on this selling out. Once we all realize that everything is already there, the world will look completely different (and many businesses will be out of business).
Agree Mariette, we have been sold a big fat lie and selling lies is big business as with the selling of incompleteness we keep the hamster wheel running. Its time to get the businesses out of business and make it about truth!!
Yes because business, sales (that make profit), is sold based on matching needs or wants, and pain-points to seal the deal, we’re always sold something on the incompleteness as you say, and never on any confirmation of the completeness of what we already are — when we are prepared to focus on what lies beneath the painted canvas and see the whole image.
Very true Mariette the realisation that we are complete, all we need to do is shed what is not us, is very freeing and takes the pressure we place on ourselves to search for something outside of us is over. All we need to do is look within and uncover our essence, in the process uncovering, exposing and reimprinting past choices while unfolding more and more of our love and light expressed from our essence.
Great point ladies . . . As long us we are looking outside of ourselves for the missing piece there will be someone there to sell us something. Business’s thrive on this.
Can you imagine what would happen if we women find ourselves absolutely gorgeous, sexy and beautiful? Just the impact that would have on the commercials, the magazines, products etc. When we would be fulfilled with ourselves, with our love, we don’t need all the businesses trying to sell us something.
I love the gem that you have exposed in this article Joel, that our Soul is already whole and complete and our approach to our unfolding back to express our Soul in physical life can be in honour of that awareness – pealing back the layers with patience, appreciation and dedication.
And I also love the way you have acknowledged Serge Benhayon for the amazing inspiration he is in this area: “Inspired by Serge Benhayon, master craftsman and restorer of technicians the world over.” My whole being smiled as I read that statement, because it is so playful and at the same time so very true.
Great point Golnaz thanks for the reminder patients, appreciation and dedication. I often tend to focus too much on the negative and can become fixated on finding the next issue to “fix” and forget to appreciate the love that I am and how far I have come in my evolution.
I can as well Doug but every time I drop into acceptance and allowing all the trying and pushing slips away and I feel the grandness of what is there all of the time in myself and appreciate seeing others in the same way.
It’s a very individual and closed off way to live when we choose to struggle… what are we saying to the world? ‘Back off I want to indulge here and make it all about me’? Forgetting or blocking off to our sisters and brothers in the process.
Written with such grace and humbleness Joel, as the true craftsman of life you are. This part brought tears to my eyes – “Knowing that our own soul is complete in every way and our work is to uncover a portion of colour and beauty a section at a time.” Knowing this in full arrests the pressure our overactive trying minds push forward with. Stunning piece all of it Joel, thank you.
Beautiful said Aimee, appreciating Joel and all that he brings.
“Knowing that our own soul is complete in every way and our work is to uncover a portion of colour and beauty a section at a time.” I felt that also Aimee I had to read this blog a couple of times as there is so much in it and I could feel some resistance in me then some anger before I felt the deep sadness of me putting so much pressure and expectations on myself to “get it” instead of just allowing and embracing the process and appreciating were I am.
I agree Aimee. I started reading this blog and thought that it must be written by Joel, simple, clear and well worth pondering on. To feel that we are beautiful and complete and that all we need to do is reveal this is amazing. Thank you Joel.
Amazing indeed Lee. So really choosing the other way of struggle and scrounging for recognition delays us from returning to the complete package that has been there all along.
“The technician has a choice, to be swayed by the ‘what might be’ and the theories of jealous counterparts, or to be held in the knowing that what they are doing is already whole and complete” – when you put it like this, it is such a obvious and easy choice and really makes me wonder why anyone would let the knowing go and flirt with ‘what might be’ and other distractions, but I do.
I have been in the first lab for a long time and I know how frustrating and exhausting it is to be in there. There’s constant trying to come up with different ways to assemble the pieces. I had my tantrums and threw all the pieces onto the floor many times and I no longer knew whether I really had all the pieces I was supposed to have, and it was easier for me to just give up and forget about the work all together. I didn’t even know what I was making out of those pieces anyway. So, when I heard about the master craftsman Serge Benhayon, I thought he must be one of the very skilled technicians from the same lab because I didn’t know there was another lab existed, but he showed me there was, and the door to the lab no.2 wasn’t even locked.
So true – the door inside is never locked, we had just covered it and conveniently forgotten that it is even there, all the while getting caught up in all the outer pursuits that titillate, entertain, confuse and distract and try to convince us that this is all there is.
Love it Fumiyo! Walking through to the second lab it really is not sensibly possible to ever revisit the first.
Beautiful Fumiyo. Often all it takes is someone to say that there is another way.
I can so relate to your comment Fumiyo I couldn’t help but smile when I read it, it is so me and I’m sure many other can relate to it too. It wasn’t until I had been chasing my tail in circles for many years I was introduced to the master craftsman serge Benhayon that life made any sense at all to.
We are blinded by our own delusion of being creators that prevents us from even seeing the open door. It really takes someone who has entered the space behind the gate and reflects back the All that we try to create for and by ourselves without ever getting the pieces together as the pieces are tainted to begin with.
I loved reading this blog, it is a great reminder to be patient and that things will unfold without trying to push, but just be open to all possibilities – after all we never know what is going to be revealed as the next layer is gently and delicately removed. Lovely thought of having such a beautiful painting underneath just waiting to be seen in all its glory.
Yes, Julie, this blog by Joel “is a great reminder to be patient and that things will unfold without trying to push, but just be open to all possibilities”. I love Joel’s story of the goal being the expose of the beautiful painting in all its glory, in actuality, our Soul. Joel is a great story writer for us all, I love how he expresses things in analogies.
Today I have hit a sticky bit of dusty muck obscuring the glorious piece of art I am. Your blog is an inspiring reminder to gently and tenderly remove it for it is not me, it is just a bit of dusty muck. When we identify with the mucky bits as being us we can lose sense of our inner grandness, but when we know the truth, that we are divine and already glorious it is much easier to tenderly peel back the grimy layers and shine.
Yes it is a beautiful reminder Julie to be patient with ourselves, to know when we lovingly remove the layers we have built that our true beauty will be revealed for all to feel and see.
And it is not possible to identify with the painting, I didn’t paint it. I simply clean the dirt that I threw over it myself. Genious metaphor.
I agree Julie and reading your reply it seems to hold the same beauty and quality that the blog does, thank you.
I agree Julie, an absolutely beautiful blog and reminder to us all of the beauty that lies beneath. Something that struck me with this blog is that when I go into the frenetic activity of the first technician trying to find the elusive missing piece that is out there somewhere I feel like I am working really hard but getting nowhere. It’s like spinning the wheels of a car, lots of movement but no forward motion. This is the difference between looking outside as opposed to revealing what is inside.
Great analogy Lee I can relate to “spinning the wheels of a car with lots of movement but no forward motion.” Searching on the outside looking for the answers. It is quiet an exhausting process. On the other hand releasing the clutch gently and exalters slowly we make full connection with our vehicle of expression and feel what is on the inside to be felt.
I wonder if the painting needs to be seen, for it is unaffected by the muck we’ve put on it. As I sit with this, I wonder if the real learning is for the person or part of oursleves that is shovelling the muck, it is that part that needs to rebuild its appreciation of what it was covering.
Wow Joel, such a beautiful, confirming read. thank you so much!
Thank you Joel, what a masterful stoke of genius. Truth to me lies in the simplicity of allowing our soul to reveal our past choices good and bad so we can heal and live again as the Son of God.
nicely captured Gregbarnes888
I love how you’ve essentially shared that there are two different ways to approach our relationship with life and with ourselves. Thank you Joel.
Joel as always I love how you write, a master storyteller with a great story to tell, not for the sake of telling but for the sake of serving a purpose. Best kind of story there is, one with a point that evolves those that read it. Very masterful and majestic, thank you.
An amazing metaphor for life, thank you for sharing. To make that step to be different to the choices others are making and trusting that everything you are or need is already there.
Exactly Rebecca, we should not follow the choices others are making, but rather feel what is true and live it ourselves!
How amazing you write Joel, ..’to be held in the knowing that what they are doing is already whole and complete. The magic of life is a canvas, an unfoldment with grace that we are all held in.
So Beautiful Joel… This is an analogy I will not forget… We are already complete just revealing more of ourselves and our beauty as we remove the debris built up from living in a contracted, unloving and untrue way.
Another jewel form a master blogger. I love your analogies Joel. “..the magic of life is the canvas, an image fully rendered and glorious in its beauty but obscured by past choices”, which we can now unmask to reveal the love that was there all the time.
Beautiful Joel. Life is to be uncovered, not discovered.
This vivid symbolism is very inspiring and encouraging. Your writing is so powerful Joel.
‘the technician has a choice, to be swayed by the ‘what might be’ and the theories of jealous counterparts, or to be held in the knowing that what they are doing is already whole and complete.’ …. to constantly remind ourselves of the absolute treasure we already are and to appreciate even the tiniest glow from our canvas is so important to help keep us steady and focussed on the what is and to help us to disallow the distractions that try to creep in to take us away from the glory that we already are.
I would love to see a little book, a compilation of your powerful stories one day. I can feel it is being revealed bit by bit, much like the canvas you speak about here.
Yet another timeless beauty from you Joel, I particularly love these words: “If they focus on what is yet to be done, they become despondent, but if they focus on what is being revealed, time evaporates.” A matter of perspective and choices.
I love the innate magic in your blogs, Joel, the way you paint with words, very relatable and expansive. Thank you.
I love your sharing Joel and how there are 2 ways to be – trying to make something work that we’ve been given, or appreciating and developing step by step something that we have had all along. This is a very beautiful look at how when we stop and consolidate and be in the moment, we have everything we could possible need.
Such a beautiful way to be reminded to accept where we are, and every step we take to reveal who we truly are.
Exquisitely simple!
What a beautiful read this blog is Joel – clearly reflecting the two ways we live our lives from. Prior to attending presentations by Serge Benhayon, the founder of Universal Medicine, I was a master at the first technician’s way of life your describe so clearly.
Slowly and surely I am re-turning to the second technician’s way of Livingness with joy being felt in my body instead of the previous continual anxiousness.
“So the alternative is to work like the second technician. Knowing that our own soul is complete in every way and our work is to uncover a portion of colour and beauty a section at a time. We can become despondent at what is to be cleaned, or can be confirmed with every revelation that there is even more to uncover”.
I love this Joel – no more looking outside for what the missing piece is to make us whole simply uncover the beauty that is already there.
Absolutely Kathleen, Joel has simply stated the truth of how we return to the love we all are!
Gorgeous Joel, thank you. A classic temporal example of the first technician theory is our education system. Never are young people taught that they are already an incredible piece of artwork that just needs a little dusting to shine fully, but instead taught that they need to learn endless textbook pages in order to be ‘worthy’ and accepted into life. Everything about the system is about piecing together this subject and that subject, in order to create the ‘perfect student’ who can recite an entire syllabus, looks intelligent and will have a good career. Hold on. Is that really beauty? Is that ‘outcome’ anywhere near the majesty of the second technicians painting? Absolutely not, but because it ticks the boxes that is how billions of people are brought up.
Brilliant Susie, you are a true masterpiece uncovered and shining as an example for all the world to see that it is possible to walk through life uncovered. Thank you Susie for showing another way.
Love it Suzie, spot on with the education system promoting the idea of the piece we have to find to be whole, rather than appreciating the whole that is already there.
So true Susie, the soul has no need or want for tick boxing or looking to be better… it is already complete and whole. Imagine if this was the foundation of our education system – “…they are already an incredible piece of artwork that just needs a little dusting to shine fully”!
Well said, Susie, we can tick boxes all we like, but we are still left with pieces. While we continue to look outside our selves for the answers, we will always be searching, striving, needing something more to make the puzzle complete.
I agree Alison, and this is why we need an education system for life, that addresses not just ‘pieces’ of this and that, but the whole picture – self-relationship, work, family, relationships, mental health, wellbeing AND subject learning.
Joel I deeply enjoyed reading your post as it confirms in me the choice I have to appreciate all that I am, all that has always been there and remember whilst its ever deepening there is a beauty in that as well. As you shared “Knowing that our own soul is complete in every way and our work is to uncover a portion of colour and beauty a section at a time.” takes away the pressure and the trying for the end result is already there.
Exactly David, totally takes the pressure off us thinking we need to be something, we are already EVERYTHING!
Joel the words ‘our own soul is complete in every way ‘ were like a balm running through my entire body.
Joel, I have always understood the world in pictures and so to read your analogy is so incredibly perfect for me because it is how my mind makes sense of the world around me.
Beautiful, Joel and ‘beautiful Joel’.
Another gem in the Joel library, thank you! Yes we are sold the job of the first technician right from the start and it took meeting Serge Benhayon to get me to even consider let alone apply for the job of the second technician. And the habit of thinking we don’t have all the pieces within is quite ingrained, so regular visits to the master technician’s lab are vital to support the perpetual uncovering of the master pieces we already are. What a joy to be reminded that we are a work in progress and that with the true appreciation and awareness of this, we can continually and perpetually uncover more of the glorious works of art we are, just within our everyday lives. What a joy you are Joel and thank you once again for another beautiful analogy that will accompany me through my day.
Joel, this is a beautiful metaphor for life that feels very expansive and freeing all over my body. To see all our work as delicate, precious and a work of unfoldment confirms that God is indeed working with us and His majesty is unfolding in yet another reflection before us of the glory that is Him. Disconnect from ourselves we disconnect from God and then of course we are forever seeking something to fill us up
I so agree Joshua, it is beautiful to feel the unfolding and expansiveness as we read Joel’s blog. When we appreciate fully our own unfoldment we allow ourselves to feel the truth of who we innately are, and the need ‘to do’ subsides and we can be who we are in our fullness in all our glory and grace.
Beautifully said Susan
Beautifully written Joshua. I also appreciate how Joel has raised awareness of losing ourselves by rushing to what’s next, and reminds us to be with what we are doing and let the next thing come to us. In this approach we remain steady and forever deepening our joy and connection, within ourselves, and the world around us.
What i love about your writing Joel is your ability to bring the beauty and way of the soul into everyday relatable situations, and in this case the constant choice we have to choose this way or not.
Absolutely Marcia, when we make a loving choice and continue to make loving choices it becomes simpler to choose that choice constantly, which confirms the fact that it is a choice to be the Son of God, what a lovely choice!
The grace and quality of returning to ourselves is certainly felt in the magic that takes place in all the moments we choose to be with ourselves.
Beautifully put Marcia.
A great analogy Joel on how we can approach life. One step at a time, without embarrassment and being open to what is being revealed. Thank you.
Agree Shevon, living in the knowing of being a Masterpiece is very empowering and only offers the beauty of unfoldment and forever evolution.
‘The work is delicate and they need to continually fight the desire to rush ahead. Sometimes they do rush ahead and it leads to mistakes and delays long term. If they focus on what is yet to be done, they become despondent, but if they focus on what is being revealed, time evaporates.’ Love this, it is so true in all aspects of life as I am constantly being shown. Reading this is very supportive and confirming.
Agreed Elaine, I loved this bit also. No one ever wants to admit we trashed our own masterpiece, yet the beauty is in the unfolding, discovering every step of the way where we lost our way, as we clear and understand we are guaranteed never to do it again.
I find this blog very confirming Joel and it’s so true that we can become despondent at what we clear rather than feel the joy of feeling and seeing a revelation about ourselves. I love your words about Serge… he is the world master restorer! “Inspired by Serge Benhayon, master craftsman and restorer of technicians the world over.”
This is awesome timing for me to read Rachelmurtagh1. Thank you for your beautiful reminder to feel the joy and to feel it in my every movement. I too love the part you’ve highlighted, so, so true and masterfully expressed. The ripple effect of Serge Benhayon’s dedication and love is deeply felt and deeply appreciated.
This brought tears to my eyes this morning, we so often look at the possibility of what might be and strive to be that, do that, but there is always a sense of dissatisfaction that we are not able to measure up to what we imagined we should be. Knowing that the whole is already there, all we need to do is be aware of it and gently, lovingly clean away the dross of centuries, patiently, not forcing anything, but tenderly allowing the natural beauty to reveal itself.
Beautiful to read your words here Carmel as they too are confirming.
Love it Carmel, makes it sound easy 🙂
Gorgeous Carmel, Thank you. Sometime I find myself drifting off, back to my old ways of easily being swayed but it doesn’t last long as I get beautiful reminders like yours and from reading these all inspiring comments and blog, reminding me of my path of return. To appreciate everything that occurs even though at times it may seem like I am going backwards, it’s all there to reveal another layer for me to lovingly work on, peel back, expose and gently uncover all of who I am.
Gorgeous Carmel, ‘tenderly allowing the natural beauty to reveal itself’ stunning, thank you.
You’re right – and there’s no quick fix. It takes time, love, patience, dedication and presence. The beauty is that the work is never done, there is always more to do.
A Masterpiece and when we feel what is and always has been waiting to be revealed we can feel the glory that is there and not focus on the layers of grime that have built up to obscure the truth.
We really go totally lost by searching outside of us for fulfilling.
When all along, the magnificence we already are is right there, simply obscured by our own choices.
So life is a discovery journey on our way back to our essence and on our way we have to face the choices we made – run away from ourselves. To recognize again and appreciate who we are in truth is our anchor. If this is established and appreciated deeply it is not so hart to face and deal with the hurts we created of our own choice.
Superb Joel, I am a true masterpiece, covered in dirt and grime, slowly but surely getting back to my former glory with mistakes and hiccups in between but nevertheless, with the help of a few good technicians I’ll get there in the end.
Ha ha Kevinmchardy, a deep chuckle arising from within me as I read your comment – I can relate to this in full as I steadily choose to work with returning to my former glory.
Hear hear fellow technician, the sweetness of return shines ever bright.
I love this story Joel. So true that everything is already when we take the time and make the right choices to uncover it. Serge BenhYon has helped me to begin to make these choices and my life feels so much more meaningful
“But the magic of life is the canvas, an image fully rendered and glorious in its beauty but obscured by past choices.” To read and feel this is deeply supporting. It is all there waiting for us to uncover and we can appreciate and enjoy each step we take.
This is beautiful Joel, thank you.
Beautifully said and so true Joel. We have everything already we just have to allow ourselves to feel and ‘uncover’ it. Whereas like the 1st technician we have been set up t think we need to find something, the missing piece of the puzzle, the golden nugget not realising, well forgetting we have it all along just have buried it so deep we have forgotten about it!
I love this blog Joel, it confirms for me all that we are, and that it is just a matter of uncovering, not rebuilding from scratch.
This is a very sweet story about life and its unfoldment depending which one of the technicians way is chosen. I love the wisdom in it, it has a beautiful resonance in my body. Thank you Joel.
It is the kind of bedtime story that would be so beautiful to read to young children, and adults too… imagine having this read to you a s child before you go to sleep, and holding this in your awareness growing up?
Thank you Joel – patience has never been my forte although I do have a great deal in some areas but alas not so much when it comes to my own development and this is a such a beautiful reminder and to also know that we are complete as we are. A quote from Serge Benhayon springs to mind “Time is eternal therefore it is wise to be patient.”
Joel, this is an absolute gem. I’ll come back to this immensely wise parable again and again and remember to simply be like the second technician, the painter, joyfully uncovering the wonder that is already there, underneath past choices that can always be re-imprinted so that more and more of the glory we always are is shining brightly once again.
Well expressed Katerina – on reading your reply, I felt like a child living from wonder and awe – the expansion in my body is gorgeous to feel from this.
“The painter, joyfully uncovering the wonder that is already there, underneath past choices that can always be re-imprinted so that more and more of the glory we always are is shining brightly once again”.
Me too Katerina and I absolutely agree about Joel incredible blog. This gorgeous reminder is beautifully inspiring me to appreciate the masterpiece I am uncovering and to allow the glorious colours to shine through.
What a beautiful way to say that each of us is a masterpiece we are gradually uncovering. Your words here Joel inspire me to savour being a ‘still and joyful technician’ in my day, knowing the beauty is already here for me and every body.
Another beautiful piece of writing full of imagery that allows one to relate to the truth you bring Joel, thank you.
You have brought your poetic wiring through to this last line with ‘ Inspired by Serge Benhayon, master craftsman and restorer of technicians the world over.’ I love it.
Hello Joel. As I began to read your blog, I knew it was another one of your masterpieces. I love the way you make the analogy that the true beauty is already there whole and complete and we just need to uncover the blemishes that appear because of past choices we have made.
Thank you……so beautiful.
I love that too Janice – how lovely if you stop and feel it, and accept this through pure inspiration of just how it is .. ..
The message of how to live like the second technician in your story allowed me to breathe a giant sigh of relief, and I could feel a weight being lifted off my shoulders, as it helped me to feel all the pressure I put on myself to be somewhere that I am not at right now. This is a huge drain, as it pulls me away from appreciating just how far I have evolved in my life and made changes to bring more love into it. I truly love the way you write.
The line, ” Serge Benhayon, master craftsman and restorer of technicians the world over”, also stands out for me and like you, Ariana, he has enabled me to remove many layers. However, what he also enabled me to realise is that there is an un-tarnished masterpiece to reveal under the layers.
I’m with you there, Michaelgoodhart36, I can also feel overwhelmed by how much of my beautiful canvas is covered over from past choices ….. this article is a great reminder to appreciate all the choices that have revealed another tiny piece of the beauty that lies below, my beauty. The beauty that has always been there and always will, it’s up to me to lovingly dedicate the time and commitment to uncover it all, to share it all with humanity.
‘If they focus on what is yet to be done, they become despondent, but if they focus on what is being revealed, time evaporates.’
‘‘Serge Benhayon, master craftsman and restorer of technicians the world over.’ …… a master craftsman who connects and speaks with his heart. When I first met Serge Benhayon I didn’t even know there was anything ‘masterful’ about me … little by little I’m allowing myself to let go of what’s not me and the more I’ve allowed myself to claim in my body, the more the masterpiece is being revealed. It’s a continual deeply divine revelation.
Agreed Ariana and Joel, Serge Benhayon is a true craftsman, the way he is able to support people to let go and surrender to their greatness within never ceases to amaze me. His level of understanding to read what is getting in the way of someone letting go and the mastery in how he delivers it is true testimony to his love and commitment to all people, we have greatest in our midst, let’s hope we don’t waste it.
It certainly is Ariana! The thing that stood out for me when I first met Serge Benhayon was that even though I had applied many layers over my masterpiece and was there hurt, doubting, anxious and angry, he saw straight through it to the magnificence underneath. Never had I before been seen like that. Being held in the knowing of what is there always solid and beautiful underneath can help shift even the most toughened built up grime.
What I love is that Serge Benhayon has taught me that no matter what, the masterpiece of me, my soul, is always there waiting patiently for me to choose it, and if I do, it will always shine through, even as I’m clearing away the next layer of grime.
I understand what you are saying Michael. When evolution is offered through awareness we can release any ideal or configuration of thoughts we have invested that holds our body tight and constricted to be able to freely be and express that perfect piece of art we are.
Awesome Michael. I often remind myself to look back in appreciation rather than to look ahead in anticipation. It saves much sighing!
It is just a matter of how we approach life, either we look for what we are not but want to be, or we unfold what is already there, available for us to discover and reconnect with in our own time. I have chosen for the last and I know this is the way to go as every step I take is revealing more of the beauty that I am from and am returning to.
Yes, the more we commit to truth, the more we end up with a richness in our heart. It is that simple.
So simple and profound Christoph, as that is also an important part of the beauty we are.
There is a beautiful freedom and innocence in this way of being Nico. No push and drive to get through life, just a simple playfull joy of letting each moment unfold into the next. Is this the only way to truly have joy and laughter in our lives? Perhaps this explains why society is generally feeling serious and mundane when it could otherwise be joy-full and vibrant
To my experience it is the way Joshua, as in the knowing that I am already everything I am, I can feel the joy and vibrancy of life, while when I go in the rushing and ‘I am not perfect’ mode I become serious and life becomes a dread instead.
True Joshua this simply could be why everyone is just existing and not enjoying the possibilities of the day.