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On MastersMasters are common - recognition isn’t.Most of us have heard the punch line: "It’s easy to walk on water if you know where the rocks are." Masters know where the rocks are but the rest of us simply get our feet wet. Some of us start out to walk on water but after a few steps lose faith in ourselves and a higher power. As a result we sink. A master knows, which is beyond faith, and therefore, does not sink. Most of us have seen masters at work but refused to believe our own eyes or simply didn't know we were in the presence of a real master. One of the major problems we have is the inability to recognize a master. We are conditioned to believe that masters only exist in the religious realm. We associate spirituality with religiosity, forgetting they are separate items. A person can be spiritual and not be perceived as being religious. A person can also be religious and not be spiritual. Practicing or believing a religion does not make a person spiritual; however, living a religion is a beginning. Further, because most of us can only perceive a master as not only spiritual but also as religious we overlook many masters. Masters are not only religious or spiritual leaders but all masters are leaders in their chosen field. We have been conditioned to only recognize one type of master and many of us been taught that masters can only exist within our religion. All other so called masters are evil and not to be trusted if we value our souls. Prejudice warps our vision. Not all masters are good, at least according to our limited definition of good, but all are necessary. Why? Some of the worst examples of humanity were not only masters but also very necessary. Hitler is but one example. He was a master of manipulating people, at convincing some they were the chosen ones and they deserved to be elite. When you are sure you are elite, it is easy to believe others are holding you back and exterminating them becomes an acceptable solution. Hitler was not the first to use this message and he hasn’t been the last. What is even worse, some religions have used the same message to the same extreme. Fortunately, most religions have eliminated the extermination concept. Some only because laws have been enacted to deter this megalomania. Hitler served a purpose. He made the world take a hard look at hatred, prejudice, and racial/ethnic pride carried to the extreme. He brought genocide out into the open and made the world take a long hard look. Countries, their leaders, and their populous were forced to confront and react. If Hitler had chosen a more benign approach, how many countries would not exist today but be part of Germany? What would the world be like today if Hitler had never been or if he had promoted his ideas in a more humane fashion? Too many of us judge good by out own limited sight and mind. We forget that a higher power may have a purpose for what we wish to call evil or bad. Growth does not take place without hardships, which most of us don’t like or want. It becomes easy to call what we don’t like or what we disagree with as bad or evil. What Hitler did was horrible and in some ways unthinkable, but was it necessary for world growth? This is not an attempt to excuse Hitler but if it hadn’t been Hitler what else might have happened? Some go so far as to proclaim they know the mind of the One; that their way is the only way, all others are false and evil. Arrogance comes in many guises; however, it is usually considered acceptable to discriminate, be arrogant, and express pride in one’s religion. Many religious leaders have become Hitlers in their own right. Death to all non-believers and if that isn’t allowed at least make them second or third class citizens. All of this based on books written approximately 2000 years ago, under different circumstances and times. Masters know that good and evil is not universal but in the eye and mind of the beholder. To recognize a master we must first define a master. A master is anyone who appears to walk on water, metaphorically that is. A master is someone that does a task with the ease of habit. Someone that can seemingly do the difficult or the apparently impossible with so much ease that those of us who watch believe, if only for a moment, that we to could do something so obviously simple. And when we try, at first we succeed because we believe, but we start thinking instead on doing and we begin to fail. A master is someone who can take a pinch of this, a dash of that, and a smidgen of something else and out of almost nothing, a delicious meal is created. A master is someone who can clean house, fix meals, amuse the children, work at a boring job, and still be enjoyable to be around. There are masters in all walks of life, unrecognized and unappreciated not only by others but also by themselves. Once we know what to look for, we will see masters all around us. Masters enjoy their work or selected task. Their work is part of their spirituality, part of who they are, at least in this life cycle. If we narrow the definition of a master to someone who can levitate, control their heart beat, or meditate for days, we overlook thousands of true masters. Yes, masters walk among us. Each of us know several masters and some of you are masters. Observe with new understanding, feel from the heart, and rely on your intuition. Masters are not identical just as humans are not identical. Don’t expect all masters to be perfect because what we perceive as perfection varies with our spiritual growth. Masters are those individuals that have become what they need to be for this life cycle. Perhaps the purpose of living on this plane is to become a master in all areas, one at a time. Happy mastering. Author: Don Miller
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