Little situation

Spirituality
#1

I was meant to appear at court yesterday for criminal charges made against me, but i got the dates mixed up and so it has come to my knowledge this morning that a warrant haas been issued for my arrest. ( the allegations made against me were made up ,by the way, though that is now beside the point)

And my solicitor just went on holiday today. Though she would probably just advise me to hand myself into local station though they tell me they have not received the warrant from the district court so i should wait till they do and get arrested in my flat.(‘waiting game’)

I don’t think i’ve broken any yamas or niyamas relating to this business apart from not being mindful of my court appearance dates, and not readily going with poilce when they arrived at my door insisting they had to arrest me 2 months back( i moved inside, in my bewildered state, not knowing what to do, saying ’ i don’t think so’ so they lumped police assault and other nonsense on top of heavy embelishement in their police report) But i am not guilty of charges made against me. Okay a new neighbour lied to police about me shouting out my window. Then i learnt about having missed my court appearance yesterday when said neighbour phoned police again this morning aleging i was kicking on her door , a day after i was meant to appear at court. The police then informed me i had misssed my court dateon the 8th. I thought it was the 10th, tommorrow. I had commincated this fear to my solicitor that the police would come again though that is obviouslynow beside the point.

Now i think a warrant will mean a prison sentence ( though probably small, months) is likely as i failed to attend court.

If struggle and hardship are necessary for one’s growth and evolution, as some yogi’s say, then perhaps you could pray for me ( or send out your cosmic energy or whatever you do) so that whatever difficulties i might need to face and benefit from, be perhaps made a little easier.

It might not be that bad (the police station was not comfortable 2 months back, especially with my current health being what it is) but who knows.

Thanks for praying for me, or sending good energy or whatever. It might help.

-Maybe Try to accept where i am now- Perhaps it’s a necessary/fruitful experience i can only benefit from.

#2

Yep, sounds like a different neighborhood would be good for you, anyway.
Best wishes,

#3

I think so.

#4

Have you give praise and thanks already for the whole situation? If not, then do it now, inwardly give praise and thanks to the Divine and after that bless the situation in the following manner:

I bless and bless and bless (mention the situation)…repeat it 3 times and end off with: and I surround it with all my Love, Light, Peace and Harmony. Deep breath in and do an Om (x3).

This was practical advice I received years ago from my own teacher and it works. What you do is to surrender your will to Divine Will and allow the Divine to work out the situation.

Good luck with this karmic situation.

#5

Karmic situations are tricky ones.

They happen for a reason. But we do not know the reason. That’s the point. If we knew it, we would not need to face it. We only start to comprehend it after many years it happaned, possibly decades.

What yo say in your last sentences, is exactly so. You need this … but not just that. You wanted this to happen. It is necessary to develop certain traits of character, awareness, only your karma knows what. It is not easy and it will not be easy. Development of greater strenght starts only when the existing level of strenght is overcharged. This is what makes all such situations just so darn hard. I’d say, you will need everything you got to face it, and some more.
But this will not be a worldly gain. From a worldly point of view it might appear as total defeat, shame or nightmare. Spiritually, it might prove to be a wonderful challenge in discernment, patience, surrender, and self awarness.

You are a Human being, bearer of the divine Spirit. This is part of your journey. Don’t you forget this, not matter what.

#6

I have found the wise comments here immensely helpful!
You’ve done much more than just listen.

I intend to give praise and thanks for what has happened, like you say Pandara, (act on your advice) and bless the situation, especially when i might say feel resentful, for example because i feel like i’m say suffering a bit, needlessly of course in my eyes.
Be glad that i’m having these necessary and helpful experiences. There is a purpose behind all of this. If yoga is to connect with ultimate divine reality then this should help facilitate that; not in a masochistic way but in the sense one should be gentle on oneself and surrender to the divine will.( body and mind being then just vehicles, they don’t get to my essence, i should feel humility that they are being used in the way they are)

It would seem that awareness of being something more eternal than just flesh and mind, namely spirit or soul,is a higher aim in yoga, and this is good oppprtunity for pratice and realisation ( in zen/zazen they say if it’s easy ,it’s not good practice,or ‘wayward’ p,was the term shunyu suzuki used), even if it is hard to seee the divine say in a police cell-( indeed i think it had that very thought last time - it was just so dingy,dirty & bereft of any comfort,obviously deliberately so, and the cells echoed with banging including some poor young guy breaking down, the usual- they don’t want to be there, as simple as- i did tell the brother the only bars are in his mind)

There is plenty of food for thought & spiritual nourishment here as well as pragmatic advice and teachings.

I think the comment Inner athlete made rung somewhat that we all too often get so hung up on our own journey’( or pain. or whatever) trip/world etc though it’s hard not to.You might say impossible…We’re all so self-absorbed; at least iam. A good opportunity to learn mmore about ourselves and what we migtht think are purpose here, now, is for, if indeed we want or choose to entertain such a thought.
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i also recall a remark that resonated for me, that the problem with enlightment or gaining it is that it involves or requires effort and that is something we don’t like, or tend to shy away from.

The mind tends to dialogue with itself -"Effort? What dya mean, effort? Mmmmm. Don’t like the sound of this. Must be an easier way … " and so on
.And that includes me being more organised for example so i don’t say miss important court appearances.

This thread has made me think more deeply about the spiritual dimension and how the yoga of everyday life once properly understood from this persepctive is so intertwined,connected…

Hope this makes sense.

Thank you.
Namaste
Blessings’ & Oms’

#7

I used to be a guard in a maximum security jail. It was easy to see which inmates resisted their circumstances and which accepted them. You could see which inmates utilized their time for personal growth, and which did not.

The universe constantly delivers us opportunities for growth and realization, often in ways which we would not prefer.

Is this an opportunity for you? Probably. Is this an opportunity for inmates around you as well? Probably.

Accept and connect to your opportunity so much that you become contagious.

Many hugs your way my friend.

#8

Hi core789,

I was just browsing through the Nov. issue of Shambala Sun magazine and saw an article called “Sitting with Difficulty” by Scott Darnell, about finding compassion on the inside of a prison. Good article, if you happen to see the magazine you might want to check it out.

There is also reviews in the magazine on 2 books dealing with a similar subject, “Razor Wire Dharma” and “Letters from the Dhamma Brothers”, 2 new books that show us how prisoners reach out to others from behind bars. The review says “what both these books illustrate is that, however narrow or broad our freedoms, we all make choices that will either imprison or liberate us.”

Much love and luck to you.

#9

I handed myself in few days ago, and got bail.

Told lawyer got my dates mixed up.

New dates were re-scheduled.

Busiest court house in europe, and luckily i’m out of there.

The solicitor i met very briefly was reassuring.
Another one from the same firm turned up, and said i’m here as a ‘safety net’ and indicated he was on top of the case, in some sense.Anyway i’m thankful i got another chance to appear at court reagrding the previous charges, and the non-appearance was admonished

Somewhat trying and stressful situation with it hanging over me.Also moved out of that property with the new neighbour.

Thanks for your kind support and advice, Hubert, Pandara, Technie.

#10

Woo, hoo! Looks like a new start to me. I’ll keep praying for you.

#11

Thanks Technie.

I don’t pray enough.
BUt Prayer is Powerful, or so i hear, when you feel really stuck, at your wits end.

God Bless.

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#12

Prayer is always powerful.

And you don’t have to pray to get the good from my prayer. Just don’t be discouraged that I’m doing it . . .

#13

much love and luck to you.
:slight_smile:

#14

core789
I’ve also been a corrections officer, and now I’m going for my test in april to become a police officer. I can only say I have faith for you and your situation. It’s a dream of mine to be a good cop and help those like yourself find the truth and de free.
I’ll pray for you in your current time of tribulations. May the light shine over you and peace live in your heart. I wish there where more people like yourself.

#15

Unfortunately the police force is corrupt, and their profession and environment, i’d imagine, very corrupting. Hardly suprising given the kind of work they do and the stresses and strains in their job.

There are no goodies and baddies, or black and white( more like infinite shades of grey).There are good cops and not so good cops, like in any profession or walk of life.I am glad you say, shadowsai , you dream of being a good cop as it’s good to be aware that this is the real world we inhabit. Most folk are usually motivated by self-interst, the desire tolook good or what they get out of it, a paychech at the end of it.You might start off with the noblest of intentions and still have scruples at the end of it but there is still the wieght of the system and other things to comply with.It takes extraordinary integrity and selflessness to do what is truly the right thing, as much crushes most of us.

Just be aware shadowsai things are not always what they seem. appearance can be very deceptive, indeed. you have to look beyond conditioning and what folk want to you to see. people are all the same cops(fok just doin a job ,usually) and “criminals” ( the cracks or holes in society that we love to cover up and hide, the symptoms, they embarass cos it says things about ourselves we’de rather no know)

This has been very humbling experience. The witness basically told porkies to the police, the police then fabricated a whole litany of nonsense ( to makethemselves look good and other stuff) i read 1 1/2 pages of in holding cell after 2 days in custody and they had really went to town on the ‘alleged’ details.

All i had did was open my front door, and then retreat inside on hearing it announced i was being arrested( they alleged i ran into street,swore at, chased and kicked police officers etc etc)- for what i asked.I think they had it in for me.My only real crime was of course not turning up at court cos i got my dates mixed up.

As i say this has been a very humbling experience.It merely confirmed my belief about human nature- We do things out of self-interest or too appear good ,or goodie, associating with a noble cause or purpose etc cos this is intrinsic to our (biological)evolution- it has made us his way, allowed our survivial.We’re quick to find scapegoats and lay the blame somewhere.The folk i met at those holding cells atthe court were and are no different than i. I just had certain resources( like yoga) and help in the way of freinds/family to quickly extricate myself rapidly out of that situation and manage as best as i could, when it became unmanageable.I did’nt really feel like going to police and saying- oh by the way the new neighbour has made all this up ( given the actual charges were police assault, resist resist as well as breach of the peace)phoned with allegations more than once. The folk i saw in those holding cells i see as victims of society. To pretend otherwise it not just naive but allows folk( those incontrol, the people with powe,money good jobs or influence) to abdicate any responsbility for them.

I sometimes feel perhpas there is in the promise of yoga a way to outgrow or go beyond our own evolution.,that which conditions us to war,selfish interest seeking,biological conditioning etc.

This humbling experience merely confirms certain ideas i had about human nature.We have great potential for good but we will do what suits us alot of the time or atke the line of least reistance and effort.

Luckily i had good lawyer to deal with this legal carbuncle and fiasco.i’m not goin to sugar-coat or be unclear about the truth of what actually happened .

regards,