WHERE IS THE BOX WE GOTTA GET OUT OF?

WE KEEP HEARING "YOU GOTTA THINK OUT OF THE BOX" WHERE IS THIS ILLUSIONARY BOX LOCATED?



We all speak  with metaphoric images and imaginary symbols to explain  the spiritual perception.The stories or parables by the great masters have drawn many seekers out of this illusionary box.The weaving of truths of the spirit is the goal of many masters as the student needs to be drawn from the box of worldly perception kept in the box of past memories that hold back spiritual experiences. To think outside is misnomer it really is an inner search for the true self. So the use of "outside the box" means to think differently allowing the walls of deceptions to fall from the "in the box" out of the norms or opinions you have formed in a context that was a lie.We are creatures of memory and we have kept all information under lock and key in our own personal self we created.As the teacher speaks, they ask us to be "open minded" and "think out of the box" so that we allow information to flow and to assimilate and be digested for renewal of each transition.This is a slow process for many as their journey is their story and it is firm and not flexible or flowing so change comes as the student is ready to receive. They said, "a teacher will come when a student is ready" this is not always the case.So each finds their own way and each teacher prepares for the meeting on their path at that request for help when the student asked the teacher for help.The teacher may ask,"are you ready to receive help for your questions"? This is the proper and best way for the student and the teacher.As a teacher and a student, I remind each person that comes to my table that there are many answers to the questions so choose what serves the purpose of your calling.There are many tools in teaching and each tool a teacher uses is chosen by the student within the teacher.By following the golden rule 'do unto others as you do unto self '' in all relationships a balance of giving and taking is the harmony of the two coming together as one.A flow of ideas but not one is right or wrong only given and taken for the evolution of the consciousness. This is an inner awareness development of the phrase  "out of the box"so the image of "out"may be confusing to the subconsciousness. Thinking and thoughts and emotions and desires are the human experiences.The spiritual insights, intuitive images and feelings of knowing are illusions that have no form until they are created by the teacher in the self to the student in the self.  So within the union of one agreement, all help comes from the inner self-control and improvements chosen by the student to think or act when the teacher in their own true self is activated. We are all students and teachers of the self.The next time you hear someone say I was just thinking "out of the box "you might hear something that doesn't help you or you might just think differently now that you have read this paper.The inner box is the spiritual perception, not the outer world views.