From imagination to reality; about the fifth valley
In our world, cognition alone is not the absolute approach to problem solving. It will be completed with experience and achievement
If we believe in life, all its beauties are ours.
Perhaps we have frequently heard that life is like a road that we determine which path to go: "happiness or misery".
Sometimes small opportunities are the beginning of great things. One of these small opportunities is thinking, we learned about right thinking in the first valley. In the second valley, we learned we should appreciate ourselves and all the creatures of God, especially human, are valued. I realized that nobody is concerned as deeply as me for my true self in the third valley. In the fourth valley, I understand that I should not be complaint about others or God and I am responsible for the consequences of my own deeds.
From the first valley to fourth, it was all about thinking, to clarify the origin of our movement and what phase we are? Where are we going to?
In these valleys, I became acquainted with the true and proper thoughts. God had given me the power that I was not aware of, the power that enlightens and reminds me of my own status. This power is 'power of thinking'. In fact, until now, I was in my mental world but as I entered the fifth valley, I entered into the objective and practical world.
The fifth valley says: We will achieve nothing with the mere thinking. If we have years of positive thinking without doing anything, how can we obtain our wishes?
Positive thoughts in our mental world + creating real images in the outside world = achieving our wishes.
If I just sit and think (only in my mind) that I have to make a kind of food, is it cooked out of my mind? No, I have to get up and implement my own intellectual structure and prepare this food.
Congress60's trainings provide me with a platform to experience tranquility through applying them.
I learned from the fifth valley that if I want to reach my logical and proper wishes, I have to implement certain steps. Passing through these steps means reaching peace.
In the past, if I had a problem or did something wrong, I just prayed and sought His forgiveness or I asked God to make everything right. I was always in bad mood and I said to myself (in that situation), 'God forsakes and does not help me' and I never made an effort or did any movement.
I learned in the fifth valley, the only way to turn away from all the vices is refining and I should go through these steps in order to refinement.
The first step is avoiding anti-values and compensating for past mistakes which is the most important issue in this valley.
Abstinence: as I do not know whether doing something is good or not, I must abstain from executing that.
Contentment: what I did not know at all! This valley teaches me to value the things that I have, I do not envy all the things I do not have and I have to make best use of anything in hand.
Patience: I learned that if I am not patient in facing my problems, I can never solve them and win.
Scouting, judgement and backbiting: sometimes we scout other's life by meaningless curiosities and get incomplete information and then we place ourselves in the position of judgement and announce a verdict with that incomplete information- a sentence that its base is backbiting and slander.
Savings: In Congress60, I think most travelers and companions somehow learned how to save money rightly because Mr. Dezhakam always emphasizes that saving (money) is necessary for all of us, especially for poor and low income people as the path of life is full of ups and downs and we do not know what will happen in our future.
Reliance, gratification and surrender: I understand that I must always do the best I can but ultimately rely on God's grace for assistance and always be satisfied with my destiny and try to solve my problems. About surrender, I have to surrender to divine commands and God's will. Reaching this step is extremely difficult and requires a lot of refinements and I know the implementation of these steps is difficult but at the same time it is sweet. This valley has a very important message for me so as to improve my thinking as far as I can understand Congress60's training better.
O God:
I am glad to step in this place. I know… I know I have started a way that is very difficult to implement my thoughts, but since I have only one way, I know I can win by my efforts, power of thinking and movement. Maybe I stay a lot of time in this valley to find myself but it is worth.
Thanks to Congress60 and its trainings
Written by guide-assistant Tahere
Translated by companion Marzie