Mastery of life

Patrice Julien
2 min readSep 14, 2023

The material universe is just an illusion,

a challenge to Spirit,

because it is only a mirror for inner vision,

for imagination…

Spirit once pronounced light,

we must not forget it.

We must not bow to it,

because if we did,

the spirit

would lose itself in his own creation.

It would give up all power to create again

It would become prisoner

Of himself.

With the risk to never escape.

Creation will never become the Creator.

The craftsman or artist projects into the external world

Born in his mind

the image of excellence that is within,

and this reflection shows back to him the degree of mastery

of which he is capable.

This is how he can rectify, improve,

evolve.

Only the relationship with this image

which he can examine in all its reality,

enables him in real time

to assess his degree of satisfaction.

But what is satisfaction?

It is the moment when there is perfect coincidence

between his ideal

and the material universe

to which he has given birth.

It is that moment, fully aware of his Humanity

he realizes that there are no more obstacles.

He looks at his life’s work from every angle

and finds no fault with it.

There is no longer any “wrong way”.

He can see that “all is well”.

and for a moment of delight

he feels the Peace of the Creator.

Deep down, each of us is a craftsman

an artist of Life ;

creating is what we set out to do when we came here,

in this world of deceptive mirrors.

Unfortunately, some of us have been struck with amnesia.

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Patrice Julien
Patrice Julien

Written by Patrice Julien

Patrice Julien & his Wife Yuri run a retreat center by the sea in Miyazu, Japan. Patrice writes Self-Help books and gives trainings in Zen and Ho'oponopono.

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