Unexpected doors that enrich our lives E-Book

Manije Grayli

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 66

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024

Beschreibung

Writing this book - with this title - was a total inspiration, a revelation! Inspirations have their purpose, they are born to serve! Unexpected doors that enrich our lives. Questions arise: Do we notice when they are there? Where does the door open from? Do we have to strive for it?

Leseprobe

I dedicate this book

to my Children and grandchildren

as well as to the people

who believe in the goodness of life

and act in the same way,

who trust and trustworthy,

and to the Lovers who do everything

without expectations!

Manije

Contents

Foreword

1 Suffering and trials

2 Trust

3 The love for humanity

4 Habits and traditions

5 Tolerance

6 Decisions

7 Fears

8 The goal of life

Foreword

Writing this book with this title was a total inspiration, a revelation! I had neither the thought nor the motivation to write another book. It happened on an October day, almost the end of October 2022. On that day, even directly after waking up, I was very connected to the Heavenly Hosts.

I know this state where I am completely with myself and can hardly speak.

My body is on earth, but my mind wanders through the spiritual world. In such situations, I usually know that I either receive a message from the spiritual world or something will happen, so I become attentive and clairvoyant to see or hear what I am being conveyed. On that day, I knew that nothing would happen, but I would receive a message.

The day before, I had no idea how the next day would turn out, so my good friend and I planned to go shopping the next day.

The next day, as agreed, he came and wanted to talk to me.

I told him that I was currently connected and didn’t want to talk, but we could just drive there without talking.

Because in such situations, sometimes I like to go to the park, depending on how I feel and what attracts me.

He knows me and the situations, so he didn’t say anything else.

We drove to the shopping destination by car, specifically to another city nearby.

As I said, in such situations, I prefer to stay at home by myself, and only sometimes do I go out.

But that day, we went shopping purposefully without exchanging many words.

It was meant to be that way!

I really liked the city, and I was very excited, full of energy and happy when we arrived.

That’s when I realized what kind of energy surrounded me. The shopping was done quickly, and I wanted to go to a café and have something to eat and drink. He agreed.

We quickly found a café.

Barely had we sat down when I realized that years ago, upon request, I had given a reading in this street for my first book where the café was located, which was also well attended.

Now we were sitting there!

Suddenly I had the inspiration that I should write a book.

I shared this thought, which was given to me, with him: I want to write my second book and even mentioned the title of the book!

He casually said, “Go for it!”

That was the message that was given to me!

I sat there full of bliss and could hardly wait to get home.

When I arrived home, I started writing right away, I even knew the table of contents of the book.

I don’t know yet what it is for.

But it will certainly be useful because all inspirations have their purpose, they are born to serve!

Moments of inspiration in which you know what the next step is!

But there are also times in my life when I feel stuck, nothing is moving, my hands are tied, I feel like I’m in a dead end where there is no way forward or backward.

We all know that feeling!

In such situations, I look inward and try to figure out what’s going on and what I can do.

I turn to Him, to God, and ask Him, talk to Him, asking where are your saving doors, your wise messages, the ways to move forward, what should I do now?

Please open a door for me, show me at least one way so I can move forward.

But nothing came out, no answer.

Silence, silence! Great!

I thought to myself, what should I do now?

Despite the helplessness, I always feel like He is there and wants to tell me, “I know what situation you are in, wait, be patient, see what you can do, I am with you!”

He watches first what we do, how we act.

So, then I ask myself, what does He want from me, what does life want from me?

Is this a learning process?

Yes, it is!

But when and how will a door or a path open up?

Will we notice it?

That’s what this book is about!

Suffering and trials

What lies behind our suffering, why should we suffer so much?

Times of joy are powerful. They give us energy and strength to keep going and achieve our goals, which is also good.

However, if we only experience good times, the treasures hidden within us remain undiscovered and undeveloped.

These treasures are of great importance for our spiritual and personal development, as they help us to attain human perfection and bear fruit.

“Some are asleep and must be awakened. Some are suffering and must be healed. Some are like immature children and must be educated. But all are recipients of the generosity and gifts of God.”

‘Abdu’l-Bahá

The properties, virtues or strengths that each of us possesses can only be catapulted out through suffering and in times of difficulty.

Only then do we learn to know ourselves better.

Who am I, what is my calling, what can I do, where do I want to go...?

“We will emerge from within ourselves, actively reflect, search for ways and possibilities, and ask about the meaning of life.

Just like I asked myself back then, what is the meaning of life, does it have any meaning at all?

Why do I have to suffer so much?

Because it wasn’t just one problem, there were always more popping up!

Just as I had overcome one, a new one came along.

Sometimes, you only have one problem, sometimes several at the same time, that you feel like they could break your neck!

I was already aware that life is not a bed of roses, as we will always be confronted with it in our earthly life.

But I hadn’t wished for so much of it…

I had had enough of everything, I said to God, I can’t take it anymore, I don’t feel like it anymore!

Some problems take a lot of time and patience to be solved, you chew on them for a long time.

It’s a lifelong process.

Earthly life is like a school, you have to pass several exams to be able to move forward.

Thank God, I was aware that suffering, strokes of fate..., are not a punishment from God, but I only became consciously aware of it as a blessing, an act of awakening, and a signpost later on!

In my younger years, I neither wanted nor could accept, let alone be thankful for, what I read in the scriptures!

“Be generous in prosperity,

and thankful in adversity.”

Bahá’í scriptures

But years later, I understood that these are life experiences that we must make and solve the problems ourselves.

Each new experience is redefined, and thus new paths must be sought that we must take.

And also that our earthly life is a blessing for us.

Since then, I have been and am very thankful that I exist.

As I wrote, I had no desire to continue, it’s all too much for me, I thought.

I wanted nothing from life and regretted being born.

But life wanted it from me!

“One rarely knows what happiness is, but one

usually knows what happiness was.”

Oriental Wisdom