POWER OF NOW BY ECKHART TOLLE - CONSCIOUSNESS, SELF-IMPROVEMENT, PRESENT MOMENT.
1. Dit ga ik toepassen. Met twee subkopjes: 1. Binnen 24 uur. 2. Geplande acties, met daarachter de actie en de dag dat je de actie gaat uitvoeren. Die acties kun je in je agenda zetten. Zo komt dit boek tot leven in jouw leven.
1.1. WITHIN 24 HOURS:
1.2. PLANNED ACTIONS (day):
1.2.1. monday
1.2.1.1. be present 50 xtimes.
2. o ACTION (!!!)
2.1. STEP OUT OF THE TIME DIMENSION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN EVERYDAY LIFE.
2.1.1. START OBSERVING THE HABITUAL TENDENCY OF YOUR MIND TO WANT TO ESCAPE FROM THE NOW.
2.2. MAKE IT A HABIT TO MONITOR YOUR MENTAL-EMOTIONAL STATE THROUGH SELF-OBSERVATION: "AM I AT EASE AT THE MOMENT?" "WHAT IS GOING ON INSIDE ME AT THE MOMENT?"
2.2.1. DON'T ANSWER IMMEDIATELY, GO INSIDE FIRST.
2.3. ENDEAVOR TO FEEL YOUR INNER BODY AS YOU READ OR LISTEN.
2.3.1. IT IS ALMOST AS IF YOU WERE LISTENING OR READYING WITH YOUR WHOLE BODY
2.3.1.1. (PRACTICE OF BODY AWARENESS)
2.4. WHENEVER YOU ARE WAITING, WHEREVER IT MAY BE.
2.4.1. USE THAT TIME TO FEEL THE INNER BODY!
2.4.1.1. IN THIS WAY TRAFFIC JAMS, LINE UPS BECOME VERY ENJOYABLE.
2.4.1.1.1. INSTEAD OF MENTALLY PROJECTION YOURSELF AWAY FROM THE NOW, GO MORE DEEPLY INTO THE NOW BY GOING MORE DEEPLY INTO THE BODY.
2.5. SO WHEN CHALLENGES COME, AS THEY ALWAYS DO, MAKE IT A HABIT TO GO WITHIN AT ONCE AND FOCUS AS MUCH AS YOU CAN ON THE INNER ENERGY FIELD OF YOUR BODY
2.6. WHEN LISTENING TO ANOTHER PERSON, LISTEN WITH YOUR WHOLE BODY.
2.6.1. FEEL THE ENERGY FIELD OF YOUR INNER BODY AS YOU LISTEN.
2.6.1.1. YOU ARE GIVING THE OTHER PERSON SPACE - SPACE TO BE. IT IS THE MOST PRECIOUS GIFT YOU CAN GIVE.
2.6.1.1.1. MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO LIFTEN BECAUSE THE MAJOR PART OF THEIR ATTENTION IS TAKEN UP BY THINKING.
3. CHAPTER 1
3.1. 1
3.1.1. YOU ARE NOT YOUR MIND
3.1.1.1. LEARN TO DISIDENTIFY FROM YOUR MIND.
3.1.1.2. THE MIND IS A SUPERB INSTRUMENT, IF USED RIGHTLY.
3.1.1.2.1. IF USED WRONGLY, IT CAN BECOME DESTRUCTIVELY.
3.1.1.3. WATCHING THE THINKER
3.1.1.3.1. LISTENING TO THE VOICE IN YOUR HEAD, BE THERE AS THE WITNESSING PRESENCE.
3.1.1.4. REALIZE THAT ALL THE THINGS THAT TRULY MATTER - BEAUTY, LOVE, CREATIVITY, JOY, INNER PEACE - ARISE FROM BEYOND THE MIND.
3.1.1.4.1. YOU BEGIN TO AWAKEN
3.1.1.5. BEING PRESENT RAISES THE VIBRATIONAL FREQUENCY OF THE ENERGY FIELD THAT GIVES LIFE TO THE PHYSICAL BODY.
3.1.1.5.1. MUCH MORE ALERT, MUCH MORE AWAKE THAN IN THE MIND-IDENTIFIED STATE
3.1.1.6. JUST BECOME INTENSELY CONSCIOUS OF THE PRESENT MOMENT.
3.1.1.6.1. THIS IS A DEEPLY SATISFYING THING TO DO.
3.1.1.7. BECOME AWARE OF A SILENT BUT POWERFUL SENSE OF PRESENCE.
3.1.1.7.1. THERE IS ONE CERTAIN CRITERION BY WHICH YOU CAN MEASURE YOUR SUCCESS IN THIS PRACTICE: THE DEGREE OF PEACE THAT YOU FEEL WITHIN.
3.1.1.8. ADDICTION
3.1.1.8.1. YOU NO LONGER FEEL THAT YOU HAVE THE CHOICE TO STOP. IT SEEMS STRONGER THAN YOU.
3.2. 2
3.2.1. EMOTIONS
3.2.1.1. EMOTIONS
3.2.1.1.1. IT IS A BODY'S REACTION TO YOUR MIND
3.2.1.2. MAKE A HABIT OUT OF ASKING WHAT IS GOING ON INSIDE MYSELF
3.2.1.2.1. OBSERVING THE THOUGHTS / EMOTIONS
3.2.1.3. THE HARDER THE MIND STRUGGLES TO GET RID OF THE PAIN, THE GREATER THE PAIN.
3.2.1.4. LOVE, JOY, AND PEACE LIE ON A DEEPER LEVEN THAN EMOTIONS. AS SUCH THEY HAVE NO OPPOSITES.
3.2.1.4.1. CANNOT FLOURISH UNTIL YOU HAVE FREED YOURSELF FROM THE MIND DOMINANCE.
3.2.1.5. PLEASURE... IS ALWAYS DERIVED FROM SOMETHING OUTSIDE YOU
3.2.1.5.1. JOY! ARISES WITHIN YOU
3.2.1.6. REAL LOVE DOESN'T MAKE YOU SUFFER
3.2.1.7. BE THE AWAKENED ONE.
3.2.1.7.1. WHAT THE WORD BUDDHA MEANS
4. CHAPTER 2
4.1. 1
4.1.1. PAIN
4.1.1.1. THERE ARE TWO LEVELS OF PAIN
4.1.1.1.1. THE PAIN THAT YOU CREATE NOW
4.1.1.1.2. AND THE PAIN FROM THE PAST THAT STILL LIVES ON IN YOUR MIND AND BODY.
4.1.1.2. THE GREATER PART OF HUMAN PAIN IS UNNECESSARY. ITS SELF-CREATED AS LONG AS THE UNOBSERVED MIND RUNS YOUR LIFE.
4.1.1.3. ACCEPT - THEN ACT.
4.1.1.3.1. WHATEVER THE PRESENT MOMENT CONTAINS ACCEPT IT AS IF YOU HAD CHOSEN IT. ALWAYS WORK WITH IT, NOT AGAINST IT. MAKE IT YOUR FRIEND AND ALLY, NOT YOUR ENEMY.
4.1.1.4. BECOME AWARE NOT ONLY OF THE EMOTIONAL PAIN, BUT ALSO THE ONE WHO OBSERVES. THE SILENT WATCHER.
4.1.1.5. SOME SPIRITUAL TEACHING SAY THAT ALL PAIN IS ULTIMATELY AN ILLUSION
4.1.1.5.1. AND THIS IS TRUE.
4.2. 2
4.2.1. EGOIC POWER
4.2.1.1. TRUE POWER IS WITHIN, AND IT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU NOW.
4.2.1.2. EVEN WHEN PEOPLE ATTAIN ALL THESE LUXURY THINGS, THEY SOON FIND THAT THE HOLE IS STILL THERE.
4.2.1.3. AS LONG AS THE EGOIC MIND IS RUNNING YOU LIFE, YOU CANNOT TRULY BE AT EASE.
4.2.1.4. EGO IDENTIFICATION (whenever I have a long sentence, put 1 key word infront like this ^^^^^. then I can "overhear" myself)
4.2.1.4.1. THE MOST COMMON EGO IDENTIFICATIONS HAVE TO DO WITH POSSESIONS, THE WORK YOU DO, SOCIAL STATUS AND RECOGNIZIONS, KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION, PHYSICAL APPAERANCE, SPECIAL ABILITIES, RELATIONSHIPS, PERSONAL AND FAMILY HISTORY, BELIEF SYSTEM, AND OFTEN ALSO POLITICAL, RACIAL, RELGIOUS AND OTHER COLLECTIVE IDENTIFICATIONS. NONE OF THESE IS YOU.
5. CHAPTER 3
5.1. 1
5.1.1. TIME
5.1.1.1. END OF DELUSION OF TIME
5.1.1.2. TIME ISN'T PRECIOUS AT ALL, BECAUSE IT'S AN ILLUSION.
5.1.1.3. THE MORE YOU ARE FOCUSED ON TIME - PAST AND FUTURE - THE MORE YOU MISS THE NOW, TE MOST PRECIOUS THING THERE IS.
5.1.1.3.1. THERE WAS NEVER A TIME WHERE YOUR LIFE WAS NOT NOW, NOR WILL THERE EVER BE.
5.1.1.4. THE MIND CANNOT UNDERSTAND THIS. ONLY YOU CAN, PLEASE JUST LISTEN!
5.1.1.4.1. SUDDENLY EVERYTHING FEELS ALIVE, RADIATES ENERGY, EMANATES BEING.
5.1.1.5. IN LIFE-THREATENING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, THE SHIFT IN CONSIOUSNESS FROM TIME TO PRESENCE SOMETIMES HAPPENS NATURALLY.
5.1.1.5.1. THE MIND DOESN'T HAVE TIME TO FOOL AROUND AND MAKE IT INTO A PROBLEM. IN A TRUE EMERGENCY, THE MIND STOPS; YOU BECOME FULLY PRESENT IN THE NOW, AND SOMETHING INFINITELY MORE POWERFUL TAKES OVER.
5.1.1.6. STEP OUT OF THE TIME DIMENSION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN EVERYDAY LIFE.
5.1.1.6.1. START OBSERVING THE HABITUAL TENDENCY OF YOUR MIND TO WANT TO ESCAPE FROM THE NOW.
5.1.1.7. THE MOMENT YOU REALIZE YOU ARE NOT PRESENT, YOU ARE PRESENT.
5.2. 2
5.2.1. TIME CHANGE
5.2.1.1. IF YOU SET YOURSELF A GOAL AND WORK TOWARD IT, YOU ARE USING CLOCK TIME.
5.2.1.1.1. YOUR LIFE'S JOURNEY IS NO LONGER AN ADVENTURE, JUST AN OBESSIVE NEED TO ARRIVE, TO ATTAIN, TO MAKE IT.
5.2.1.2. USUALLY, THE FUTURE IS A REPLICA OF THE PAST.
5.2.1.2.1. IF YOUR MIND CARRIES A HEAVY BURDEN OF THE PAST, YOU WILL EXPERIENCE MORE OF THE SAME.
5.2.1.3. SUPERFICIAL CHANGES ARE POSSIBLE, BUT REAL TRANSFORMATION IS RARE AND DEPENDS UPON WHETHER YOU CAN BECOME PRESENT ENOUGH TO DISSOLVE THE PAST BY ACCESSING THE POWER OF NOW.
5.2.1.4. ALL NEGATIVITY IS CAUSED BY AN ACCUMULATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TIME AND THE DENIAL OF THE PRESENT.
5.2.1.5. UNEASE, ANXIETY, TENSION, STRESS, WORRY - ALL FORMS OF FEAR - ARE CAUSED BY TOO MUCH FUTURE, AND NOT ENOUGH PRESENCE.
5.2.1.6. GUILT, REGRET, RESENTMENT, GRIEVANCES, SADNESS, BITTERNESS, AND ALL FORMS OF NON FORGIVENESS ARE CAUSED BY TOO MUCH PAST, AND NOT ENOUGH PRESENCE.
5.2.1.7. PRESENCE IS THE KEY TO FREEDOM, SO YOU CAN ONLY BE FREE NOW.
5.2.1.7.1. YOU CANNOT BE UNHAPPY AND PRESENT AT THE SAME TIME
5.3. 3
5.3.1. PROBLEMS
5.3.1.1. FORGET ABOUT YOUR LIFE SITUATION FOR A WHILE AND PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR LIFE. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
5.3.1.1.1. YOUR LIFE SITUATION EXISTS IN TIME.
5.3.1.1.2. YOUR LIFE IS NOT. YOUR LIFE SITUATION IS MIND-STUFF YOUR LIFE IS REAL
5.3.1.2. DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM NOW?
5.3.1.2.1. IT'S ABOUT REALIZING THAT THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS. ONLY SITUATIONS.
5.3.1.3. PROBLEMS ARE MIND-MADE AND NEED TIME TO SURVIVE.
5.3.1.3.1. THEY CANNOT SURVIVE IN THE ACTUALITY OF THE NOW
5.3.1.4. IS THERE JOY, EASE, AND LIGHTNESS IN WHAT I AM DOING?
5.3.1.4.1. IF THERE ISN'T, THEN TIME IS COVERING UP THE PRESENT MOMENT, AND LIFE IS PERCEIVED AS A BURDEN OR A STRUGGLE.
5.3.1.5. THIS IMPLIES THAT YOU ALSO COMPLETELY ACCEPT WHAT IS, BECAUSE YOU CANNOT GIVE YOUR FULL ATTENTION TO SOMETHING AND AT THE SAME TIME RESIST IT.
5.3.1.6. DO NOT BE CONCERNED WITH THE FRUIT OF YOUR ACTION - JUST GIVE ATTENTION TO THE ACTIONS ITSELF. THE FRUIT WILL COME OF ITS OWN ACCORD
5.3.1.6.1. THIS IS A STRONG SPIRITUAL PRACTICE.
5.4. 4
5.4.1. GOALS
5.4.1.1. IN THE STATE OF WHOLENESS, WOULD WE STILL BE ABLE TO OR WILLING TO PURSE EXTERNAL GOALS?
5.4.1.1.1. OF COURSE! BUT YOU WILL NOT HAVE ILLSUORY EXPECTATION THAT ANYTHING OR ANYBODY IN THE FUTURE WILL SAVE YOU OR MAKE YOU, OR MAKE YOU HAPPY.
5.4.1.1.2. ON A DEEPER LEVEL, YOU ARE ALREADY COMPLETE, AND WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT. THERE IS A PLAYFUL, JOYOUS ENERGY BEHIND WHAT YOU DO.
5.4.1.1.3. WHEN IN THIS STATE OF BEING, HOW CAN YOU NOT SUCCEED? YOU HAVE SUCCEEDED ALREADY.
5.4.1.2. time : WHEN EVERY CELL OF OUR BODY IS SO PRESENT THAT IT FEELS VIBRANT WITH LIFE, AND WHEN YOU CAN FEEL THAT LIFE EVERY MOMENT AS THE JOY OF BEING, THEN IT CAN BE SAID THAT YOU ARE FREE OF TIME
6. IF YOU CANNOT BE PRESENT EVEN IN A NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS WHEN YOU ARE SITTING ALONE IN A ROOM, WALKING THE WOODS, OR LISTENING TO SOMEONE, THEN YOU CERTAINLY WON'T BE ABLE TO STY CONSCIOUS WHEN SOMETHING "GOES WRONG" OR YOU ARE FACED WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE OR SITUATIONS, WITH LOSS OR THE THREAT OF LOSS.
7. CHAPTER 4
7.1. 1
7.1.1. POWER OF NOW
7.1.1.1. THE BEST INDICATOR OF YOUR LEVEL ON CONSCIOUSNESS IS HOW YOU DEAL WITH LIFE'S CHALLENGES WHEN THEY COME.
7.1.1.2. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO BRING MORE CONSCIOUSNESS INTO YOUR LIFE IN ORDINARY SITUATIONS WHEN EVERYTHING IS GOING RELATIVELY SMOOTHLY.
7.1.1.3. BE THE WITNESS OF YOUR THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS
7.1.1.4. A CONSCIOUS PERSON SHALL BECOME MORE INTENSELY CONSCIOUS.
7.1.1.5. CONSCIOUSNESS ALONE
7.1.1.6. MAKE IT A HABIT TO MONITOR YOUR MENTAL-EMOTIONAL STATE THROUGH SELF-OBSERVATION: "AM I AT EASE AT THE MOMENT?" "WHAT IS GOING ON INSIDE ME AT THE MOMENT?"
7.1.1.6.1. DON'T ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS IMMEDIATELY, DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION INWARDS. HAVE A LOOK INSIDE YOURSELF.
7.1.1.7. IF YOU GET THE INSIDE RIGHT, EVERY FROM THE OUTSIDE WILL FALL INTO PLACE.
7.2. 2
7.2.1. RESISTANCE
7.2.1.1. THE FACT THAT YOU ARE RESISTING WHAT IS. YOU ARE MAKING THE PRESENT INTO AN ENEMY.
7.2.1.1.1. YOU ARE CREATING UNHAPPINESS, CONFLICT BETWEEN OUTER AND INNER.
7.2.1.2. NEGATIVITY IS NEVER THE OPTIMUM WAY OF DEALING WITH ANY SITUATION.
7.2.1.2.1. IN FACT, IN MOST CASES IT KEEPS YOU STUCK IN IT, BLOCKING REAL CHANGE
7.2.1.3. UNHAPPINESS SPREADS MORE EASILY THAN A PHYSICAL DISEASE.
7.2.1.3.1. HOW TO DROP NEGATIVITY? BY DROPPING IT!
7.2.1.4. HUMANS ARE DANEROUSELY INSANE AND VERY SICK SPECIES. THAT'S NOT A JUDGEMENT, THAT'S A FACT.
7.2.1.5. TRUE ACCEPTANCE.
7.2.1.6. WAITING
7.2.1.6.1. STATE OF MIND, BASICALLY MEANS THAT YOU WANT THE FUTURE, YOU DON'T WANT THE PRESENT. WITH EVERY KIND OF WAITING YOU UNCONSCIOUSLY CREATE INNER CONFLICT........ (!) THIS GREATLY REDUCES THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE BY MAKING YOU LOSE THE PRESENT.
7.3. 3
7.3.1. ORDINARY UNCONSCIOUSNESS
7.3.1.1. TO COMPLAIN IS ALWAYS OF NONACCEPTANCE OF WHAT IS.
7.3.1.1.1. WHEN YOU COMPLAIN YOU MAKE YOURSELF A VICTIM... WHEN YOU SPEAK OUT, YOU ARE IN YOUR POWER.
7.3.1.2. WHEREVER YOU ARE, BE TOTALLY THERE!
7.3.1.2.1. IF YOU FIND YOUR HERE AND NOW INTOLERABLE AND IT MAKES YOU UNHAPPY YOU HAVE 3 OPTIONS:
7.3.1.3. ANY ACTION IF OFTEN BETTER THAN NO ACTIONS
7.3.1.4. IF YOU REMAIN STUCK, YOU LEARN NOTHING!
7.3.1.5. DON'T LET THE FEAR RISE UP INTO YOUR MIND.
7.3.1.5.1. USE THE POWER OF NOW CUTS THE LINK BETWEEN THE FEAR AND YOUR THINKING
7.3.1.6. ONLY A SURRENDERED PERSON HAS SPIRITUAL POWER.
7.3.1.7. "GET UP AND DO IT NOW"
7.3.1.7.1. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU SHOULD BE DOING BUT ARE NOT DOING IT?
7.4. 4
7.4.1. THIS MOMENT
7.4.1.1. STRESS IS CAUSED BY BEING HERE, BUT WANTING TO BE THERE, OR BEING IN THE PRESENT BUT WANTING TO BE IN THE FUTURE. ITS A SPLIT THAT TEARS YOU APART INSIDE.
7.4.1.1.1. AS YOU MOVE, WORK, RUN - DO IT TOTALLY. ENJOY THE FLOW OF ENERGY, THE HIGH ENERGY OF THAT MOMENT. NOW YOU ARE NOG LONGER STRESSED. JUST MOVING, RUNNING, WORKING- AND ENJOYING IT. OR YOU CAN DROP THE WHOLE THING AND SIT ON A PARK BENCH. BUT WHEN YOU DO, WATCH YOUR MIND. IT MAY SAY: "YOU SHOULD BE WORKING. YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME." OBSERVE THE MIND. SMILE AT IT.
7.4.1.2. ALL YOU EVER HAVE TO DEAL WITH, COPE WITH, IN REAL LIFE - AS OPPOSED TO IMAGINARY MIND PROJECTS - IS THIS MOMENT
7.4.1.3. IF YOU DEVELOPED SUCH A MIND PATTERN, NO MATTER WHAT YOU ACHIEVE OR GET, THE PRESENT WILL NEVER BE GOOD ENOUGH; THE FUTURE WILL ALWAYS SEEM BETTER.
7.4.1.3.1. A PERFECT RECIPE FOR PERMANENT DISSATISFACTION AND NON FULFILLMENT...
7.4.1.4. THERE IS NOT WRONG WITH STRIVING TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE SITUATION. YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR LIFE SITUATION, BUT YOU CANNOT IMPROVE YOUR LIFE.
7.4.1.4.1. LIFE IS ALREADY WHOLE, COMPLETE, PERFECT.
7.5. 5
7.5.1. JOURNEY
7.5.1.1. GRATITUDE FOR THE PRESENT MOMENT AND THE FULLNESS OF LIFE NOW IS TRUE PROSPERITY.
7.5.1.2. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH WHAT YOU HAVE GOT, OR EVEN FRUSTRATED OR ANGRY ABOUT YOUR PRESENT LACK, THAT MAY MOTIVATE YOU TO BECOME RICH, BUT EVEN IF YOU DO MAKE MILLIONS, YOU WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE THE INNER CONDITION OF LACK, AND DEEP DOWN YOU WILL CONTINUE TO FEEL UNFILLED.
7.5.1.3. THE FALSE, UNHAPPY SELF, BASED ON MIND IDENTIFICATION, LIVES ON TIME. IT KNOWS THAT THE PRESENT MOMENT IS ITS OWN DEATH, AND SO FEELS VERY THREATENED BY IT.
7.5.1.4. JOURNEY: THE ONLY THING THAT IS ULTIMATELY REAL ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY I THE STEPS THAT YOU ARE TAKING AT THIS MOMENT, THAT'S ALL THERE EVER IS.
7.5.1.4.1. JOURNEY INNER PURPOSE: EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE HOW (ALWAYS IN THE NOW)
7.5.1.4.2. JOURNEY OUTER PURPOSE: TO ARRIVE AT YOUR GOAL OR DESTINATION, TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU SET OUT TO DO, ACHIEVE THIS OR THAT, WHICH, OF COURSE, IMPLIES THE FUTURE.
7.5.1.5. ONLY THE PRESENT CAN FREE YOU OF THE PAST. MORE TIME CANNOT FREE YOU OF TIME.
7.5.1.5.1. ACCES THE POWER OF NOW, THAT IS KEY!
7.5.1.6. SO DEAL WITH THE PAST ON THE LEVEL OF PRESENT. THE MORE ATTENTION YOU GIVE THE PAST, THE MORE YOU ENERGIZE IT, AND THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO MAKE A 'SELF' OUT OF IT. DON'T MISUNDERSTAND: ATTENTION IS ESSENTIAL, BUT NOT TO THE PAST AS PAST. GIVE ATTENTION TO THE PRESENT, GIVE ATTENTION TO YOUR BEHAVIOR, TO YOUR REACTIONS, MOOD, THOUGHTS, EMOTIONS, FEARS, AND DESIRES AS THEY OCCUR IN THE PRESENT. THERE'S THE PAST IN YOU.
7.5.1.7. WHAT IS ESSENTIAL IS YOUR CONSCIOUS PRESENCE. THAT DISSOLVES THE PAST. THAT IS THE TRANS FORMATIVE AGENT. SO DON'T SEEK TO UNDERSTAND THE PAST, BUT BE AS PRESENT AS YOU CAN. THE PAST CANNOT SURVIVE IN YOUR PRESENCE. IT CAN ONLY SURVIVE IN YOUR ABSENCE.
8. CHAPTER 5
8.1. 1
8.1.1. PRESENCE
8.1.1.1. AS LONG AS YOU ARE IN A STATE OF INTENSE PRESENCE, YOU ARE FREE OF THOUGHT. YOU ARE STILL, YET HIGH ALERT.
8.1.1.2. TO STAY PRESENT IN EVERYDAY LIFE, IT HELPS TO BE DEEPLY ROOTED WITHIN YOURSELF; OTHERWISE, THE MIND, WHICH HAS INCREDIBLE MOMENTUM, WILL DRAG YOU ALONG LIKE A WILD RIVER.
8.1.1.3. "ROOTED WITHIN YOURSELF"
8.1.1.3.1. IT MEANS TO INHABIT YOUR BODY FULLY. TO ALWAYS HAVE SOME OF YOUR ATTENTION IN THE INNER ENERGY FIELD OF YOUR BODY. TO FEEL THE BODY FROM WITHIN, SO TO SPEAK.
8.1.1.4. THE WIDER THE TIME GAP BETWEEN PERCEPTION AND THOUGHT, THE MORE DEPTH THERE IS TO YOU AS A HUMAN BEING, WHICH IS TO SAY THE MORE CONSCIOUS YOU ARE.
8.1.1.5. PRESENCE MEANS CONSCIOUSNESS BECOMING CONSCIOUS OF ITSELF
8.1.1.5.1. BUT DONT GET ATTACHED TO THE WORDS.
8.1.1.6. EVERYTHING IS ALIVE
8.1.1.7. SILENT IS AN EVEN MORE POTENT CARRIER OF PRESENCE, SO WHEN YOU READ THIS OR LISTEN TO ME SPEAK, BE AWARE OF THE SILENCE BETWEEN AND UNDERNEATH THE WORDS. BE AWARE OF THE GAPS. TO LISTEN TO THE SILENCE WHERE YOU ARE , IS AN EASY AND DIRECT WA OF BECOMING PRESENT.
8.1.1.7.1. LISTENING TO THE SILENCE IMMEDIATELY CREATES A STILLNESS INSIDE YOU
8.2. 2
8.2.1. PRESENCE 2
8.2.1.1. IF A FISH IS BORN IN YOUR AQUARIUM AND YOU CALL IT JOHN, WRITE OUT A BIRTH CERTIFICATE, TELL HIM ABOUT HIS FAMILY HISTORY, AND TWO MINUTES LATER HE GETS EATEN BY ANOTHER FISH. THATS TRAGIC!
8.2.1.1.1. BUT ITS ONLY TRAGIC BECAUSE YOU PROJECTED A SEPARATE SELF WHERE THERE WAS NONE
8.2.1.2. WHEN CONSCIOUSNESS FREES ITSELF FROM ITS IDENTIFICATION WITH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL FORMS, IT BECOMES WHAT WE MAY CALL PURE OR ENLIGHTENED CONSCIOUSNESS, OR PRESENCE.
8.2.1.3. EGOIC MIND HAS BECOME LIKE A SINKING SHIP
8.2.1.3.1. IF YOU DONT GET OFF YOU WILL GO DOWN WITH IT.
8.2.1.4. GOD SAID: "I AM THAT I AM"
8.2.1.4.1. NO TIME HERE, JUST PRESENCE.
8.2.1.5. THERE IS NO MINE OR YOURS IN PRESENCE, PRESENCE IS ONE.
8.2.1.5.1. GROUP WORK CAN ALSO BE HELPFUL FOR INTENSIFYING THE LIGHT OF YOUR PRESENCE. A GROUP OF PEOPLE GOING TOGETHER IN A STATE OF PRESENCE GENERATES A COLLECTIVE ENERGY FIELD OF GREAT INTENSITY.
9. CHAPTER 6
9.1. 1
9.1.1. INNER BODY
9.1.1.1. PLEASE STOP TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BEING.
9.1.1.1.1. THE MIND WILL ALWAYS TRY TO SQUEEZE IT INTO A LITTLE BOX AND THEN PUT A LABEL ON IT.
9.1.1.2. BEING CAN BE FELT AS THE EVER-PRESENT I AM, THAT IS BEYOND NAME AND FORM.
9.1.1.3. THE ILLUSION THAT YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAN YOUR PHYSICAL BODY AND YOUR MIND
9.1.1.3.1. "THE ILLUSION OF THE SELF" - BUDDHA
9.1.1.4. THE FEELING OF YOUR INNER BODY IS FORMLESS, LIMITLESS AND UNFATHOMABLE. YOU CAN ALWAYS GO INTO IT MORE DEEPLY.
9.1.1.5. THE INNER BODY LIES AT THE THRESHOLD BETWEEN YOUR FORM IDENTIFY AND YOUR ESSENCE IDENTITY, YOUR TRUE NATURE.
9.1.1.5.1. NEVER LOSE TOUCH WITH IT.
9.1.1.6. THE KEY IS TO BE IN A STATE OF PERMANENT CONNECTEDNESS WITH YOUR INNER BODY- TO FEEL IT ALL TIMES.
9.1.1.6.1. INCREASE THE FLOW OF ELECITRICTIY.
9.1.1.7. UNLESS YOU STAY PRESENT - AND INHABITING YOUR BODY IS ALWAYS ESSENTIAL ASPECT OF IT - YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BE RUN BY YOUR MIND.
9.1.1.7.1. SO WHEN CHALLENGES COME, AS THEY ALWAYS DO, MAKE IT A HABIT TO GO WITHIN AT ONCE AND FOCUS AS MUCH AS YOU CAN ON THE INNER ENERGY FIELD OF YOUR BODY.
9.2. 2
9.2.1. !
9.2.1.1. WHEN THE MIND IS RUNNING YOUR LIFE, CONFLICT, STRIFE, AND PROBLEMS ARE INEVITABLE.
9.2.1.1.1. BEING IN TOUCH WITH YOUR INNER BODY CREATES A CLEAR SPACE OF NO-MIND WITHIN WHICH THE RELATIONSHIP CAN FLOWER.
9.2.1.2. TO BECOME CONSCIOUS OF BEING YOU NEED TO RECLAIM CONSCIOUSNESS FROM THE MIND. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST ESSENTIALS TASKS ON YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY.
9.2.1.2.1. IT WILL FREE VAST AMOUNTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS THAT PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN TRAPPED IN USELESS AND COMPULSIVE THINKING.
9.2.1.3. NO ONE HAS EVER BECOME ENLIGHTENED THROUGH DENYING OR FIGHTING THE BODY OR THOUGHT AN OUT-OF-THE-BODY EXPERIENCE.
9.2.1.3.1. YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO RETURN TO THE BODY, WHERE THE ESSENTIAL WORK OF TRANSFORMATION TAKES PLACE. TRANSFORMATION IS THROUGH THE BODY, NOT AWAY FROM IT.
9.2.1.4. THERE IS INFINITELY MORE INTELLIGENCE IN BEING THAN IN YOUR MIND
9.3. 3
9.3.1. AWARENESS
9.3.1.1. ATTENTION IS THE KEY TO TRANSFORMATION - AND FULL ATTENTION ALSO IMPLIES ACCEPTANCE.
9.3.1.1.1. ATTENTION IS LIKE A BEAM OF LIGHT - THE FOCUSED POWER OF YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS THAT TRANSMUTE EVERYTHING INTO ITSELF.
9.3.1.2. NON-FORGIVENESS IS OFTEN TOWARD ANOTHER PERSON OR YOURSELF, BUT IT MAY AS WELL BE TOWARD ANY SITUATION OR CONDITION - PAST FUTURE PRESENT - THAT YOUR MIND REFUSES TO ACCEPT...
9.3.1.2.1. THE MIND CANNOT FORGIVE, ONLY YOU CAN.
9.3.1.3. AWARENESS OF THE INNER BODY HAS OTHER BENEFITS IN THE PHSYICIAL REALM.
9.3.1.3.1. ONE OF THEM IS SLOWING DOWN THE AGING OF THE PHYSICAL BODY.
9.3.1.3.2. ALSO, STRENGTHENING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM.
9.3.1.4. SELF-HEALING MEDITATION
9.3.1.4.1. THAT YOU CAN DO WHENEVER YOU FEEL THE NEED TO BOOST YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
9.3.1.5. WHEN YOU ARE UNOCCUPIED FOR A FEW MINUTES, AND ESPECIALLY LAST THING AT NIGHT BEFORE FALLING ASLEEP AND THE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING BEFORE GETTING UP, "FLOOD" YOUR BODY WITH CONSCIOUSNESS.
9.3.1.5.1. CLOSE YOUR EYES, LIE FLAT ON YOUR BACK, CHOOSE DIFFERENT PARTS OF YOUR BOYD TO FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION ON BRIEFTY AT FIRST: HANDS FEET ARMS LEGS, ABDOMEN CHEST HEAD AND SO ON. FEEL THE LIFE ENERGY INSIDE THOSE PART AS INTENSELY AS YOU CAN (FOR 15 SECONDS EACH)
9.3.1.6. WHENEVER AN ANSWER, SOLUTION, OR A CREATIVE IDEA IS NEEDED, STOP THINKING FOR A MOMENT BY FOCUSING ATTENTION ON YOUR INNER ENERGY FIELD. BECOME AWARE OF THE STILLNESS. WHEN YOU RESUME THINKING, IT WILL BE FRESH AND CREATIVE.
9.3.1.6.1. AT ANY THOUGHT ACTIVITY MAKE IT A HABIT TO GO BACK AND FORT EVERY FEW MINUTES OR SO BETWEEN THINKING ND AN INNER KIND OF LISTENING, AN INNER STILLNESS. WE COULD SAY: DONT JUST THINK WITH YOUR HEAD, THINK WITH YOUR WHOLE BODY
9.3.1.7. WHEN LISTENING TO ANOTHER PERSON, LISTEN WITH YOUR WHOLE BODY.
9.3.1.7.1. FEEL THE ENERGY FIELD OF YOUR INNER BODY AS YOU LISTEN.
10. CHAPTER 7
10.1. 1
10.1.1. SPACE AND TIME
10.1.1.1. DONT GIVE 100 PERCENT OF YOUR ATTENTION TO THE EXTERNAL WORLD TO YOUR MIND - KEEP SOME WITHIN
10.1.1.1.1. FEEL THE INNER BODY WHEN ENGAGED IN EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES
10.1.1.2. YOU TAKE A JOURNEY INTO THE UNMANIFESTED EVERY NIGHT WHEN YOU ENTER THE PHASE OF DEEP DREAMLESS SLEEP. YOU MERGE WITH THE SOURCE. YOU DRAW FROM IT THE VITAL ENERGY THAT SUSTAINS YOU FOR A WHILE WHEN YOU RETURN TO THE MANIFESTED, THE WORLD OF SEPERATE FORMS. THIS ENERGY IS MUCH MORE VITAL THAT FOOD:
10.1.1.2.1. "MAN DOES NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE"
10.1.1.3. THE INNER BODY IS TIMELESS
10.1.1.3.1. USE ON OF THE OTHER PORTALS:
10.1.1.4. PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE SILENCE THAN TO THE SOUNDS. PAYING ATTENTION TO OUTER SILENCE CREATES INNER SILENCE. THE MIND BECOMES STILL. A PORTAL IS OPENING UP.
10.1.1.5. THE ESSENCE OF ALL THING IS EMPTINESS
10.1.1.6. NOTHINGNESS... YOUR MIND IS TRYING TO MAKE NOTHING INTO SOMETHING.
10.1.1.6.1. THE MOMENT YOU MAKE IT INTO SOMETHING YOU'VE MISSED IT.
10.2. 2
10.2.1. DEATH
10.2.1.1. SPACE AND SILENCE ARE TWO ASPECTS OF THE SAME THING, THE SAME NOTHING.
10.2.1.2. WHEN YOU ARE UTTERLY AND TOTALLY PRESENT, YOU ENCOUTER IT AS THE STILL INNER SPACE OF NO MIND.
10.2.1.3. NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES CAUSES A VISUAL IMPRESSION OF A PORTAL RADIANTLY LIGHT.
10.2.1.4. APPROACHING DEATH, AND DEATH ITSELF, THE DISSOLUTION OF PHYSICIAL FORM, IS ALWAYS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR SPIRITUAL REALIZATION
10.2.1.4.1. TRAGICALLY MISSED MOST OF THE TIME, AS THIS SOCIETY CULTURE IS TOTALLY IGNORANT OF DEATH.
10.2.1.5. YOU THEN REALIZE THAT DEATH IS AN ILLUSION, JUST AS YOUR IDENTIFICATION WITH FORM WAS AN ILLUSION. THEN END OF ILLUSION - THAT'S ALL THAT DEATH IS.
10.2.1.5.1. IT IS PAINFUL ONLY AS LONG AS YOU CLING TO ILLUSION.
11. CHAPTER 8
11.1. 1
11.1.1. RELATIONSHIPS 1
11.1.1.1. SALVATION IS NOT ELSEWHERE IN PLACE OR TIME. IT IS HERE AND NOW
11.1.1.1.1. TIME IS THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE IN SALVATION
11.1.1.2. YOU GET THERE BY REALIZING THAT YOU ARE THERE ALREADY
11.1.1.2.1. YOU DO IT NOW OR NOT AT ALL
11.1.1.3. EVERY ADDICTION STARTS WITH PAIN AND ENDS WITH PAIN
11.1.1.3.1. YOU ARE USING SOMETHING OR SOMEONE TO COVER UP YOUR PAIN
11.1.1.4. ABSENCE OF LOVE IN A RELATIONSHIPS, MORE FELT BY WOMAN THAN A MAN, WILL TRIGGER THE WOMANS PAIN-BODY, AND THROUGH IT SHE WILL ATTACK HER PARTNER (BLAME CRITICIZE MAKE WRONG AND SO ON)
11.2. 2
11.2.1. RELATIONSHIPS 2
11.2.1.1. UNLESS AND UNTIL YOU ACCES THE CONSCIOUSNESS FREQUENCY OF PRESENCE, ALL RELATIONSHIPS, ESPECIALLY INTIMATE WILL DEEPLY FLAW AND ARE ULTIMATELY DYSFUNCTIONAL
11.2.1.1.1. THEIR DRAMA MAKES THEM FEEL ALIVE....
11.2.1.2. LOVE S A STATE OF BEING. YOUR LOVE IS NOT OUTSIDE; IT IS DEEP WITHIN YOU. YOU CAN NEVER LOSE IT, AND IT CANNOT LEAVE YOU.
11.2.1.3. WHEN YOU ARE TOGETHER YOU FEEL WHOLE
11.2.1.3.1. THE FEELING CAN BECOME SO INTENSE THAT THE REST OF THE WORLD FADES INTO INSIGNIFICANCE.
11.2.1.4. REASON WHY THE ROMANTIC LOVE RELATIONSHIP IS SUCH AN INTENSE AND UNIVERSALLY SOUGHT-AFTER EXPERIENCE IS THAT IT SEEMS TO OFFER LIBERATION FROM DEEP-SEATED STATE OF FEAR, NEED, LACK, AND INCOMPLETENESS THAT IS PART OF THE HUMAN CONDITION IN ITS UNREDEEMED AND UNENLIGHTENED STATE.
11.2.1.4.1. THERE IS A PHYSICAL AS WELL AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSION TO THIS STATE PHYSICAL LEVEL: YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT A WHOLE, NOR WILL YOU EVER BE. PSYCHOLOGICAL LEVEL: THE SENSE OF LACK AND INCOMPLETENESS IS, IF ANYTHING, EVEN GREATER THAN ON. PSYCHICAL LEVEL. AS LONG AS YOU ARE IDENTIFIED WITH THE MIND, YOU HAVE AN ETERNALLY DERIVED SENSE OF SELF. THIS FALSE MIND-MADE SELF, THE EGO, FEELS VULNERABLE, INSECURE, AND IS ALWAYS SEEKING NEW THINGS TO IDENTIFY WITH TO GIVE IT A FEELING THAT IT EXISTS.
11.2.1.5. IF IN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS YOU EXPERIENCE BOTH LOVE AND THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE - VIOLENCE EMOTIONALLY - THEN IT IS LIKELY THAT YOU ARE CONFUSING EGO ATTACHMENT AND ADDICTIVE LINGING WITH LOVE.
11.2.1.5.1. TRUE LOVE HAS NO OPPOSITE!
11.2.1.6. AVOIDANCE OF RELATIONSHIPS IS AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID THE PAIN IS NOT THE ANSWER EITHER. THE PAIN IS THERE ANYWAY.
11.2.1.6.1. THREE FAILED RELATIONSHIPS IN AS MANY YEARS ARE LIKELY TO FORCE YOU INTO AWAKENING THAN THREE YEARS ON A DESERT ISLAND OR SHUT AWAY IN YOUR ROOM.
11.2.1.7. FOR LOVE TO FLOURISH, YOU NEED TO BE PRESENT ENOUGH SO THAT YOU NO LONGER GET TAKEN OVER BY THE THINKER OR THE PAIN-BODY AND MISTAKES THEM FOR WHO YOU ARE.
11.2.1.7.1. LET MY FUTURE SPOUSE READ THIS CHAPTER!
11.3. 3
11.3.1. RELATIONSHIPS 3
11.3.1.1. FIRST STOP JUDGING YOURSELF, THEN STOP JUDGING YOUR PARTNER.
11.3.1.1.1. THE GREATEST CATALYST FOR CHANGE IN A RELATIONSHIPS IS COMPLETE ACCEPTANCE OF YOUR PARTNER AS HE OR SHE IS, WITHOUT NEEDING TO JUDGE THEM IN ANY WAY.
11.3.1.2. YOU CANNOT TRANSFORM YOURSELF, AND YOU CERTAINLY CANNOT TRANSFORM YOUR PARTNER OR ANYBODY ELSE. ALL YOU CAN DO IS CREATE A SPACE FOR TRANSFORMATION TO HAPPEN, FOR GRACE AND LOVE TO ENTER.
11.3.1.3. DO NOT ACCUSE EACH OTHER OF BEING UNCONSCIOUS
11.3.1.3.1. IF YOU ARE VERY ALERT, VERY PRESENT, YOU CAN D SO WITHOUT EGO INVOLVEMENT - WITHOUT BLAMING, ACUSING, OR AKING THE OTHER WRONG.
11.3.1.4. IF YOU BOTH AGREE THAT THE RELATIONSHIPS WILL BE YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE, SO MUCH THE BETTER. YOU CAN THEN EXPRESS YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEELING TO EACH OTHER AS SOON AS THEY OCCUR, OR AS SOON AS A REACTION COMES UP, SO THAT YOU DO NOT CREATE A TIME GAP IN WHICH AN UNEXPRESSED OR UNACKNOWLEDGED EMOTION OR GRIEVANCE CAN FESTER AND GROW.
11.3.1.4.1. ACCUSING, DEFENSING, ATTACKING - ALL THOSE PATTERNS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN OR PROTECT THE EGO OR GET ITS NEEDS MET WILL THEN BECOME REDUNDANT.
11.3.1.5. GIVING SPACE TO OTHERS - AND TO YOURSELF - IS VITAL.
11.3.1.5.1. LOVE CANNOT FLOURISH WITH OUT IT
11.3.1.6. EGO NEEDS PROBLEMS, CONFLICTS, AND ENEMIES TO STRENGTHEN THE SENSE OF SEPARATENESS ON WHICH ITS IDENTITY DEPENDS.
11.3.1.7. IF YOU ARE MAINLY IN YOUR HEAD, THE DISTANCE IS MUCH GREATER, AND YOU NEED TO BRING CONSCIOUSNESS INTO THE EMOTIONAL BODY BEFORE YOU CAN REACH THE INNER BODY.
11.4. 4
11.4.1. RELATIONSHIPS 4
11.4.1.1. IF YOU ARE CONSISTENTLY PRESENT IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP, THIS WILL BE THE GREATEST CHALLENGE FOR YOUR PARTNER.
11.4.1.2. TO GO BEYOND MIND AND RECONNECT WITH THE DEEPER REALITY OF BEING, VERY DIFFERENT QUALITIES ARE NEEDED: SURRENDER, NONJUDGEMENT, AN OPENNES TO LIFE INSTEAD OF RESISTANCE, THE CAPACITY TO HOLD ALL THING IN THE LOVING EMBRACE OF YOUR KNOWING.
11.4.1.2.1. BEING-ENERGY IS SOFT AND YIELDING AND YET INFINITELY MORE POWERFUL THAN MIND
11.4.1.3. EVERYONE'S PERSONAL PAIN-BODY ALSO PARTAKES OF THIS COLLECTIVE PAIN-BODY.
11.4.1.3.1. PAIN BODY IS PURE PAIN PAST PAIN -AND IT IS NOT YOU.
11.4.1.4. AS LONG AS YOU MAKE A IDENTITY FOR YOURSELF OUT OF THE PAIN, YOU CANNOT BECOME FREE OF IT
11.4.1.4.1. SO DO NOT USE PAIN-BODY TO GIVE YOU AN IDENTITY. USE IF FOR ENLIGHTMENT INSTEAD.
11.4.1.5. PAIN BODY... WATCH IT, FEEL IT INSIDE YOUR BODY(ENERGY).
11.4.1.5.1. DO NOT LET THE PAIN-BODY USE YOUR MIND AND TAKE YOU OVER YOUR THINKING.
11.4.1.6. ACUTE UNHAPPINESS CAN BE A GREAT AWAKENER.
11.5. 5
11.5.1. RELATIONSHIPS 5
11.5.1.1. IF YOU CANNOT BE AT EASE WITH YOURSELF WHEN YOU ARE ALONE, YOU WILL SEEK A RELATIONSHIPS TO COVER UP YOUR UNEASE.
11.5.1.1.1. THEN YOU WILL PROBABLY HOLD YOUR PARTNER RESPONSIBLE FOR 'IT'.
11.5.1.2. FIRST BE AT EASY WITH YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU GO INTO A RELATIONSHIP (VICE VERSA FOR WOMAN).
11.5.1.3. I AND MYSELF IS THE MIND-CREATED DUALITY IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF ALL UNNECESSARY COMPLEXITY, OF ALL PROBLEMS AND CONFLICT IN YOUR LIFE.
11.5.1.4. WHEN YOU ARE ENLIGHTENED, THERE IS ONE RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU NO LONGER HAVE : ---------------------->
11.5.1.4.1. RELATIONSHIP WITH YOURSELF...
12. CHAPTER 9
12.1. 1
12.1.1. ACCEPTANCE
12.1.1.1. HAPPINESS DEPENDS ON CONDITIONS BEING PERCEIVED AS POSITIVE;
12.1.1.1.1. INNER PEACE DOES NOT.
12.1.1.2. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE FOR WHOM LIMITATION, FAILURE, LOSS, ILLNESS, OR PAIN IN WHATEVER FORM TURNED OUT TO BE THEIR GREATEST TEACHER.
12.1.1.2.1. IT MADE THEM MORE REAL (WIM HOF)
12.1.1.3. LIVE IN COMPLETE ACCEPTANCE OF WHAT IS - WHICH IS THE ONLY SANE WAY TO LIVE - THERE IS NO "GOOD" OR "BAD" IN YOUR LIFE
12.1.1.4. FORGIVENESS OF THE PRESENT IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN FORGIVENESS OF THE PAST.
12.1.1.5. WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT TO DIE OR ONE FAMILY JUST DIED, YOU CAN'T BE HAPPY.
12.1.1.5.1. BUT YOU CAN BE AT PEACE
12.1.1.6. WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT TO GO INTO SOMETHING OR ARE INTO SOMETHING THAT I CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
12.1.1.6.1. DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. IN THE MEANTIME, ACCEPT WHAT IS
12.1.1.7. THE ULTIMATE EFFECT OF ALL THE EVIL AND SUFFERING IN THE WORLD IS THAT IT WILL FORCE HUMANS INTO REALIZING WHO THEY ARE BEYOND NAME AND FORM
12.2. 2
12.2.1. OPPOSITES
12.2.1.1. MOST OF THE SO CALLED BAD THINGS IN OUR LIFE ARE CREATED BY UNCONSCIOUSNESS.
12.2.1.1.1. SELF CREATED OR RATHER EGO-CREATED
12.2.1.2. EGO IS THE UNOBSERVED MIND THAT RUNS YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU ARE NOT PRESENT.
12.2.1.2.1. WHEN THE EGOS COME TOGETHER, WHETHER IN PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS OR IN ORGANIZATIONS OR INSTITUTIONS, BAD THINGS HAPPN SOONER O R LATER DRAMA OF ONE KIND OR ANOTHER WILL APPEAR.
12.2.1.3. ALL SUFFERING IS EGO-CREATED DUE TO RESISTANCE
12.2.1.4. ON THE LEVEL OF FORM THERE IS BIRTH AND DEATH, CREATING AND DESTRUCTION, GROWTH TAND DISSOLUTION, OF SEEMINGLY SEPERATE FORMS.
12.2.1.4.1. GROWTH IS USUALLY CONSIDERED POSITIVE, BUT NOTHING CAN GROW FOREVER.
12.2.1.5. FAILURE LIES CONCEACLED IN EVERY SUCCESS, AND SUCCESS IN EVERY FAILURE.
12.2.1.5.1. THEY ARE NOT YOUR LIFE - ONLY YOUR LIFE SITUATION
12.2.1.6. AS LONG AS A CONDITION IS JUDGED AS "GOOD" BY YOUR MIND, WHETHER IT BE A RELATIONSHIP, POSSESSION, A SOCIAL ROLE, A PLACE, O YOUR PHYSICAL BODY, THE MIND ATTACHES ITSELF IT AND IDENTIFIES WITH IT.
12.3. 3
12.3.1. POSITIVITY
12.3.1.1. HAPPINESS AND UNHAPPINESS ARE IN FACT ONE.
12.3.1.1.1. ONLY THE ILLUSION OF TIME SEPERATES THEM
12.3.1.2. THE WHOLE ADVERTISING INDUSTRY AND CONSUMER SOCIETY WOULD COLLAPSE IF PEOPLE BECAME ENLIGHTENED.
12.3.1.3. THINGS AND CONDITION CAN GIVE YOU PLEASURE, BUT ALSO PAIN. THINGS AND CONDITIONS CAN GIVE YOU PLEASURE, BUT THEY CANNOT GIVE YOU JOY
12.3.1.3.1. NOTHING CAN GIVE YOU JOY. JOY IS UNCAUSED AND ARISSES FROM WITHIN AS THE JOY OF BEING
12.3.1.4. "ALL THAT ARISES PASSES AWAY"
12.3.1.4.1. I HAVE LEARNED TO OFFER NO RESISTANCE TO WHAT IS:
12.3.1.5. NEGATIVITY IS TOTALLY UNNATURAL.
12.3.1.5.1. NO OTHER LIFE FORM ON THE PLANET KNOWS NEGATIVITY, ONLY HUMANS
12.3.1.6. WATCH ANY PLANT OR ANIMAL AND LET IT TEACH YOU ACCEPT OF WHAT IS, SURRENDER TO THE NOW.
12.3.1.6.1. WHICH MEANS TO BE ONE, TO BE YOURSELF.
12.3.1.7. WHEN I OBSERVED DUCKS FOR THE FIRST TIME I REALIZED THAT BY FLAPPING THEIR WINGS, AFTER A FIGHT THEY'VE HAD, WERE REALISING SURPLUS ENERGY, THUS PREVENTING IT FROM BECOMING TRAPPED IN THEIR BODY AND TURNING INTO NEGATIVITY. THIS IS NATURAL WISDOM AND IT IS EASY BECAUSE THEY HAVE DO NOT HAVE A MIND THAT KEEPS THE PAST ALIVE UNNECESSARILY AND THEN BUILDS AN IDENTITY AROUND IT.
12.4. 4
12.4.1. NEGATIVITY
12.4.1.1. RECURRING NEGATIVE EMOTONS DO SOMETIMES CONTACT A MESSAGE, AS DO ILLNESSES.
12.4.1.2. AS LONG AS THAT NEGATIVITY IS THERE, USE IT. USE IT AS AK KIND SIGNAL THAT REMINDS YOU TO BE MORE PRESENT.
12.4.1.2.1. "WAKE UP, GET OUT OF YOUR MIND, BE PRESENT"
12.4.1.3. EVEN THE SLIGHTEST IRRITATION IS SIGNIFACT AND NEEDS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND LOOKED AT.
12.4.1.4. THE RESTISTANCE THAT THE MIND CREATES TOWARD NEGATIVITY IS FAR MORE DISTURBING THAN THE ORIGINAL CAUSE THAT IT IS ATTEMPTING TO DISSOLVE.
12.4.1.5. SOMEBODY SAYS SOMETHING TO YOU THAT IS RUDE OR DESIGNED TO HURT:
12.4.1.5.1. INSTEAD OF AN UNCONSCIOUS REACTION AND NEGATIVITY. YOU LET IT PASS RIGHT THROUGH YOU, OFFER NO RESISTANCE.
12.4.1.6. DON'T LOOK FOR PEACE. DONT LOOK FOR ANY STATE THAN THE ONE YOU ARE IN NOW, OR ELSE YOU WILL SET UP INNER CONFLICT AND UNCONSCIOUS RESISTANCE.
12.4.1.6.1. THE MOMENT YOU COMPLETELY ACCEPT YOUR NON-PEACE, YOUR NON-PEACE BECOMES TRANSMUTED IN TO PEACE. ANYTHING YOU ACCEPT FULLY WILL GET YOU THERE, WILL TAKE YOU INTO PEACE.
12.4.1.7. "LOVE YOUR ENEMIES" - JESUS
12.4.1.7.1. MEANS: HAVE NO ENEMIES.
12.5. 5
12.5.1. SUFFERING
12.5.1.1. WHEN CONFRONTED WITH SOMEONE ELSES SUFFERING, OR CONSCIOUS BEHAVIOR. YOU STAY PRESENT AND IN TOUCH WITH BEING AND THUS ARE ABLE TO LOOK BEYOND THE FORM AND FEEL THE OTHER PERSON'S RADIANT AND PURE BEING THROUGH YOUR OWN
12.5.1.2. ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL SPIRITUAL PRACTICES IS TO MEDIATETE DEEPLY ON THE MORTALITY OF PHSYCIAL FORMS, INCLUDING YOUR OWN.
12.5.1.2.1. DIE BEFORE YOU DIE
12.5.1.3. BODY AND DEATH: ONE ILLUSION
12.5.1.4. REMEMBER THAT YOUR PERCEPTION OF THE WORLD IS A REFLECTION OF YOUR STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
12.5.1.4.1. NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS TO BE
12.5.1.5. THE WORLD AS IT APPEARS TO US NOW IS, AS I SAID A LARGELY REFLECTION OF THE EGOIC MIND.
12.5.1.6. YOUR PRIMARY TASK IS NOT TO SEEK SALVATION THROUGH CREATING A BETTER WORLD, BUT TO AWAKEN OUT OF IDENTIFICATION WITH FORM. YOU ARE THEN NO LONGER BOUND TO THIS WORLD, THIS LEVEL OF REALITY.
12.5.1.6.1. YOUR PEACE IS SO VAST AND DEEP THAT ANYTHING THAT IS NOT PEACE DISAPPEARS INTO IT AS IF IT HAD NEVER EXISTED.
12.5.1.7. ALL EVILS ARE THE EFFECT OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS.
12.5.1.7.1. JUST AS YOU CANNOT FIGHT DARKNESS, SO YOU CANNOT FIGHT UNCONSCIOUSNESS
13. CHAPTER 10
13.1. 1
13.1.1. RESISTANCE
13.1.1.1. SURRENDER IS THE SIMPLE BUT PROFOUND WISDOM OF YIELDING TO RATHER THAN OPPOSING THE FLOW OF LIFE
13.1.1.2. THINGS GO WRONG QUITE OFTEN. IT IS PRECISELY AT THOSE TIMES THAT SURREDER NEEDS TO BE PRACTICED IF YOU WANT TO ELIMINATE PAIN AND SORROW FROM YOUR LIFE.
13.1.1.2.1. POSITIVE ACTION: YOU CAN ACCEPT THE ISNESS OF THE MOMENT THEN YOU DO TAKE ACTION AND DO ALL THAT YOU CAN TO GET OUT OF THE MUD.
13.1.1.3. IN THE SURRENDERED STATE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT ENERGY, A DIFFERENT QUALITY, FLOWS INTO YOUR DOING.
13.1.1.3.1. IT BECOMES A JOYFUL EXPERIENCE OF LIFE ENERGY THAT TAKES YOU MORE DEEPLY INTO THE NOW.
13.1.1.4. LEARN FROM NATURE; SEE HOW EVERYTHING THAT GETS ACCOMPLISHED AND HOW THE MARICALE OF LIFE UNFOLDS WITHOUT DISSATISAFACITON OR UNHAPPINESS.
13.1.1.5. "IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO CHANGE THE SITUATION, IMPROVE IT, OR REMOVE MYSELF FROM IT?"
13.1.1.5.1. FOCUS NOT ON 100 THINGS YOU CAN DO IN THE FUTURE... BUT ON THE ONE THING YOU CAN DO NOW!
13.1.1.6. AS YOU SURRENDER , DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION INWARD O CHECK IF THERE IS ANY TRACE OF RESISTANCE LET INSIDE YOU.
13.1.1.6.1. START BY ACKNOWLEDGING THERE IS RESISTANCE!
13.1.1.7. NEGATIVITY, UNHAPPINESS, OR SUFFERING IN WHATEVER FORM MEANS THAT THERE IS RESISTANCE.
13.1.1.7.1. AND RESISTANCE IS ALWAYS UNCONSCIOUS
13.2. 2
13.2.1. SURRENDER
13.2.1.1. THROUGH SURRENDER SPIRITIUAL ENERGY COMES INTO THIS WORLD
13.2.1.2. IT IS TRUE THAT ONLY AN UNCONSCIOUS PERSON WILL TRY TO USE OR MANIPULATE OTHERS, BUT IT IS EQUALLY TRUE THAT ONLY AN UNCONSCIOUS PERSON CAN BE USED AND MANIPULATED.
13.2.1.3. A NO:
13.2.1.3.1. LET IT BE A NONREACTIVE NO, A HIGH QUALITY NO, A NO THAT IS FREE OF ALL NEGATIVITY AND SO CREATES NO FURTHER SUFFERING
13.2.1.4. IF YOU CANNOT SURRENDER, TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY
13.2.1.5. IF YOU CANNOT TAKE ACTION (EG PRISON) THEN YOU HAVE TWO CHOICES LEFT: RESISTANCE , OR SURRENDER.
13.2.1.6. IF YOU SUDDENLY FEEL VERY LIGHT, CLEAR, AND DEEPLY AT PEACE, THAT IS AN UNMISTAKABLE SIGN THAT YOU HAVE TRULLY SURRENDERED.
13.2.1.6.1. USE IT IN A RELATIONSHIP. YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO SURRENDER AND DROP YOUR OWN REACTION.
13.2.1.7. DOING NOTHING WHEN IN A VERY PRESENT STATE OF BEING IS VERY POWERFUL TRANSFORMER, HEALER OF SITUATION AND PEOPLE
13.2.1.7.1. NON RESISTANCE AND INNER ALERTNESS
13.3. 3
13.3.1. SURRENDER 2
13.3.1.1. KNOWING THAT WHAT IS CANNOT BE UNDONE
13.3.1.1.1. BECAUSE IT ALREADY IS!
13.3.1.2. DO NOT RESIST THE PAIN, ALLOW IT TO BE THERE
13.3.1.2.1. WITNESS IT WITHOUT LABELING IT MENTALLY. EMBRACE IT
13.3.1.3. YOU GET TWO POINT OF CHOICES OF SURRENDER
13.3.1.3.1. FIRST CHANCE IS TO SURRENDER EACH MOMENT TO THE REALITY OF THAT MOMENT
13.3.1.3.2. SECOND CHANCE: DO NOT RESIST THE PAIN! YOUR RESISTANCE IS CREATING PAIN
13.3.1.4. WHEN YOU HAVE A DEEP PAIN, ALL TALK OF SURRENDER WILL SEEM MEANINGLESS. YOU WILL LIKELY HAVE A STRONG URGE TO ESCAPE FROM IT RATER THAN SURRENDER TO IT.
13.3.1.4.1. BUT THERE IS NO ESCAPE, THERE IS NO WAY OUT. THERE ARE MANY PSEUDO ESCAPES - WORK, DRINK, DRUGS, ANGER, AND SO ON - BUT THEY DON'T FREE YOU FROM THE PAIN.
13.3.1.5. THE REALM OF BEING, WHICH HAD BEEN OBSCURED BY THE MIND, THEN OPENS UP. (PRESENCE)
13.3.1.5.1. SUDDENLY, A GREAT STILLNESS ARISES WITHIN YOU, A SENSE OF PEACE. AND WITHIN THAT PEACE THERE IS GREAT JOY, AND WITHIN THAT JOY THERE IS LOVE. AND AT THE INNERMOST CORE THERE IS SACRED, THE IMMEASURABLE. THAT WHICH CANNOT BE NAMED.
13.3.1.6. 'GOD' IS A BEING ITSELF, NOT A BEING
13.4. 4
13.4.1. ENLIGHTMENT
13.4.1.1. THE EGO BELIEVES THAT YOUR RESISTANCE LIES YOUR STRENGHT, WHEREAS IN TRUTH RESISTANCE CUTS YOU OFF FROM BEING, THE ONLY PLACE OF TRUE POWER.
13.4.1.1.1. WHAT THE EGO SEES AS A WEAKNESS IS BEING IN ITS PURITY, INNOCENCE AND POWER. WHAT IT SEES AS A STRENGHT IS WEAKNESS.
13.4.1.2. WHAT THE EGO DOESNT KNOW IS, OF COURSE, IS THAT ONLY TRHOUGH THE LETTING GO OF RESISTANCE, THROUGH BECOMING VULNERABLE, CAN YOU DISCOVER YOUR TRUE AND ESSENTIAL INVULNERABILITY
13.4.1.3. ALLOW THE SUFFERING TO FORCE YOU INTO THE PRESENT MOMENT, USE IT FOR ENLIGHTMENT.
13.4.1.4. SURRENDER DOES NOT TRANSFORM WHAT IS, AT LEAST NO DIRECTLY.
13.4.1.4.1. SURRENDER TRANSFORM YOU
13.4.1.5. IF YOU HAVE MAJOR ILLNESS, USE IT FOR ENLIGHTMENT.
13.4.1.6. ANYTHING BAD THAT HAPPENS IN LIFE - USE IT FOR ENLIGHTMENT - AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
13.4.1.7. WHEN SOMETHING GOES SERIOUSLY WRONG
13.4.1.7.1. KNOW THAT THERE IS ANOTHER SIDE TO IT, THAT YOU ARE JUST ONE STEP AWAY FROM SOMETHING INCREDIBLE
13.5. 5
13.5.1. THE MIND
13.5.1.1. IF YOU THINK THAT YOU NEED MORE TIME, YOU WILL GET MORE TIME - AND MORE PAIN.
13.5.1.1.1. TIME AND PAIN ARE INSEPERABLE.
13.5.1.2. CHOICE BEGINS THE MOMENT YOU DIS IDENTIFY FROM THE MIND AND ITS CONDITIONED PATTERNS
13.5.1.3. IF MENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND INCREASED KNOWLEDGE ARE NOT COUNTERBALANCED BY A CORRESPONDING GROWTH IN CONSCIOUSNESS, THE POTENTIAL FOR UNHAPPINESS AND DISASTER IS VERY GREAT!
13.5.1.4. THE MIND IS CONDITIONED AS IT IS BY THE PAST, O ALWAYS SEEK TO RE-CREATE WHAT IT KNOWS AND IS FAMILIAR WITH.
13.5.1.4.1. EVEN IF IT IS PAINFUL, AT LEAST IT IS FAMILIER.
13.5.1.5. IN THE MEANTIME, CONDITIONED MIND IS RUNNING YOUR LIFE - YOU HAVE NOT QUITE WOKEN UP YET.
13.5.1.6. IT ALWAYS LOOKS AS IF PEOPLE HAD A CHOICE, BUT THAT IS AN ILLUSION
13.5.1.6.1. AS LONG AS YOUR MIND WITH ITS CONDITIONED PATTERNS RUNES YOUR LIFE, AS LONG AS YOU ARE YOUR MIND, WHAT CHOICE DO YOU HAVE?
13.5.1.7. ALMOST EVERYONE IS SUFFERING FROM THIS ILLNESS IN VARYING DEGREES...
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13.6.1. THE END
13.6.1.1. FORGIVENESS IS A TERM THAT MOST PEOPLE HAVE A VERY LIMITED VIEW OF WHAT IT MEANS
13.6.1.1.1. YOU CANNOT TRULY FORGIVE YOURSELF OR OTHERS AS LONG AS YOU DERIVE YOUR SENSE OF SELF FROM THE PAST.
13.6.1.2. WHEN YOU SURRENDER TO WHAT IS AND SO BECOME FULLY PRESENT, THE PAST CEASE TO HAVE ANY POWER.
13.6.1.2.1. YOU DO NOT NEED IT ANYMORE.
13.6.1.3. PRESENCE IS THEY KEY
13.6.1.3.1. THE NOW IS THE KEY
13.6.1.4. HOW WILL I KNOW WHEN I HAVE SURRENDERED?
13.6.1.4.1. WHEN YOU NO LONGER NEED TO ASK THE QUESTION.