Doing the Work at morning Mass

[Guest guest]

Dear Tom,

Just got back from a funeral...did lots of crying and snotty nose

blowing...the best part was when the vocalist started singing Ava

...I was just so filled with love for little Mia who died an hour

after birth...and for myself.

I heard the Corinthians verse again about love...love is not boastful,

love is not arrogant, etc...I totally heard it differently this

time...I always heard it as an admonishment to not be boastful, proud,

arrogant, etc.. This time I heard it as LOVE can never been these

things....these are just concepts that I have...there IS nothing

called arrogance, boastfulness, pride or betrayal.... Wow...

I will never look at people the same way...the world is coming undone.

God is a beautiful sunset

God is the moon

God is a upright toilet.

God is a piece of dog poop that I step in.

God is Mia dying

God is Eddie who comes across as arrogant and I can't even know that

there is such a thing as arrogance anymore...<smile>Thank you Eddie.

God is everything!!!!

> At the end of the wonderful weekend, as I was leaving, a lady

> approached me and paid me a beautiful compliment about how much she

> had enjoyed watching my " expressive face " all weekend. (All these body

> parts and attributes that other people like, and I can't claim credit

> for any of it!) I had been crying and her sweetness provoked fresh

> tears and all I could think of to say was, " Oh my, I'm going to have

> snot running out of my nose if I don't find a tissue. " (or something

> like that)

>

> I caught back up with her a moment later and thanked her for the

> compliment and apologized for my thoughtlessness. This episode has

> come back to mind a time or two since and I've wondered what the lady

> took away from that encounter. My mind goes to spinning stories about

> what she might think about me. " There was this guy who looked really

> interesting, but I when I got to talk to him, he turned out to be a

> real loser. "

Right, you can be thoughtless...I don't know Tom.... how thoughtless

for getting a tissue...it might have been worse if you had just wiped

your nose on your sleeve like my boys do!

ha ha

Tom can be a real loser....How can that be true!?

The 5 things I admire most about you, Tom

1. Intelligent

2. Calm

3. Incredibly tolerant of my bickering and wanting to be right

4. Funny

5. Demonstrates unconditional love

>

> What I've wound up with from it is a trust that she and I both got

> what we needed -- something else to do The Work on, if we choose to.

> I'm beginning to learn that no matter what I say or do, the worst

> that can happen is a thought.

>

Yes, I always have exactly what I need...something else to do the Work

on...and I choose to do just that every day for the rest of my life...

love,

nne

> love,

> Tom

[Guest guest]

dear nne:

I love it so much to hear sthat your world is coming undone! Horay!

Thank you for that!

Here is another one. God is a pack of cigarettes!

Love, Steve D.

>

> Dear Tom,

>

> Just got back from a funeral...did lots of crying and snotty nose

> blowing...the best part was when the vocalist started singing Ava

> ...I was just so filled with love for little Mia who died an

hour

> after birth...and for myself.

>

> I heard the Corinthians verse again about love...love is not

boastful,

> love is not arrogant, etc...I totally heard it differently this

> time...I always heard it as an admonishment to not be boastful,

proud,

> arrogant, etc.. This time I heard it as LOVE can never been these

> things....these are just concepts that I have...there IS nothing

> called arrogance, boastfulness, pride or betrayal.... Wow...

> I will never look at people the same way...the world is coming

undone.

>

>

> God is a beautiful sunset

> God is the moon

> God is a upright toilet.

> God is a piece of dog poop that I step in.

> God is Mia dying

> God is Eddie who comes across as arrogant and I can't even know that

> there is such a thing as arrogance anymore...<smile>Thank you Eddie.

> God is everything!!!!

>

>

> > At the end of the wonderful weekend, as I was leaving, a lady

> > approached me and paid me a beautiful compliment about how much

she

> > had enjoyed watching my " expressive face " all weekend. (All these

body

> > parts and attributes that other people like, and I can't claim

credit

> > for any of it!) I had been crying and her sweetness provoked fresh

> > tears and all I could think of to say was, " Oh my, I'm going to

have

> > snot running out of my nose if I don't find a tissue. " (or

something

> > like that)

> >

> > I caught back up with her a moment later and thanked her for the

> > compliment and apologized for my thoughtlessness. This episode has

> > come back to mind a time or two since and I've wondered what the

lady

> > took away from that encounter. My mind goes to spinning stories

about

> > what she might think about me. " There was this guy who looked

really

> > interesting, but I when I got to talk to him, he turned out to be

a

> > real loser. "

>

> Right, you can be thoughtless...I don't know Tom.... how thoughtless

> for getting a tissue...it might have been worse if you had just

wiped

> your nose on your sleeve like my boys do!

> ha ha

>

> Tom can be a real loser....How can that be true!?

>

> The 5 things I admire most about you, Tom

>

> 1. Intelligent

> 2. Calm

> 3. Incredibly tolerant of my bickering and wanting to be right

> 4. Funny

> 5. Demonstrates unconditional love

>

> >

> > What I've wound up with from it is a trust that she and I both got

> > what we needed -- something else to do The Work on, if we choose

to.

> > I'm beginning to learn that no matter what I say or do, the

worst

> > that can happen is a thought.

> >

> Yes, I always have exactly what I need...something else to do the

Work

> on...and I choose to do just that every day for the rest of my

life...

>

> love,

> nne

>

> > love,

> > Tom

[Guest guest]

Hi, nne...

>

> Dear Tom,

>

> Just got back from a funeral...did lots of crying and snotty nose

> blowing...the best part was when the vocalist started singing Ava

> ...I was just so filled with love for little Mia who died an hour

> after birth...and for myself.

>

> I heard the Corinthians verse again about love...love is not boastful,

> love is not arrogant, etc...I totally heard it differently this

> time...I always heard it as an admonishment to not be boastful, proud,

> arrogant, etc.. This time I heard it as LOVE can never been these

> things....these are just concepts that I have...there IS nothing

> called arrogance, boastfulness, pride or betrayal.... Wow...

> I will never look at people the same way...the world is coming undone.

Isn't that a wonderful chapter?

Unravel the world. Watch it fall apart.

Drop from the mind into the heart.

Thinking mind won't stop, whatever I do

But the heart just asks, " Sweetheart, is it true? "

> God is a beautiful sunset

> God is the moon

> God is a upright toilet.

> God is a piece of dog poop that I step in.

> God is Mia dying

> God is Eddie who comes across as arrogant and I can't even know that

> there is such a thing as arrogance anymore...<smile>Thank you Eddie.

> God is everything!!!!

God is nne

God is the cactus in the moonlight

God is Tom being thoughtless

God is ...

> ...

> Right, you can be thoughtless...I don't know Tom.... how thoughtless

> for getting a tissue...it might have been worse if you had just wiped

> your nose on your sleeve like my boys do!

> ha ha

:)

Thanks for the laugh, nne.

> Tom can be a real loser....How can that be true!?

>

> The 5 things I admire most about you, Tom

>

> 1. Intelligent

> 2. Calm

> 3. Incredibly tolerant of my bickering and wanting to be right

> 4. Funny

> 5. Demonstrates unconditional love

Oh, my. Thank you, nne. I'm going to sit with those for a

while... I'm taking them in for me, and they are delicious.

Five things I admire about you, nne, are:

1. Gentle

2. Honest

3. Open

4. What you see is what you get, no guile

5. Responsible

This is fun. Maybe I'll make a list of 5 admirable traits for everyone

I know.

I get to see everyone as my favorite projection and then turn all that

yummy stuff around onto me. What fun!

Thank you for the idea, nne.

love,

Tom

[Guest guest]

> >

> > Dear Tom,

> >

> > Just got back from a funeral...did lots of crying and snotty nose

> > blowing...the best part was when the vocalist started singing Ava

> > ...I was just so filled with love for little Mia who died

an

> hour

> > after birth...and for myself.

> >

> > I heard the Corinthians verse again about love...love is not

> boastful,

> > love is not arrogant, etc...I totally heard it differently this

> > time...I always heard it as an admonishment to not be boastful,

> proud,

> > arrogant, etc.. This time I heard it as LOVE can never been these

> > things....these are just concepts that I have...there IS nothing

> > called arrogance, boastfulness, pride or betrayal.... Wow...

> > I will never look at people the same way...the world is coming

> undone.

> >

> >

> > God is a beautiful sunset

> > God is the moon

> > God is a upright toilet.

> > God is a piece of dog poop that I step in.

> > God is Mia dying

> > God is Eddie who comes across as arrogant and I can't even know

that

> > there is such a thing as arrogance anymore...<smile>Thank you

Eddie.

> > God is everything!!!!

> >

> >

> > > At the end of the wonderful weekend, as I was leaving, a lady

> > > approached me and paid me a beautiful compliment about how

much

> she

> > > had enjoyed watching my " expressive face " all weekend. (All

these

> body

> > > parts and attributes that other people like, and I can't claim

> credit

> > > for any of it!) I had been crying and her sweetness provoked

fresh

> > > tears and all I could think of to say was, " Oh my, I'm going

to

> have

> > > snot running out of my nose if I don't find a tissue. " (or

> something

> > > like that)

> > >

> > > I caught back up with her a moment later and thanked her for

the

> > > compliment and apologized for my thoughtlessness. This episode

has

> > > come back to mind a time or two since and I've wondered what

the

> lady

> > > took away from that encounter. My mind goes to spinning

stories

> about

> > > what she might think about me. " There was this guy who looked

> really

> > > interesting, but I when I got to talk to him, he turned out to

be

> a

> > > real loser. "

> >

> > Right, you can be thoughtless...I don't know Tom.... how

thoughtless

> > for getting a tissue...it might have been worse if you had just

> wiped

> > your nose on your sleeve like my boys do!

> > ha ha

> >

> > Tom can be a real loser....How can that be true!?

> >

> > The 5 things I admire most about you, Tom

> >

> > 1. Intelligent

> > 2. Calm

> > 3. Incredibly tolerant of my bickering and wanting to be right

> > 4. Funny

> > 5. Demonstrates unconditional love

> >

> > >

> > > What I've wound up with from it is a trust that she and I both

got

> > > what we needed -- something else to do The Work on, if we

choose

> to.

> > > I'm beginning to learn that no matter what I say or do, the

> worst

> > > that can happen is a thought.

> > >

> > Yes, I always have exactly what I need...something else to do

the

> Work

> > on...and I choose to do just that every day for the rest of my

> life...

> >

> > love,

> > nne

> >

> > > love,

> > > Tom

Hello everyone,

I am new to this group and just got the judge your neighbor

worksheet plus the instructions how to do it.I have not read the

book by Byron , and know little about her work. What I do not

understand is your note to nne Tom. Why would you rejoice in

nne's world coming undone? Granted life is painful and loss

happens sometimes, but why say what you said to her? Like I said I

am new and just need to understand why.

[Guest guest]

Dear hariatmayoga,

Regarding your question, it brings me joy to know that nne is

willing to lose her " mental concept " of what appears as her world in

order to experience The Truth.

Welcome to The Work.

Blessings, Steve D.

> > >

> > > Dear Tom,

> > >

> > > Just got back from a funeral...did lots of crying and snotty

nose

> > > blowing...the best part was when the vocalist started singing

Ava

> > > ...I was just so filled with love for little Mia who died

> an

> > hour

> > > after birth...and for myself.

> > >

> > > I heard the Corinthians verse again about love...love is not

> > boastful,

> > > love is not arrogant, etc...I totally heard it differently this

> > > time...I always heard it as an admonishment to not be boastful,

> > proud,

> > > arrogant, etc.. This time I heard it as LOVE can never been

these

> > > things....these are just concepts that I have...there IS nothing

> > > called arrogance, boastfulness, pride or betrayal.... Wow...

> > > I will never look at people the same way...the world is coming

> > undone.

> > >

> > >

> > > God is a beautiful sunset

> > > God is the moon

> > > God is a upright toilet.

> > > God is a piece of dog poop that I step in.

> > > God is Mia dying

> > > God is Eddie who comes across as arrogant and I can't even know

> that

> > > there is such a thing as arrogance anymore...<smile>Thank you

> Eddie.

> > > God is everything!!!!

> > >

> > >

> > > > At the end of the wonderful weekend, as I was leaving, a lady

> > > > approached me and paid me a beautiful compliment about how

> much

> > she

> > > > had enjoyed watching my " expressive face " all weekend. (All

> these

> > body

> > > > parts and attributes that other people like, and I can't

claim

> > credit

> > > > for any of it!) I had been crying and her sweetness provoked

> fresh

> > > > tears and all I could think of to say was, " Oh my, I'm going

> to

> > have

> > > > snot running out of my nose if I don't find a tissue. " (or

> > something

> > > > like that)

> > > >

> > > > I caught back up with her a moment later and thanked her for

> the

> > > > compliment and apologized for my thoughtlessness. This

episode

> has

> > > > come back to mind a time or two since and I've wondered what

> the

> > lady

> > > > took away from that encounter. My mind goes to spinning

> stories

> > about

> > > > what she might think about me. " There was this guy who looked

> > really

> > > > interesting, but I when I got to talk to him, he turned out

to

> be

> > a

> > > > real loser. "

> > >

> > > Right, you can be thoughtless...I don't know Tom.... how

> thoughtless

> > > for getting a tissue...it might have been worse if you had just

> > wiped

> > > your nose on your sleeve like my boys do!

> > > ha ha

> > >

> > > Tom can be a real loser....How can that be true!?

> > >

> > > The 5 things I admire most about you, Tom

> > >

> > > 1. Intelligent

> > > 2. Calm

> > > 3. Incredibly tolerant of my bickering and wanting to be right

> > > 4. Funny

> > > 5. Demonstrates unconditional love

> > >

> > > >

> > > > What I've wound up with from it is a trust that she and I

both

> got

> > > > what we needed -- something else to do The Work on, if we

> choose

> > to.

> > > > I'm beginning to learn that no matter what I say or do,

the

> > worst

> > > > that can happen is a thought.

> > > >

> > > Yes, I always have exactly what I need...something else to do

> the

> > Work

> > > on...and I choose to do just that every day for the rest of my

> > life...

> > >

> > > love,

> > > nne

> > >

> > > > love,

> > > > Tom

> Hello everyone,

> I am new to this group and just got the judge your neighbor

> worksheet plus the instructions how to do it.I have not read the

> book by Byron , and know little about her work. What I do not

> understand is your note to nne Tom. Why would you rejoice in

> nne's world coming undone? Granted life is painful and loss

> happens sometimes, but why say what you said to her? Like I said I

> am new and just need to understand why.

[Guest guest]

Dear Tom....thank you! Did you write this poem?

>

> Unravel the world. Watch it fall apart.

> Drop from the mind into the heart.

> Thinking mind won't stop, whatever I do

> But the heart just asks, " Sweetheart, is it true? "

>

>

> God is nne

> God is the cactus in the moonlight

> God is Tom being thoughtless

> God is ...

>

love,

nne

[Guest guest]

> Hello everyone,

> I am new to this group and just got the judge your neighbor

> worksheet plus the instructions how to do it.I have not read the

> book by Byron , and know little about her work. What I do not

> understand is your note to nne Tom. Why would you rejoice in

> nne's world coming undone? Granted life is painful and loss

> happens sometimes, but why say what you said to her? Like I said I

> am new and just need to understand why.

Dear friend,

Welcome to the Work...

All I can say is that my scarey nightmare world has folded back onto

itself and come undone...I don't have words to describe it well..All i

know is that I used to push away all the thoughts of nightmares and

avoided those who pushed my buttons...and after doing the Work on them

they have dissolved or disappeared or something happened...but really

nothing happened except my thinking questioned itself...I question

everything.... and see that nothing is what i believe it to be.

The Work is solid...it is an experience that only you can do for

yourself...I recommend reading the book Loving What Is to get started...

love,

nne

[Guest guest]

On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 05:51:51AM -0000, hariatmayoga wrote:

> Hello everyone,

> I am new to this group and just got the judge your neighbor

> worksheet plus the instructions how to do it.I have not read the

> book by Byron , and know little about her work. What I do not

> understand is your note to nne Tom. Why would you rejoice in

> nne's world coming undone? Granted life is painful and loss

> happens sometimes, but why say what you said to her? Like I said I

> am new and just need to understand why.

Welcome to the group, Hari.

I rejoice in the idea of nne's world coming undone because I have

a story that on the other side of her world coming undone lies freedom

for her. I also have a story that nne shares that story. I could

be wrong on all counts. Thank you for reminding me to inquire.

Tom

[Guest guest]

> Dear Tom....thank you! Did you write this poem?

Yes! *I* wrote this poem! :)

It came to me like all thoughts do, from wherever it is that thoughts

come from. Did I write it? I don't know.

Maybe you wrote it. It was the previous message you had sent that

prompted me to think the thoughts that caused my fingers to type those

words.

Maybe God wrote it.

love,

Tom

> >

> > Unravel the world. Watch it fall apart.

> > Drop from the mind into the heart.

> > Thinking mind won't stop, whatever I do

> > But the heart just asks, " Sweetheart, is it true? "

> >

> >

> > God is nne

> > God is the cactus in the moonlight

> > God is Tom being thoughtless

> > God is ...

> >

> love,

> nne

[Guest guest]

of course god wrote it - and that would be you....who else is there?

Tom Barron wrote:On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 04:29:12PM

-0000, marianne wrote:

> Dear Tom....thank you! Did you write this poem?

Yes! *I* wrote this poem! :)

It came to me like all thoughts do, from wherever it is that thoughts

come from. Did I write it? I don't know.

Maybe you wrote it. It was the previous message you had sent that

prompted me to think the thoughts that caused my fingers to type those

words.

Maybe God wrote it.

love,

Tom

> >

> > Unravel the world. Watch it fall apart.

> > Drop from the mind into the heart.

> > Thinking mind won't stop, whatever I do

> > But the heart just asks, " Sweetheart, is it true? "

> >

> >

> > God is nne

> > God is the cactus in the moonlight

> > God is Tom being thoughtless

> > God is ...

> >

> love,

> nne