Guest guest Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 Hi , Where I go with this is wondering if you have beliefs about your co-workers, Peg, your family, that you can also inquire into. Perhaps fill out a JYN worksheet on each of them? With love, Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 Hi , I just read this and thought you might like it - called " A World of Your Own " : http://everydaywonderland.com/notes/a-world-of-your-own With love, Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 Hello, I've been doing the work for a few months, and I have a question. Recently I questioned a belief where I was upset on behalf of someone else, and I came to the part about dropping the belief and I realized I didn't really want to drop it. I feel like I want to be upset on behalf of the other person. I'll use the belief " People shouldn't kill other people. " as an example. If I drop this belief, and believe that reality is perfect, what happens to my outrage on behalf of people who are murdered? Will I still feel the injustice of it? Or will I just accept it without being upset about it? I'm confused about how The Work relates to beliefs like this. I don't want to be complacent about some things. Thanks in advance for any help on this issue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 People shouldn't kill other people. But reality is that some people do kill other people. that's reality. It doesn't mean that it is ok to kill other people. It just means that sometimes murder happens. No one is asking you to drop the belief that taking another life is wrong. If you believe it is wrong then don't do it. Vivian The Work Hello, I've been doing the work for a few months, and I have a question. Recently I questioned a belief where I was upset on behalf of someone else, and I came to the part about dropping the belief and I realized I didn't really want to drop it. I feel like I want to be upset on behalf of the other person. I'll use the belief " People shouldn't kill other people. " as an example. If I drop this belief, and believe that reality is perfect, what happens to my outrage on behalf of people who are murdered? Will I still feel the injustice of it? Or will I just accept it without being upset about it? I'm confused about how The Work relates to beliefs like this. I don't want to be complacent about some things. Thanks in advance for any help on this issue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 what motive would you have to inquire into " people shouldn't kill " ? is it because people do get killed and you dont accept this in the world? is it because you try to understand the work better? are you afraid that if you gave this thought up then you would become a murderer? then this might be another thought to inquire into. there's a myth, a deep fear in the population that without fear we will all be murderers and theif's and that there would be chaos. it's a myth, something to inquire into, we think that we control that fear helps us be kind. but is it true? > > Hello, > > I've been doing the work for a few months, and I have a question. > Recently I questioned a belief where I was upset on behalf of someone > else, and I came to the part about dropping the belief and I realized I > didn't really want to drop it. I feel like I want to be upset on > behalf of the other person. > > I'll use the belief " People shouldn't kill other people. " as an > example. If I drop this belief, and believe that reality is perfect, > what happens to my outrage on behalf of people who are murdered? Will > I still feel the injustice of it? Or will I just accept it without > being upset about it? > > I'm confused about how The Work relates to beliefs like this. I don't > want to be complacent about some things. > > Thanks in advance for any help on this issue! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 Hello , Excellent questions! I too went through a similar confusion. For years. Feeling upset gives one a sense of substantiality, of being " real " and " solid. " Actually, all feelings generate the sense that " I am. " But we don't like the feelings of upset or distress. Regardless, we'd rather have them (the upsetting ones) than have no feeling. The absence of feeling (and thought) can be quite threatening to one's sense of self. So feelings and thoughts that generate discomfort are still preferable to silence and quiet peace. Regarding your example, first, consider whether you actually can drop a belief. You didn't create it in the first place. It may fall away. Or not. But using your example, if the belief that " people shouldn't kill other people " fell away, there would be an understanding, perhaps, that it is OK (not, necessarily to kill people), but that the world/reality as it is, is OK. Falling away with that belief would probably be another one, that life is preferable or " better " than death. It all comes down to seeing that your beliefs are just thought, arising out of a conditioning that you didn't choose, a conditioning that was attached to very early on. This programming " tells " " how " the world is, how the world is supposed to be, and the gap between the two is where the upset, outrage, fury, disappointment, and sadness lie. I'm not suggesting that you can make those go away. I'm just pointing to the fact that they appear because of some deeply held beliefs which are contrary to what is. Acceptance of what is is the cessation of attaching to the beliefs. > > Hello, > > I've been doing the work for a few months, and I have a question. > Recently I questioned a belief where I was upset on behalf of someone > else, and I came to the part about dropping the belief and I realized I > didn't really want to drop it. I feel like I want to be upset on > behalf of the other person. > > I'll use the belief " People shouldn't kill other people. " as an > example. If I drop this belief, and believe that reality is perfect, > what happens to my outrage on behalf of people who are murdered? Will > I still feel the injustice of it? Or will I just accept it without > being upset about it? > > I'm confused about how The Work relates to beliefs like this. I don't > want to be complacent about some things. > > Thanks in advance for any help on this issue! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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