Guest guest Posted July 2, 2002 Report Share Posted July 2, 2002 --thanks for the words on this ,i find these notes,posts, so very inspirational....such food...all gentle ,allowing and understanding...ahhh loving what is ,indeed!.peace... - In Loving-what-is@y..., Sput6@a... wrote: > > > >>I found out that all these " stories " we have have their value. The ones > that hurt us, show us that we are dependent on a certain outcome or behaviour > of either circumstances or people. The " outside " world, i.e. everything we > perceive outside of our body - and to a certain degree even our own body - is > only a mirror of us. We all have our belief systems (stories) how things > should be so that we would be happy and we don't realize that we want to bend > what is. This cannot work, because most people want to bend everything > differently. But we can change our point of view (this is what we do with the > work). We shift perception. We are always with a story, but we may chose one > that does not make us feel bad. When we do the turn-around we do the shift of > perception, we look at the same circumstance or person, but from a different > standpoint.<< > > Very beautifully put, . I would add that what we think of as > " ourself " is also part of " what is, " part of the " outside " world. Which is > really mind-boggling (and that's the point of The Work, isn't it?)! Just > think: the body, the persona, who we think we are...that's an outside > source. I've been seeing that more closely in the inquiry I'm currently > doing. > > So much of what hurts is this idea of a " you " and a " me. " It's separation. > If I say, " You don't love me, " I'm not acknowledging the one life source that > breathes us. And I'm also not acknowledging the perfection of what is, > however it chooses to express itself in the dream. > > So, say I've done this work on the core belief, " You don't love me. " A > belief embedded in this belief is: " You should love me. " How do I react > when I hold the belief that you ought to love me and apparently you don't? > (I say apparently because I can't ever really know whom or what you love.) I > react in all sorts of suffering-inducing ways because I want to change the > outside source. If I were incapable of thinking this thought, on one level, > I'd be okay whether you appeared to love me or not. On a deeper level, I > would see that there isn't anyone else to love or not love me; I'd abide in > love itself, and that love is me. (I am reminded of KT's joke, " The whole > world loves me. I just don't expect them to realize it yet. " ) > > I realize this is very advaitic (non-dual) and not especially useful in > real-world interactions for most people, including myself. That's why I need > The Work. As long as I have the story of a world, I want to know how to live > more peacefully within it. So since, in my story, there is a " me " and > " others, " I judge the Other (and that includes you, my ex- boyfriend, God, my > body, my depression, my cat, , Government, love, Osama, Arafat, Bush, > Sharon, my parents, my ex-boss, the drunk yelling outside my window at 4 AM, > even The Work), write it down...ask four questions...turn it around. As long > as I think there's a home to go to and I'm peaceful with that thought...why > not go there? > > Loving the illusion of you and me, > Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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