Bev

[Guest guest]

Dear Bev,

I loved this part of your #4: " Aware of the quiet joy that always

lives in me. " yes, there's a quiet joy inside me when i'm not

needing or wanting anything from anyone or anything, not attaching

one way or the other.

Thank you!

Love,

Heidi

> Quoting Beverly Garland <bgarland@m...>:

>

> > I'm not paying attention to the right things.

>

> 1. Is that true? Yes.

>

> . What is your proof? Things are still going wrong out there.

> . So if you were paying attention in the right areas, they would

be

> different? No, I can't know that's true. And there's a little fear

in there of

> doing the so called " right " thing, and finding out it doesn't make

a

> difference.

>

> 2. So you're not paying attention to the right things. Can you

absolutely know

> that it's true? No.

>

> 3. How do you react when you think that thought? It's hard to

relax. My mind

> is working, but it doesn't know what direction to go. I'm spinning

my wheels,

> pretty much. I'm anxious and burdened feeling. Very stressful.

>

> 4. Who would you be without that thought that you're not paying

attention to

> the right things? Really here. Feeling warmth and compassion in my

heart.

> Feeling acceptance of me. Feeling love for the world just the way

it is.

> Feeling a warm tingling spreading out from my heart to the rest of

my body.

> Relaxing the tight places in my back and shoulders. Heaving a big

sigh. Aware

> of the quiet joy that always lives in me.

>

> TA: I am paying attention to the right things. Who knows? Could be

just as

> true. It's a lot more peaceful to say " I can't know, " rather than

yes or no.

> My thinking isn't paying attention to the right things. True

sometimes.

>

> Mmmmm, peace.

>

> Love,

> Bev