You are not here to “fix” other people or mother earth. You are here to heal the deep wounds within your own being. Please tend to this task and all else will fall into place without any effort on your part. ~Pamela Kribbe
I found this quote on my friend and collegue, Josha Grant's, Facebook today. What an awesome re-minder and one worth meditating on. I am taking it to my journal. Hope you enjoy it as I have.
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Getting Rid of the Thorn In Your Side
"When you made visible what is not true, what is true became invisible to you." -A Course In Miracles
So true. And, when you focus on the *invisible* you know is True, the *visible thorn in your side* you experience will vanish.
Who or what is pissing you off - treating you wrong - holding you back - holding you down - standing in your way?
Whoever or whatever you think is at fault, is false. Conflict will dissolve when you re-alize your are interacting with the false/fearful self of the person who does you wrong. It could go like this in your mind. "Oh. So and So is doing that thing that I can't stand. This is not the true So and So. This is the false So and So. I re-cognize the same or similar defense in myself. Ah yes. I know the false self that I re-act from. Oh, that is what is going on here. I do it, too. Maybe I do it differently. Yep, I tend to attack myself instead of others (or whatever). I choose not to relate false self to false self. I choose to be present to my true self and their true self.
What I experience/perceive as wrong is covering up the Truth I don't see right now. I look past this false experience to the Truth I know is present.
What did I make visible that I don't like? What Truth became invisible to me as a result? What Truth is present even if I don't *see* it now?
So true. And, when you focus on the *invisible* you know is True, the *visible thorn in your side* you experience will vanish.
Who or what is pissing you off - treating you wrong - holding you back - holding you down - standing in your way?
Whoever or whatever you think is at fault, is false. Conflict will dissolve when you re-alize your are interacting with the false/fearful self of the person who does you wrong. It could go like this in your mind. "Oh. So and So is doing that thing that I can't stand. This is not the true So and So. This is the false So and So. I re-cognize the same or similar defense in myself. Ah yes. I know the false self that I re-act from. Oh, that is what is going on here. I do it, too. Maybe I do it differently. Yep, I tend to attack myself instead of others (or whatever). I choose not to relate false self to false self. I choose to be present to my true self and their true self.
What I experience/perceive as wrong is covering up the Truth I don't see right now. I look past this false experience to the Truth I know is present.
What did I make visible that I don't like? What Truth became invisible to me as a result? What Truth is present even if I don't *see* it now?
Saturday, February 1, 2014
What Your Experience Is Telling You
"Everything you behold without is a judgment of what you beheld within." -A Course In Miracles
So what have you "beheld within"? (Note the past tense?) You can deduce this by what you are experiencing now. Allow your experience to be your guide not your "reality."
Are you experiencing harmony or dissension in your relationships? Answer that and you can discern whether or not you have beheld harmony or dissension within. Often we are attacking ourselves with very little or no awareness.
Are you experiencing abundant health, abundant wealth, abundant joy? If not, you are not beholding it within.
Do you experience giving and receiving unconditional love and non-judgement? Answer that and you can discern whether or not you have beheld unconditional love and non-judgement towards yourself.
Answering these questions is not a way to beat yourself up. All disharmony without is a call to harmony within. Covering your pain with a coating of "harmony" will not work, rather asking your pain for guidance towards what is out of alignment and bringing it back to Truth will work. Ask with a curious heart. Inquire as a means to find the place that is blocking you and with the intention of beholding true perspective within.
Are you experiencing light, peace and joy. If so, you are beholding these things. Focus there.
So what have you "beheld within"? (Note the past tense?) You can deduce this by what you are experiencing now. Allow your experience to be your guide not your "reality."
Are you experiencing harmony or dissension in your relationships? Answer that and you can discern whether or not you have beheld harmony or dissension within. Often we are attacking ourselves with very little or no awareness.
Are you experiencing abundant health, abundant wealth, abundant joy? If not, you are not beholding it within.
Do you experience giving and receiving unconditional love and non-judgement? Answer that and you can discern whether or not you have beheld unconditional love and non-judgement towards yourself.
Answering these questions is not a way to beat yourself up. All disharmony without is a call to harmony within. Covering your pain with a coating of "harmony" will not work, rather asking your pain for guidance towards what is out of alignment and bringing it back to Truth will work. Ask with a curious heart. Inquire as a means to find the place that is blocking you and with the intention of beholding true perspective within.
Are you experiencing light, peace and joy. If so, you are beholding these things. Focus there.
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