Wondering Aloud, No. 9
The world that used to nurse us now keeps shouting inane instructions. That's why I ran to the woods. - Jim Harrison
What we call consensus reality is similar to what we call money. They are constructs. Neither has any value unless everyone believes it has value. As long as we continue to pretend there is value in money there will be. As long as we continue to pretend that consensus reality is real it will appear to be so. But the moment we stop pretending, and believing in the lies we’ve agreed upon, reality will be revealed for what it truly is. And so will money.
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The body never works against us, it is never at war with us. All so-called symptoms are healing responses. Healing is not found in any man-made concoction. Pills, injections, protocols, procedures are at best temporary relief at a cost, and at worst, toxins. Of course, you can believe otherwise, as most do, but I see the body as having all it needs to thrive and survive. I see the body as a material manifestation of the Divine All That Is, and as such, there is nothing that the body lacks. Does this mean we can avert death? Of course not. And why would we want that anyway, what would be the fun in bodily immortality? Death is as natural as birth, equally beautiful and pure. And, if we go to the heart of the matter, birth and death are inseparable, spiraling together eternally.
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Sit with your suffering. Don’t try and cope with it. Don’t try and distract yourself from it. Be still. Allow it in. And see what you discover.
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Drop all the methods, techniques, mindsets, and affirmations. Just let go. This moment, right here right now, contains all you will ever need. And is all there ever is.
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No matter the outcome it has nothing to do with your inherent self-worth. Win, lose, smile, cry, whatever. None of it alters the truth that you are whole, complete, lacking nothing, loved and loveable – just the way you are.
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Leave the drama and the gossip and the I-know-it-all-ism behind. Don’t let it in. Keep your intention and vision focused on your path. It can be done. Do it.
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Fear will come. And sometimes it will be tied to your survival. But more often than not, fear will just fuck with you. And the way to stop the fear from fucking with you, is to never mistake the fear you feel for the who you are. You are not the fear. Ever.
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Do things happen for a reason or do we just like to tell ourselves that because it makes us feel better? It lets us off the hook because there is some all-encompassing power dictating outcomes. What if things don’t happen for a reason? What if they just happen? What then?
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What if the idea of mindset is just more bullshit being sold by all the self-help gurus, coaches, therapists, teachers, doctors, etc.? What if you dropped seeking a particular mindset and instead settled into the moment at hand and got to work?
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The endless chatter in our minds is distracting us from what’s true. If you want to discover what is true, be still. Sit in the stillness, connect to the stillness, allow it to speak to you from deep within. That stillness is the primordial wisdom that spirals through all time and space that never ends, and never begins, and never pretends. Be still and tap into it!
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Don’t bullshit yourself into believing the lies sold to you by a culture which says you are a limited and lacking thing. NO! Who you truly are is Infinite Eternal Consciousness. The Source of All That Is. Sure, you have to go about life doing all the things you have to do – work, raise a family, pay bills, have sex, mourn the loss of loved ones, eat, shit, grow old – but none of this alters the fact that you are the Divine Spark made manifest for a moment and then the moment is gone.
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If each of us were to recognize that who we are is not a limited, lacking speck in the vastness of space, but rather, a strand in the Eternal Web of Life, all our problems would magically disappear.
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While it is a noble pursuit to want to improve one’s relationships the path to doing so is not what we’ve been taught. Improvements will not come if you see the you and the me as separate, which most of us do. If, however, you focus your attention on the fact that you and I are a Singular Being, then you will find that your suffering and my suffering no longer have a place to reside, as all blame has been cast into one.
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To seek what it is that we are seeking – comfort, peace, love, acceptance – in things – relationships, substances, money, success, fame, social media likes, political parties, sports teams, churches, etc. – will only lead to more dissatisfaction. Stop the seeking and what is missing will be found.
Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. – Muhammad Ali
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