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The Mirror of You
When we feel a feeling, where does it come from? All feelings are your own. They might be triggered by another, but that trigger only reflects what lays dormant within. We can only feel something so long as it exists within us. We feel an emotion to the degree in which a statement or action resonates with the energy within us. We feel love more intensely when we feel greater self-love. We feel anger more intensely when we feel greater anger towards ourselves. By allowing ourselves the grace to be with ourselves, to take ownership of our experience of reality, we can penetrate into the cracks of ourselves that love has yet to fill.
The Price of Freedom
Imagine living a life free from fear, anxiety, stress, guilt, and hurt. Imagine the peace of being instantly forgiving, to enjoy every moment as if it's your first, to love every moment as if its your last. One of the great ailments that imprisons the human existence is the experience of rush. The cure to rush begins at the understanding that its source is the fear of death. Spiritual teacher Byron Katie shares that it is not a thought that creates suffering; it is that we believe the thought. Imagine surrendering the final belief that death is the end: who would you be without this thought?
The Myth of Manifesting
The paradox of manifestation is that the pathway to it is through letting go of desire and expectations, being present in the now, and loving what is. Manifesting does not come from an act of willpower or affirmations… It comes from orienting one’s inner state of being towards surrender and self-empowerment rather than control and victimhood. It comes from discovering, clarifying, and then aligning one’s life to values, which are the codification of our Inner Truth.
The Human Experience: the Mind, Body, and Spirit
The human experience consists of three layers: the mind, body, and spirit. The mind is a sharp tool that creates stories and seeks to affirm itself, leading to suffering through avoidance or withholding forgiveness. The body experiences emotions and projects intuition. The spirit is the ever-present, incorporeal knowing that is Love, which is the fabric of the universe and that death and time are illusions. The spirit can be felt in the heart and heard when the mind quiets itself. To live in Truth and Love, one must surrender the pull of the mind and let go of suppressed emotions. This leads to peace, love, and bliss that can only be experienced. The more one can surrender and be present and vulnerable, the more they can disempower the mind's grip on suffering and awaken to peace, love, and gratitude.
Dogmatic About Non-dogma: A Lesson in Discernment
I felt triggered… after the “shaman” shared his beliefs as truth. I sat with my feelings, quieting my mind to hunt for the righteousness within me… I know anger is an incredibly valuable emotion because it offers the opportunity to discover where I am still in victimhood… What belief is here? What am I not allowing myself to see yet?