lunar eclipse in cancer- 12/31/09 at 11:13am PST
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
Being conscious
This was on Natalia Rose's blog and is so true:
Being unconscious of and blindly accepting roles, rules and structures that defy the truth of the human being are at the root of all suffering. The emotions of pain, anger and fear arise to tell us that something is not life-generating and to pay attention. They come to us as a friend to alter us like the heat of the fire tells us to pull our hand away from the flame. When we put our attention (our consciousness) on them, and allow ourselves to fully experience them, they pass right through is like water in a flowing stream and we can let them go. Once we let them go, we will not need to numb ourselves with the addictive substance so much. We can continue to practice this until the emotions, addiction and the erroneous conditionings have left us. The three go hand in hand.
Being unconscious of and blindly accepting roles, rules and structures that defy the truth of the human being are at the root of all suffering. The emotions of pain, anger and fear arise to tell us that something is not life-generating and to pay attention. They come to us as a friend to alter us like the heat of the fire tells us to pull our hand away from the flame. When we put our attention (our consciousness) on them, and allow ourselves to fully experience them, they pass right through is like water in a flowing stream and we can let them go. Once we let them go, we will not need to numb ourselves with the addictive substance so much. We can continue to practice this until the emotions, addiction and the erroneous conditionings have left us. The three go hand in hand.
Monday, August 3, 2009
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