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MajestyJo
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Canada
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 Posted - 10/13/2007 : 09:37:23
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Create space
"All this talk and turmoil and noise and movement and desire is outside of the veil; within the veil is silence and calm and rest."
-- Bayazid al-Bistami
We need to create space if we desire to change and grow. Only in emptiness can meaning, intuitive guidance and truth arise.
Give yourself space by spending time in nature, taking an hour or day off, enjoying quiet moments for reflection. Take time to smell the roses. Breathe in the wonder of life and its bounty. Open so your deeper awareness and imagination can percolate through mundane thoughts and activities. Let go of both resistance and force to allow yourself to connect more deeply to life.
"I do only want to advise you to keep growing quietly and seriously throughout your whole development; you cannot disturb it more rudely than by looking outward and expecting from outside replies to questions that only your inmost feeling in your most hushed hour can perhaps answer."
-- Rainer Maria Rilke
"I am glad that so much movement happens in this stillness."
-- Richard Land
This reminds me of Step Three. Making a decision to do what is right in the moment.
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Love Always,
Each Day is a New Beginning, so have a great one. |
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MajestyJo
Average Member
Canada
590 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2007 : 09:43:06
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Self-deception
"The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self."
-- Phillip James Bailey
Are you hiding in some way from your own inner light?
I wouldn’t dream of stealing things but I do steal from my own potential. I can be a master at rationalizing, at justifying why it’s not the right time to do something challenging. My arguments seem valid but deep down, I know they’re excuses.
"The longer the excuse, the less likely it's the truth."
-- Robert Half
"When we know deep down that we’re acting with integrity despite impulses to do otherwise, we feel gates of higher energy and inspiration open inside of us."
-- Dan Millman
This reading helped me to decide to stay at the group and not leave it. I post for my own recovery and to share my esh for the newcomer. It appears as most of the members here come for the chat and don't want to post. That is okay. Each of us has their own journey and recovery path.
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Love Always,
Each Day is a New Beginning, so have a great one. |
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Higher Awareness
