I will pause....
and write.... because I think this one is important. Imagine yourself....as a hose...with water coming out....
but something is closing off part of the hose.....and only some...gets out....the flow is impeded.
this flow of life giving water...is your love...your potential to reach all that you are and can be...it is your energy...your life force...your everything.
you control this flow.....you control the amount of happiness you feel...the amount of love you give....
the amount of energy you express.
when something happens to us....some traumatic experience happens....we start protecting that part of ourselves....which is a great agonizing...soul sucking....life-long defense....
if and only if....we allow ourselves....to release...and no longer protect....can we be free.....liberated from this...
I think I shared this before...but I can't remember....it is an important structural improvement. :)
"...we normally attempt to solve our inner disturbances by protecting ourselves....real transformation begins when you embrace your problems as agents for growth."
you gotta feel it to heal it...and welcome change agents...
"In order to understand how this process works, let's examine the following situation. Imagine that you have a thorn in your arm, that directly touches a nerve. When the thorn is touched, it's very painful..."
"this thorn is a constant source of disturbance, and to solve the problem you have only have two choices. The first choice is to look at your situation and decide that since it's so disturbing when things touch the thorn, you need to make sure nothing touches it."
- some people just avoid people....and love....and expressing love because they don't want to get hurt... They protect their heart so much and think by not letting anyone in....or not exposing themselves to love....they won't ever get hurt.....
"the second choice is to decide that since it's so disturbing when things touch the thorn, you need to take it out...Believe it or not, the effects of the choice you make will determine the course of the rest of your life....this is one of the core level, structural decisions that lays the foundation for your future."
"...if you decide you have to keep things from touching the thorn, that becomes the work of a lifetime..."
and that....is limiting....do you want to limit yourself or liberate yourself?
the most liberating thing to do for your life...is to stop protecting yourself so much. I love working in binary terms to clarify.... limit=fear liberate= love
Limiting yourself is clearly a from a place of fear- fear of getting hurt, fear of what other people think, fear of disappointing others....
liberating yourself...means that you love yourself and others-that you only want the best for yourself and others...you want your happiness and to let love flow freely....
you need to find yourself....and love yourself....you need to take out those thorns...
(text in quotes taken from, Michael A. Singer, from The Untethered Soul: the journey beyond yourself)
it may sound counterintuitive at first, because everyone wants to protect themselves and thinks this is what brings happiness....but it is a shallow happiness that keeps you from.....something truly amazing.
peace and love...and letting yourself flow.... like a river to the sea....unimpeded by obstacles or debris... or thorns.
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