bernie
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Changing at the depths of being in communion w/ Being...
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8/29/2009 3:57 PM
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Changing at the depths of being in communion w/ Being
"Through our senses the world appears. Through our reactions we create delusions. Without reactions the world becomes clear." (BUDDHA)
"... what usually enables us to change is neither haranguing nor punishing ourselves but cultivating a quiet, centered awareness so that we can see what is compelling us to harm ourselves. When we bring awareness both to our bad habits as well as to the parts of ourselves that would like to rid us of them, something entirely new enters the picture. ‘As we learn to be present to our lives and open to the moment, miracles begin to happen. One of the greatest miracles is that we can drop a habit that has plagued us for many years in a minute. When we are fully present, the old habits lets go, and we are no longer the same. To experience the healing of our oldest and deepest wounds through the action of awareness is the miracle we can all count on. If we follow this map of the soul into the depths of our hearts, hatred will turn into compassion, rejection into acceptance, and fear into wonder. ‘Always remember that it is your birthright and natural state to be wise and noble, loving and generous, to esteem yourself and others, to be creative and constantly renewing yourself, to be engaged in the world in awe and in depth, to have courage and to rely on yourself, to be joyous and effortlessly accomplished, to be strong and effective, to enjoy peace of mind, and to be present to the unfolding mystery of your life.” ( Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson, The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to the Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine Personality Types) “The more consciousness you bring into the body, the stronger the immune system becomes. It is as if every cell awakens and rejoices. The body loves your attention. It is also a potent form of self-healing. Most illnesses creep in when you are not present in the body. If the master is not present in the house, all kinds of shady characters will take up residence there. When you inhabit your body, it will be hard for unwanted guests to enter. ‘It is not only your physical immune system that becomes strengthened; your psychic immune system is greatly enhanced as well. The latter protects you from the negative mental-emotional force fields of others, which are highly contagious. Inhabiting the body protects you not by putting up a shield, but by raising the frequency vibration of your total energy field, so that anything that vibrates at a lower frequency, such as fear, anger, depression, and so on, now exists in what is virtually a different order of reality. It doesn’t enter your field of consciousness anymore, or if it does you don’t need to offer any resistance to it because it passes right through you. Please don’t just accept or reject what I am saying. Put it to the test.” ( Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment) 
(Carl Jung believed that the circular form of the mandala represented the human personality's instinctive drive toward wholeness.)
<message edited by bernie on 8/29/2009 6:55 PM>
If healing is to genuinely take hold, the body-mind-spirit (onto-psychosomatic) entity or continuum, must evolve holistically, nondually, meaningfully, transformatively ad infinitum, not perseverating ad nauseam. Amen.
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