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Freedom from suffering
'What is' is what's happening before you have a thought about it. Suffering occurs when you believe in a thought that is at odds with what is, what was, or what may be. Suffering is how life tells you that you are resisting or misperceiving what is real and true.
Within each of us there is a silence, a silence as vast as the universe. And when we experience that silence, we remember who we are.
Gunilla Norris
All is
Q: What happened when everything collapsed? I see that I was holding the silence as outside myself but I don't understand or know how to experience myself as the silence. Any insights into this would be greatly appreciated.
Adya: Let me be short and simple. Consciousness, awareness, silence - all names for what you are. None can be seen as objects because they are what is looking. In truth, no inside or outside exists. All is.
Our deepest nature is silence: that space which is beyond the known, understanding, and imagination. True silence is not a dead or static state; it is a state of unity, creative response, and deep love. Salvation lies within the heart of silence and nowhere else. Be still and know.
Adyashanti
There's a great space in which this moment takes place. There's a great silence that is listening to the thoughts.
Adyashanti
When thought enters into the changeless it goes silent. When thought goes silent, the thinker, the psychological me, the image-produced self, dissapears. Suddenly it is gone. You, as an idea, are gone. Awareness remains alone.
Adyashanti
Be present. Be in the now. Action. Love.
To be a good steward of your life requires you to embrace every aspect of your life, inner and outer, pleasant and unpleas- ant. You do not necessarily need to face them all at once, just whatever arises in any given moment. Give each moment the attention, sincerity, and commitment that it deserves. A failure to do so is more costly than you can ever imagine. Your life, all of your life, is your path to awakening. By resist- ing or not dealing with its challenges, you stay asleep to Reality. Pay attention to what life is trying to reveal to you. Say yes to its erce, ruthless, and loving grace.
What you actually love is most truly reflected in your actions, not in what you feel, think, or say.
Adyashanti
Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't.
Bill Nye
I believe that thinking about the problem … is your problem.
Dan Brown
Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer.
Dan Brown
Every generation's breakthroughs are proven false by the next generation's technology.
Dan Brown
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
Socrates
If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
Henry Longfellow
I thought I have already become who I was. I was fulfilled. I was alive. I thought when I knew eveything, that was to the point that I knew nothing. I was addicted with my happiness.
Then I spotted my weakness: 1) Dont expect others to do things for me 2) Dont let my anger control me when someone try to control me
My weakness were my negative experience that I had before. Hence, by being awake was my positive experience. I knew nothing by defining who I was. By simply defining my happiness to be who I was.
I was curious. Why did my anger control me? Why did I still feel overwhelmed by my own anger emotion? Why did my unpleaseful experience still dominate my mind? How did my mindful practice going? Is there something beyond mindfulness that I dont know about? Why did when I thought I know everything I still doubt one thing? Something beyond mindfulness I that I couldnt imagine before.
Then I experienced an anger that I was curious what emotion is that about. I found out I had Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I found out that thing was fear. Something triggers my fear and let my anger out of control.
This was my diary when I was angry before I noticed what emotion I had. The thoughts inside of me. The thoughts that should be separate from who I am. The thoughts that I can control. Fear.
My thoughts: "She keep pressing my button. Im curious. Im curious what emotion triggers me. What stimulus. Isnt it because Im being manipulated? or more beyond that? its more! deep inside! i found it! fear! Im threatened by her all the time but i dint realize it. Im trying to protect myself by keep quiet. No respond when she talking. Now I know why. Now i know why everytime with her, my emotion running so wild. Like my anger want to explode! I found it finally. Im curious about the next."
And thoughts:"Fear deep inside of me triggers me to anger! Once again I have been fooled. To pity her. But it is not love. Once again should I question myself? Did pity means love? No. First you must understand your feeling. to have courage and overcome fear. Before I am threathened. But I dont understand this emotion. Fear. Now I wont be threathened anymore! Me is me! I take control of my life.”
Pause. Observe. Breath.
Mindfulness focus on the present. No past. No future. No judging.
Mindfulness focus attention on your thoughts. Just thoughts. Observe thoughts. Understand you are separate from thoughts. Understand your are not your thoughts. Thoughts are just thoughts. Accept your thoughts. Without judging. No right. No wrong. They are what they are.
Mindfulness is a skill that requires listening. Listening to your thoughts. Without judging. No right. No wrong. Listening to which thoughts are the best interest in you. Your choice matters. You are the observer. Thoughts are to be observed.
In a conversation when someone’s speaking. He or she is the “object of mindfulness.” Pay full attention to what he or she saying. Without judging. When your mind wanders away. Bring yourself back to the words of the person speaking. Repeat the practice.
Practice mindfulness. Practice meditation. Practice to pay full attention to your “object of mindfulness”. Breath. When your mind wanders away. Bring yourself back to the breath. Repeat the practice.
Stay focused. Stay aware. Believe in yourself. Your value. To love and being loved. To listen and being listened.
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” -J. K. Rowling
It is our choices that matter. You and your thoughts are separate.
Before I was awaken, I kept feeling bad about myself. My mind. My brain. My thoughts. Selfishness. No friendship. No empathy. Shy. Lie. Proud. No caring. I kept trying to change. But failed. Change again. Failed. My thoughts kept coming to me. I did not understand. I already tried my best to change. And failed. Asking God why. No answer. That was the time I kept going church and bible study. They kept motivating me to change my weakness. I asked God to change. But I failed.
Then something happened when I started working. The company. The boss. I did not know how and why. They also motivated me to change. Something wrong. Something was disturbing my mind. A belief that contradicted my belief throughout my 5 years in church. I did not want to believe. But my head was full of questions. Did I really have to change? Did I judge my thoughts bad? Did it hurt someone? Why did I judge it bad? Change means judge, didnt it? Then what was the difference between church and working life? Where was God? Where was my faith that I believed since I was 17 years old? What was the things that I learnt from church? Why I felt dumb? I felt numb? Why I felt manipulated? Why I felt my hard work was useless? What was I doing during my time in church? Why the boss that was non-christian motivated me too? The same way as church did. I learnt nothing.
Curiosity overwhelmed me. I googled everything the questions inside my head. My mind. My brain. My thoughts. There was something incredible that I could not explain. I was aware that something wrong about church. I did not want to believe it. But my curiosity would not stop me from googling. I could not sleep thinking about it. Did church manipulate me? My belief? I was curious.
I started to read books called “Boundaries by Henry Cloud”, and “Relationship”. The books about how to take control of life and how to feel connected with each other. I was crying and awaken. I know what happened on the universe once I understood my feeling. My strengths. My weakness. My value of living life. I understood when I read another book called “Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis.“ A book about right and wrong on the universe. The truth. The internal parent inside my head changed. The book awakes me from feeling guilty. I understood I was being manipulated by church, boss, leader, friends, and even family. The trauma started from my own sister. She was not aware that she manipulated me. Until today. But now I am aware. I own my internal standard. Not hers. Before I was awaken and did not know who I was, they used my guilty feeling to fulfill their purpose. I was not aware about my own thoughts. I think I was my thoughts. I think I had to do what my thoughts tell me. I had created a misperception that my thoughts were who I am. And that was why I was easily manipulated.
My curiosity did not end there. Why did I feel the wholeness of living life now? While focusing on the present? Without judging it? Fulfilled with happiness? Why did I aware of every emotion now? And others emotion? Why did I let my thoughts to control me in the past? Why did I have to do what my thoughts tell me in the past? Why did church manipulate people? Why couldn’t we change our weakness? And I found out that everything has a reason. Every emotion has a reason. Every thoughts has a reason. Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process. The wholeness. The completeness. The balance.
“Thoughts are just thoughts. You become the observer. The thoughts are the observed.” Once I reach this level of awareness, I am capable of separating my thoughts from who I am. Then accept them for what they are, including my selfishness, my lust pleasure, my proud, my lie. They are just what they are. No judging. To be mindful. Accepting awakes me from feeling guilty. What matter to me is my choice. I choose to act on thoughts that is in my best interest. My strengths. My value of living life. Choices show what we truly are. Our authentic self.
“The caged bird sings, even within the cage, because it can. The caged bird has a choice, and he can choose to sing.” -Maya Angelou