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existence. It now has our complete
attention and allegiance. When it comes
to Liberation and Love, it is not so
much our conviction and commitment
to beliefs that is so important as it is
to have the willingness, courage and
perseverance to stop believing in, and
bowing to, those voices in the head
that promise happiness it has NEVER
delivered. The doom that it perpetually
threatens never manifests except as the
suffering created by those voices.
Realize that much suffering is caused by
wanting to know things that we simply
do not or cannot know for sure. For
example, being absolutely sure that a
to judge things as good and bad, as person, health condition, world event,
discussed above. Outer events will etc., is “bad.” Be okay with not knowing
always happen as they do. Adding the the outcome. Experience the lightness of
“poisonous special sauce” of judgment not being sure of anything. At the very
guarantees that the life events we have least, begin to be aware of how affirming
already been served become distasteful something as bad, in the interest of
or even toxic and harmful. Although having it all figured out, creates far more
we may not have a choice in many life suffering than the actual event.
events, we do have a choice in how
we respond. The most important and 4. That all sounds good, but what about
essential choice is not taking the fear- when I have already fallen into a very
based stories in our head to be real. negative emotional state and I can’t
seem to find a way out?
Next, be willing to look outside of our
familiar way of viewing things. We First, relax and breathe! Fear, anxiety,
often underestimate the the cunning anger, shame, craving, etc., cannot exist
and sophistication of our ego. The ego in total relaxation. Simply remembering
speaks to us as the voice in our head. It to relax the body will allow troubling
has whispered its lies and threatened us emotions to naturally fall away. Breathing
with dire consequences for hundreds not only discharges stale air, but it
of thousands of years of our human also discharges harmful energies and
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