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| optimism |
Posted - 01/10/2006 : 08:46:25
Would anyone know what books are these articles from? I would love to read them.
Thanks
Eckert Tolle, "The more you are identified with your thinking, your likes and dislikes, judgments and interpretations, which is to say the less present you are as the watching consciousness, the stronger the emotional energy charge will be, whether you are aware of it or not. If you cannot feel your emotions, if you are cut off from them, you will eventually experience them on a purely physical level, as a physical problem or symptom. If you have difficulty feeling your emotions, start by focusing attention on the inner energy field of your body. Feel the body from within, this will also put you in touch with your emotions. Make it a habit to ask yourself: What's going on inside me at this moment? That question will point you in the right direction. But don't analyze just watch. focus your attention within. Feel the energy of the emotion. If there is no emotion present take your attention more deeply into the inner energy field of your body. It is the doorway into Being. Intense presence is needed when certain situations trigger a reaction with a strong emotional charge, such as when your self image is threatened, a challenge comes into your life that triggers fear, things go wrong or an emotional complex from the past is brought up. In those instances, the tendency is for you to become "unconscious" the reaction or emotion takes you over you "become" it. You act is out. you justify, make wrong, attack, defend...except that is isn't you, it's the reactive pattern, the mind in its habitual survival mode. So when such challenges come, as they always do, make it a habit to go within at once and focus as much as you can on the inner energy field of your body. This need not take long, just a few seconds. but you need to do it the moment that the challenge presents itself. Any delay will allow a conditioned mental-emotional reaction to arise and take you over. When you focus within and feel the inner body, you immediately become still and present as you are withdrawing consciousness from the mind. If a response is required in that situation, it will come up from this deeper level." ET.
Deepak Chopra, "There is a state of non suffering inside of you; it is simple and open awareness. By contrast, the state of suffering is complicated because, in its attempts to wrestle with pain, the ego refuses to see that the answer could be as simple as simply learning to be. Any steps that get you to stop clinging to complications will bring you closer to the simple state of healing. Take anything in you life that is bringing you a sense of deep unease, discomfort, or suffering. You can choose something that has persisted for years or something that is uppermost in your life right now. Whether there is a physical component or not is unimportant, although if you pick a chronic physical disorder, don't approach this exercise as a cure--we are dealing with the patterns of perception that encourage you to hold on to suffering.
Energy and Sensations:
We rely on our bodies to tell us when we are in pain, and the body, like the mind, follows familiar patterns. You are taking familiar sensations and using them to confirm your suffering. Many depressed people, for example, will interpret fatigue as depression. The way to deal with these sensations is to strip away the interpretation. Instead of being sad, look upon this as the energy of sadness. Like fatigue, sadness has a bodily component that can be discharged. Instead of being an anxious person, deal with the energy of anxiety. All energies are discharged in the same way;
Take a deep breath, sit quietly, and feel the sensation in your body.
Feel the sensation without judgment. Just be with it. Let any feelings, thoughts, or energies that want to come up do so--this often means listening to the voice of anxiety, anger, fear, or woundedness. Let the voices say what they want to say. Listen and understand what is going on. Watch the energy disperse as much as it can. Don't demand complete discharge. Take the attitude that your body will let go of as much stored energy as it is able to.
The simple state of awareness is nature's default position; suffering and the complications that keep it going are unnatural--it wastes energy to maintain all that complexity. By working toward a simpler state every day, you are doing the best anyone can do to bring suffering to an end by cutting out the roots of unreality" DC.
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| altherunner |
Posted - 01/10/2006 : 18:26:05
I believe the Eckhart Tolle quote is from The Power of Now, although his other books have similar material, The New Earth, Stillness Speaks,and Practicing the Power of Now. I have found I have had less worry and anxiety, and feel much better since I have been reading his books. I have not read any Deepak Chopra. |
| Bonnie |
Posted - 01/10/2006 : 15:23:06
Hi, I agree with Peter about Eckert Tolle for thought patterns. And another good book to examine the stories we've created for ourselves as children to survive is, 'Becoming Real, Defeating the Stories We Tell Ourselves That Hold Us Back' by Gail Saltz M.D.
I've found that when I'm under sudden pressure I instantly revert to the way I coped as a child, I panic and stop thinking rationally and just feel trapped, or I shut down and cope superficially and don't feel anything at all until everything is over and then I get sick, neither of which work all that well when you're supposed to be a grown-up.
I've gotten Tolle's tapes but I found reading his books did more for me as the way he speaks distracted me a bit.
Bonnie |
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Posted - 01/10/2006 : 11:03:22
Deepak Chopra is a little to spacey for my taste. Too much Hindu mysticism and other airy fairy garble. He does, however, have many good things to say but you have to wade through a lot of the theology to get to it. Eckert Tolle is an excellent read for those seeking peace of mind and examining their thought patterns.
Neither of these writers write about recovery from TMS, but they are still good if you are seeking to achieve a sense of overall well-being. |
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