tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432734053115127369.post8254959821172475143..comments2023-07-05T03:28:27.772-07:00Comments on Shalom, Dena: The Law of Attraction ...Denahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05100904350829701234noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432734053115127369.post-50499037163820250882010-07-08T12:42:55.985-07:002010-07-08T12:42:55.985-07:00I think I 'get it' from where you are, too...I think I 'get it' from where you are, too, Dena.<br /><br />It sounds like 'cause and effect' lose all meaning to you when you're in pain, and I've certainly been there myself. It's just a great 'lump' of Something Nasty which swirls round in your head, and you totally doubt your sanity until that 'lump' starts to dissolve. Nothing is as it was. Richard Harvey spoke of that 'birth canal', both individual and collective, which we go through to get to the Next Big Thing.<br /><br />Boy, it's scary, but Light does come, and it's Wonderful. And you start 'breathing' properly, maybe for the first time in your life.Harry Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14341037712756284832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432734053115127369.post-16582238596763619672010-07-08T12:19:45.259-07:002010-07-08T12:19:45.259-07:00I can't speak from where you are, Harry ... I ...I can't speak from where you are, Harry ... I just find that my own emotions are in response to thoughts. And I find that I can look at, and choose my thinking. <br /><br />It's hard. I can attest that it feels downright impossible at times.<br /><br />When in pain, it feels like it's out of my control ... that I can't find, much less look at, much less choose, my thoughts.<br /><br />This is simple, but elusive, for it's the antithesis of what we've been taught.<br /><br />I'm in the thick of it, and I get it.Denanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432734053115127369.post-55967718821260427042010-07-08T06:38:21.713-07:002010-07-08T06:38:21.713-07:00Interesting, Dena.
Tell me, how do you discern wh...Interesting, Dena.<br /><br />Tell me, how do you discern whether those 'intentional' thoughts come from the fearful 'ego mind' or from 'Source'? I would say this is pretty critical.<br /><br />I find my emotions, rather than springing from thought, actually give rise to thought. Emotions come from a deeper place than thought, coming from who we really are, and are therefore beyond any ideas and concepts. They are raw reactions, without interpretation. It's the mind which insists on attaching meaning to them, whereas it's the heart that knows all, and expresses wordlessly through that raw energy. I'm on dangerous ground when I attach a specific meaning to any emotion, as it's almost impossible for the ego to stay out of the conversation.<br /><br />I'd be interested in your further thoughts on this.Harry Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14341037712756284832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432734053115127369.post-81008081788031889282010-07-07T11:36:57.311-07:002010-07-07T11:36:57.311-07:00Harry - I understand your perspective about feeli...Harry - I understand your perspective about feelings ... I come from a long tradition that seeks to discount, downplay, and even distrust, emotions. <br /><br />This, I believe, is part of our larger problem, as humanity. <br /><br />I do truly believe that my current emotion does indeed tell me how I am thinking. There is a thought behind that emotion, every time. I may have been well trained (by self or others) to disconnect from that emotion and/or thought, but it's there, and it can tell me much about where I currently am, if I want to go there, if I want to know.<br /><br />I agree that when we're "lost in tought" (i.e., "victims" of our default-thoughts, and thus creating our own chaos), that doesn't serve us well.<br /><br />But, I see that when I realizet that I am the chooser of my thoughts, and that my thoughts thus create my life-experience ... well, why wouldn't I WANT to be intentional about that, rather than living by default..?<br /><br />Why would I want to be victim to my own ego...?<br /><br />Why wouldn't I want to tap into Self/Source -- which is, always and never-ending, the very essence of Well-Being ...?<br /><br />The emotions are only the guidance system -- they tell me whether I'm going with the stream of Divine Flow, or furiously paddling upstream, exhausting myself ...<br /><br />It's simple, but elusive. <br /><br />Simple in nature, but elusive to the way our egoic minds are conditioned.<br /><br />Breaking out of our conditioning, into FREEDOM, is why we're going through this ...!<br /><br />And the goal, which is our basic state of Being, is JOY.Denahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05100904350829701234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432734053115127369.post-72934014521380878002010-07-07T08:06:35.675-07:002010-07-07T08:06:35.675-07:00"Our emotions clue us in to how we're thi...<i>"Our emotions clue us in to how we're thinking ..."</i><br /><br />Yup, but it's <i>only</i> a clue. 'tain't the whole answer, and 'clues' can be misinterpreted...<br /><br /><i>"We draw to ourselves what it is that we predominantly think about."</i><br /><br />Absolutely. Indubitably. And Not Half.<br /><br />I think... there's far too much thinkin' goin' on on this thar planet, meself;) As Eckhart Tolle said, <br /><br /><i>"Humanity's condition - lost in thought."</i> <br /><br />Few truer words were ever spoken.Harry Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14341037712756284832noreply@blogger.com