Thank you everyone for your thoughts, this is really helpful!
Impaul thats great advice and makes a lot of sense! I have dipped into the Course and always found it filled with wisdom!
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Originally Posted by impaul99  BTW, if you're interested in the Course in Miracles, I would strongly suggest reading "The Disappearance of the Universe" first, as it's an intro into ACIM and ACIM is super hard to read by itself if you don't understand the premise behind it. . |
Yep like you said I couldnt quite summon up the energy to read the whole of ACIM it is so long, I will definitely look into this book, thanks!
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Originally Posted by judge45 The problem with now.
Creative observation. While you cannot deny what you're creating as every thought is an instruction or intention to create, you can change your thoughts about now and therefore change the instructions which in turn change the program (your reality/now)
The real secret lies in accepting that everything in your life is of your creation. This is truly the only way to exist as any other ways robs you of responsibility and that robs you of power. |
The problem I always had with this, is that the very process of doing this implies you want something different...I suppose however it doesnt mean that your not happy with the NOW, I guess it just means you are directing the future course of NOW...so its kind of like you are getting aligned...but then in reality have we not always been aligned to the life we should be leading?
I feel like Im more on my true path than I have ever been, but that in the past I was all over the place and way off. However isnt that really an illusion? The reality is if i hadnt had had all those various NOW experiences I wouldnt be here NOW, appreciating how wonderful NOW really is...(woooe get your head around that!)
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Originally Posted by renie408
What I tell myself is, "Right here, right now". That is how I am trying to orient myself to the now. I have been very struck by the things that Tolle said about ego and the part it plays in our lives and relationships. It is something I need to work on above all others. I have lived 'in my head' all my life and always been so PROUD of my intellectual prowess, not recognizing that a lot of the pain and sadness in my life stemmed from that very ego based thinking. It is humbling and HARD to have these kinds of revelations and to make changes based on them. But I am so glad that I started reading Tolle.
(for now, I think I am going to stick with Tolle. I am having a hard enough time adjusting as it is!)
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Ok I think I have figured this out to keep me happy anyway...
My ego, my desires and the path my life has taken are all as they are supposed to be in order that I can become enlightened.
My path to enlightment is as so because in order to experience life I have had to believe in the illusion of seperation, time and the experience of not having and therefore wanting! This process of truth gradually unfolding itself to me is beyond beautiful and in itself is the most amazing experience.
So I am grateful to my ego because it drives me and has been the reason for my relentless searching. In the process of going out and giving it what it wants I am learning something far deeper. The law of attraction is such a miraculous law because in order to get what I want, I must first be in that state that the thing I think I want, would I believe give me! What a cool trick the universe has played on us! Now I learn that I am in control of my state, that the thing I want is not the thing that gives it to me that emotion, feeling or state. Not only that, I must feel it now, therefore I need nothing and I have everything.
I think ive just had some sort of epiphany...i feel lost for words, life is amazing isnt it :-)