Hi Maarten,
Yes I agree with you. Nothing really changes "outside" but inside we
come from a whole different awareness.
To me it is all about consciousness awareness - unfettered by the pre-
conditioned mind. In other words - chopping wood, hauling water,
lying at the beach are all experienced in the same way - through the
joyful experience of total beingness.
It creates an inner field where there is no longer any pain or
suffering since everything is a part of what is, and none of it is
any better or worse than any of the rest of it. "I choose whatever
shows up." I love that statement!
It is a state of total acceptance and knowing that you are the
creator of your own experience. If you don't resonate with your
present experience then you have three choices:
Seek to make changes, remove yourself from it, or move into total
acceptance. But you always begin from a state of presense in
understanding that what is - is! This way there is no longer any
resistance or inner conflict.
I believe that all of our energy imbalances begin with resistance to
what is - and then we turn it into a "problem". In actuality there
are no problems - just challenges.
Oy, I am starting to get carried away here!
Blessings, Nels:-)
--- In emotrance2_at_yahoogroups.com, "maalberse" <maalberse_at_w...> wrote:
> <<But seriously, I sometimes wonder if "they" could make it sound
any worse if they tried.
> Here's a few "enlightenment ads" that come to mind:
> Chop wood = NOTHING WHATSOEVER changes. Don't bother. Waste of
time. You'll just be disappointed after all that hardship when you
get there ... again ...>>
>
> Here's another take on this:
> After enlightment, nothing different in activity; but what a change
in experience and how you are doing the chopping!
>
> Seems like a pretty good ad to me...
>
> Maarten
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