Great Truths, Insights & Paradoxes about 'Suffering' | ||||
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| | Suffering can dissolve the ego. However, if we resist the suffering, by suppressing it, making it wrong, becoming a victim of it etc., we can then strengthen the ego. By surrendering, making it right, accepting what is right now and even being grateful for the suffering, then the ego dissolves. | ||
| | To free yourself from the ego, all you must do is become aware of your thoughts and emotions. Become the witness as they happen. As you give them your full attention you are bringing the darkness into the light. Full attention is full acceptance is surrender! | ||
| | When we become the witness, an intelligence far greater than the ego's begins to operate in your life. This intelligence is Grace. | ||
| | To be at peace now, we have to make peace with the present moment and not some time in the future. | ||
| | Suffering is caused in the present by the resistance to accepting and surrendering to what is so right now. | ||
| | The decisions we made around birth and early children are at the core of all human suffering. | ||
| | If you cannot accept what is so on the outside right now, then accept the pain that is on the inside. Let it be there. Witness it. Embrace it. | ||
| | Let your crucifixion be your resurrection. | ||
| | Surrender means to accept the present moment unconditionally. This means there is no judgement or inner resistance to what is. | ||
| | Surrender is not resignation. It doesn't mean you don't have to do something to change a situation if it's appropriate. When you do make changes, they will be performed with a positive energy rather than a negative one. This could be called surrendered action. | ||
| | The ego believes that your resistance is your strength, whereas it actually cuts you off from true Being. Resistance is weakness and fear masquerading as strength. | ||
| | The purpose of suffering is to make you aware of your resistance to what is, to bring you into consciousness and into the Now. | ||
| | As you let go of resistance and move into surrender, all judgement and negativity starts to dissolve. The realm of Being, which has been obscured by the mind, opens up. Suddenly, a great stillness and a deep sense of peace arises within you. Within that peace is great joy, and within that joy is love. | ||
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