These days, I feel relatively stable in the face of most normal worldly challenges. For the most part I'm able to "stay in the learning place." However, even as that grows, I feel troubled and disturbed by forces (and apparitions) beyond my comprehension -- especially at night in my dreams -- to the point where this "paranormal" activity is becoming an obstacle to me when practicing mindfulnes...
After doing much practice of the new awareness you suggest, I have found that it's me who is first thinking painful thoughts and then resisting them (or feeling embarrassed over them). Yet, sometimes these images (mostly from my past) come automatically and I find myself bound to look at them, consider them, even when they're painful! It's here I am confused; am I intentionally creating these...
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I am in the process of starting the practice on the principles outlined in your book, The Secret of Letting Go. I feel it is a process that will take its own time for getting the expected results. Meanwhile, how do I successfully deal with actual difficult circumstances in my life? I was swindled and cheated on several years ago in a promised marriage relationship, and have since been involved...
One of the greatest rewards of enjoying real self-command is the confidence of knowing that no matter what happens, you're always in charge of yourself. Regardless of the circumstances -- when plans don't go as you want... when you have to deal with rude people... when you get bad news -- you're able to keep your head, clearly see what needs to be done, and act without hesitation...
Here's a short exercise to help you see the following fact: There's a way to know, without ever having to think about it, exactly which of your own thoughts and feelings are your friends, and which are foes.
Classroom Talk: 4/1/2005 - The more we practice quietly stepping outside that rushing stream of thoughts about ourselves, the more we realize our True Self as being something altogether unthinkable; for the undreamed power of a silent mind is this: Since it never sinks itself into useless considerations of the painful kind, it has no need to be rescued from its own troubled creations!
Student Talks: 4/22/2022 - Key Lesson: There is a very strange feature as concerns most human beings: we would rather feel anxious thinking about unwanted moments over which we have no power, than to practice placing our attention in the fact of that moment... where no thought is needed to build a bridge between ourselves, and a timeless peace whose Presence all of us seek.