Something is wrong.

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Basic cause of suffering is the

thought, 'something is wrong.'

 

Basic reason behind the thought,

'something is wrong.' is the unexamined

stress. Unexamined stress remains

stored in the body until it is clearly

seen, examined and processed. This

stress is basically unresolved memory

and like an old pulsating wound it

keeps reminding us to do something

about it. And, like an old wound, its

pulsating wound doesn't go away just

because we think we have something more

important to do.

 

Like any real examination, examination

of the old pulsating psychic wound of

suffering begins with Acknowledgment

(Acceptance), Surrender and Clarity.

Acknowledgment in this context means

acknowledgment of the background pain

that we feel. Surrender is the

surrender to the reality of this pain

and our willingness giving it our full

attention irrespective of what we might

have assumed to be of more immediate

importance than attending to this pain.

Clarity comes when we consciously

choose to remove all other issues from

our mental space to devote our Full

Attention to this feeling of 'something

is wrong.'

 

Upon close examination, what we might

find quite perplexing is that behind

this feeling of 'something is wrong.'

often there is nothing; just a lack of

Awareness that's all. Just as there is

no reason behind the darkness, other

than the lack of light, this feeling of

'something is wrong.' is simply born

out of lack of Awareness. It is like a

baby crying for Attention and just as

in the case of a baby, we discover that

its cry was just a means to get

Attention and nothing else. This,

however, doesn't mean that we can

ignore giving it attention', because,

it is 'no issue' at all; because, when

we fail to shine our Attention on it,

it will cry again. Just as the body

needs food periodically, this baby

needs full attention periodically.

 

In the end, we discover that the cry

of this baby is nothing but, the cry of

our soul to return Home, the cry of our

mind to return to Peace, the cry of the

self to return to Self and to regain

its masterful Position. We spend much

of our time playing slave to fear,

greed, guilt, lust and desire; all of

which alienates mind from its root of

Pure Awareness. Like a leaf, like a

newborn baby removed from his mother,

like a tree away from sunlight; the

mind having lost connection from the

light of Pure Awareness, starts

experiencing pain. That pain is mind's

cry to reconnect with the source of its

Power: Pure Awareness. Full Attention

is the way for the mind to regain that

connection again. Once connected with

that source, mind regains its Power

again!