áòðééï: áòðééï: it takes genius to make things simple

[Guest guest]

Anat, I think you are misunderstanding.

 

Have you ever heard the story of the monkey trap? You can set up a

monkey trap by tying a string around the neck of a jar, and putting a

nut in the jar. The monkey will reach in for the nut and hold it,

though his fist will not come out of the mouth of the jar. He will

sit and squeal and chatter, frustrated, but trapped by his own

inability to let go. If he had any sense, he would release the nut

and pour it out into his hand. But he does not, his mind only

conceives that if he lets go there will be no nut.

 

There is also the idea of holding water or sand in your hand. The

tighter you squeeze it, attempting to retain it, the more you will

lose through your fingers. This is especially true of personal

relationships and obsession. In this case it is like the old saw, " If

you love something let it go, and if it is meant to be it will return

to you. "

 

We do not have to hang on to life to live life. Life happens whether

we cling to it or not, and often if our hands are so full with

grasping, we do not have the capacity to take in the blessings that

are before us. Bruce Lee told the story about the student who came to

the teacher full of himself and believing he knew much. The teacher

offered him tea, and while he was filling the teacher's ears with his

bragging about his store of knowledge, the teacher picked up the pot

and began pouring more tea in his cup, overflowing it. The student

asked, " Why are you doing that? My cup is full! " The teacher

replied, " If your cup is full anything I can offer you will be

wasted. You must empty your cup before I can teach you. "

 

So that is what being empty means, Anat. It means beginner's mind,

simplicity and humility. It does not mean we do not have these things

as part of us any more, just that we are not carrying them on our

backs... we own nothing, not even our skin, ultimately; we are just

visiting students. In the end, we all die, whether we cling to life

or not.

 

Blessings,

Crow

 

 

, Anat Cohen <anatcohn@n...> wrote:

> Another thing in the context of Ego:

>

> Many times I read that we have to give up our resistance for

achieving

> higher levels....

>

> So I resist :-)

>

> Resistance is again a sign of life! holding tight clinging to

Life.

> Why say resistance is " bad " and " letting go " is good?

[Guest guest]

> from what I've learned, (and Im no pro) If you say you resist, youll

> always be resisting.

--

The axiom is:

" What you resist will persist. "

Meaning that as long as you are resisting X, then X is the centre of your

focus, and we manifest what we focus on.

We cannnot negate it. If I tell you NOT to think of a Purple People Eater,

guess what image flashed through your mind:).

However, I we wish to attain Y and X is counterproductive to Y, then

focusing on Y instead of notX will get rid of X.

This is well dealt with in the 1960 book by Maxwell Maltz entitled

Psycho-Cybernetics. Some good stuff on the topic at:

http://www.psycho-cybernetics.com/

rusty

 

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Wednesday, May 22, 2002 5:52 AM

áòðééï: áòðééï: Re: it takes genius to make things

simple

 

 

> from what I've learned, (and Im no pro) If you say you resist, youll

> always be resisting. If your life is good, accept. I believe they say

> letting go is " good " because when you let go, you accept. I think it

> all has to do with change. Letting go of the bad things in life, of

> course is good. But letting go of something good in your life shows

> the universe that you trust that you deserve that good, and you trust

> that It will always BE good, even if what's good now changes. Holy

> cow, does that even make sense at all???? (Louise Hay Rules!!!)

>

>

> , Anat Cohen <anatcohn@n...> wrote:

> > Another thing in the context of Ego:

> >

> > Many times I read that we have to give up our resistance for

> achieving

> > higher levels....

> >

> > So I resist :-)

> >

> > Resistance is again a sign of life! holding tight clinging to

> Life.

> > Why say resistance is " bad " and " letting go " is good?

>

>