Guest guest Posted March 15, 2000 Report Share Posted March 15, 2000 Mike: >When I look back on my life I see that I have gotten to where I am (a >private practice psychiatrist) very much in spite of myself. I feel very much the same way Mike. Sometimes I feel so lucky or graced... Mike: >Life has guided me to where I am now and I have to believe it is for a >reason. I don't need to believe its for a reason... whatever is is... Do you really need to believe it is for a reason? Curious :-) Love Annie PS Love your latest comment: Mike: >LOL! About the only time when I recognize balance in my own life is when I >swing past it! ;-) You really are a gift to this site :-) ____ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2000 Report Share Posted March 15, 2000 Annie writes: >Mike: >>Life has guided me to where I am now and I have to believe it is for a >>reason. > >I don't need to believe its for a reason... whatever is is... >Do you really need to believe it is for a reason? > >Curious :-) >Love Annie Do I need to believe it is for a reason? Yes, although perhaps I could have phrased it a little differently. The "reason" for me being where I am is for me to remember who I am (a piece of God) and for me to encounter the situations in life for my soul to grow as it desires. I don't see my "reason" for being where I am at as being some (ego- boosting) action I am going to perform in the future, but instead my ever-growing realization that it is *here and now* that is special. I compare this with times in my life when I have not been seeming to be in line with my soul's desire (e.g., when I was concentrating on the false peace brought about by drinking or drugging). At these times life seemed to be a struggle, and growth seemed slow and painful. When I feel that I am on the path my soul desires life is a little more joyful and little 'miracles' (such as syncronicity) are more commonplace. However, I do realize that when life seems less joyous it doesn't necessarily mean that I am off my desired path (for growth frequently seems to involve both effort and pain). What I am working toward is trying to be non-judgemental about where I am on my path, and being grateful for whatever is in front of me. I am also looking at the idea of being less attached to the feelings of joy and peace. Oh well. Perhaps instead of all the "looking,working," and "feeling" I have spoken of above I should invite myself into the silence of just being. Namaste, my friends- Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2000 Report Share Posted March 16, 2000 UnbrknCh8n <UnbrknCh8n < > Wednesday, March 15, 2000 11:26 PM Re: Mike/life happens >UnbrknCh8n > > >Annie writes: > >>Mike: >>>Life has guided me to where I am now and I have to believe it is for a >>>reason. >> >>I don't need to believe its for a reason... whatever is is... >>Do you really need to believe it is for a reason? >> >>Curious :-) >>Love Annie > >Do I need to believe it is for a reason? Yes, although perhaps I could >have phrased it a little differently. The "reason" for me being where I >am is for me to remember who I am (a piece of God) and for me to >encounter the situations in life for my soul to grow as it desires. > >I don't see my "reason" for being where I am at as being some (ego- >boosting) action I am going to perform in the future, but instead my >ever-growing realization that it is *here and now* that is special. >I compare this with times in my life when I have not been seeming to >be in line with my soul's desire (e.g., when I was concentrating on the >false peace brought about by drinking or drugging). At these times life >seemed to be a struggle, and growth seemed slow and painful. > >When I feel that I am on the path my soul desires life is a little more >joyful and little 'miracles' (such as syncronicity) are more commonplace. > >However, I do realize that when life seems less joyous it doesn't >necessarily mean that I am off my desired path (for growth frequently >seems to involve both effort and pain). What I am working toward is >trying to be non-judgemental about where I am on my path, and being >grateful for whatever is in front of me. I am also looking at the idea of >being less attached to the feelings of joy and peace. > >Oh well. Perhaps instead of all the "looking,working," and "feeling" I >have spoken of above I should invite myself into the silence of just being. > >Namaste, my friends- > >Mike > Dear Mike, Perhaps the "reason" is the most obvious one that we sometimes forget. Life is itself an organizing principle, a negative entropy process. That's why we are an organism. What it sounds like to me is that you have created values, extracted from the events of your life..what you have learned from them. Even turning the "negatives" into positives...gratitude all by itself is a highly transformative mechanism. It is actually extemely difficult to prove randomness...mathematically. There are always causes, whether we know what they all are is irrelevant. Humans, as meaning creators, this is behind every creative process...art, music, literature, religion, science...language itself. All of our senses work by selecting and ordering from the chaos that is out there, becoming a meaning filter, especially our brain as the processor of it all. So when we take the "silence of just being" into the looking, working, and feeling..and drop the judging and grasping..this expanded openess and awareness at first appears less use of discriminatory mind..yet it is more a perception of a higher order. For me that is less a belief than just a matter of experience. Tho I could be missing something here, Annie's floating on cloud nine has sounded to me like the experience of that lack of resistance to "life happening." It feels so good to stop. Anyway, I love to hear her descriptions. More! More! Uh, I mean whenever the spirit moves you... With love, Glo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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