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Hi Phatrick,
Eckhart Tolle's book, “A New Earth” came to mind for you to read and from your profile page, I see that you resonate with Tolle. Are you watching the class that he and Oprah have online on Mondays? Feels like it would be a good fit for you. I am loving it!
Anyway, this is one of those areas that I can go up and down, just like you. I sometimes go into resistance, like you, with wanting the moment to be different. Why can't they just do what I want? Why can't they be quiet? Why don't they listen and stop teasing each other? Why, why, why and wanting the present moment to be different. That is where, Eckhart Tolle says that we “set up inner conflict and unconscious resistance”.
He suggests,
“Don't try to become free. Don't look for peace. Don't look for any other state than the one you are in now… The moment you completely accept your nonpeace, your nonpeace becomes transmuted into peace. Anything you accept fully will get you there, will take you into peace. This is the miracle of surrender.”
He goes further, to say,
“You don't need to deceive yourself and say that there is nothing wrong with a particular unpleasant or undesirable life situation. It may be time for you to get out of it. If so, you can recognize fully that you want to get out of it. Then, narrow your attention down to the present moment without mentally labeling it in any way. No judgment, no resistance, no emotional negativity. Just the “isness” of this moment. Then you take action and do all that you can to get out of the situation.”
Harry Palmer writes in Avatar's “Living Deliberately,”
“As long as a creator voluntarily owns and appreciates his or her creation, the action of creating is ongoing. When appreciated, the creation returns to the awareness from which it came. But when a creator disowns his or her creation (through lapse of memory, denial, judgment, invalidation, etc.), and refuses to experience it, the substance and form of the creation persists.”
I have been practising this this week. Today, I felt frustration, confusion and sadness all swirling around listening to my children off in the distance fighting and arguing with each other. I really felt the feeling along with my self-talk about not liking it. Experiencing it fully, it gradually faded away. From this clearer, calmer space, I believe is where the inspired action comes in as to what to do next. Prayer for me, felt right, at that moment.
Often, I react and dish out punishment from that reactive space. Feels better to settle down into the calm space and then feel, in that present moment, what action do I take next.
My post is a little lengthy. Take what you like from it and leave the rest! The Eckhart Tolle stuff felt right and I am speaking to myself as much as I am speaking to you. Hope some of this proves helpful! I am sure there is much wisdom in our pod to speak to your questions further.
Namaste,
Nicola
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