A price to pay
Nine days ago I was a little sick, but not so sick that I couldn’t finish a series of blogs on the mind. The body went down hill fast after that. No medicines worked. Sleepless nights. Wow. My companion throughout this period was my mind. After just telling the world about how I don’t listen to it and that it is not my authority, it grabbed the upper hand. Is there a price to pay for drawing the line in the sand regarding the mind???? It seems like the mind is the ultimate addiction in this life. Trying to break it without any support structure is a job. My only medicine was to not resist. Let it kill me. Something has died. A peace or contentment has begun to take over. No way to know what tomorrow will bring. The good news is that some power has me in tow. I surrender to that power. What will be will be.
August 15th, 2008 at 7:00 am
Aloha ken,
I have been observing the language of HD and how people use it and perhaps use it to escape responsibility. It is very easy to say simply the mind is not me, the mind is a trickster, the mind is not to be used or trusted. my analytical minds says that is simply at odds with what is.
Tolle describes the mind well. It is a tool a great tool and great things are because of it. The same power has a dark side, but it is the same power. What HD seems to ignore is that our mind has the divine ability to chose. My mind can at times clearly see that my mind is reacting from egoic power and I can be aware of my awareness of my mind and chose otherwise.
It is my mind that feels my gut and my heart and puts those feelings into actions words and thoughts. In the past our dark power has choosen to ablate structures in the brain that kill the mind. The mental wards were full of mindless reptile like people who now did not have the mind to act on their feelings. It made them manageable but mindless beings.
Perhaps in my ignorance of HD I have not seen the distinction made or used, but for me the distinction is simple. By being aware of my awareness I can see those thoughts of the mind that are not sponsored by love and those thoughts that do not serve my higher self. It is the mind that interprets the deep feelings into choice and appropriate action.
It seems to me this nuance is far more empowering, than the body wisdom is good, mind is bad, paradigm echoed by some in the HD community.
Love to hear your thoughts.,,, RB
August 15th, 2008 at 9:23 am
dear ken,
thank you for your sharing…yes what will be will be…i say that to myself, too.
love