Thank you, Anita. “Since my NDE, I’ve learned that strongly held ideologies actually work against me. Needing to operate out of concrete beliefs limits my experiences because it keeps me within the realm of only what I know – and my knowledge is limited. And if I restrict myself to only what I’m able to conceive, I’m holding back my potential and what I allow into my life. However, if I can accept that my understanding is incomplete, and if I’m able to be comfortable with uncertainty, this opens me up to the realm of infinite possibilities. “...I’m at my strongest when I’m able to let go, when I suspend my beliefs as well as disbeliefs, and leave myself open to ALL possibilities. That also seems to be when I’m able to experience the most internal clarity and synchronicities. My sense of that the very act of NEEDING certainty is a hindrance to experiencing greater levels of awareness. In contrast, the process of letting go and releasing all attachments to any belief is cathartic and healing.” ... “My NDE not only freed me from my previously held ideologies, beliefs, and concepts, but also liberated me from the need to seek out new ones.” “When we’re each aware of our own magnificence, we don’t feel the need to control others, and we won’t allow ourselves to be controlled.” ... “I understood that merely by being the love I truly am, I would heal both myself and others.” .. “I understood that true joy and happiness could only be found by loving myself, going inward, following my heart, and doing what brought me joy. I discovered that when my life seems directionless and I feel lost (which still happens to me frequently), what it really means is that I’ve lost my sense of self. I’m not connected with who I truly am and what I’ve come here to be... “Previously when I felt lost, one of the first things I did was to search outside for answers. I looked to books, teachers, and gurus, in the hope that they’d provide me with the ever-elusive solution. That’s exactly what I did when I was first diagnosed with cancer. But I only ended up feeling even more adrift because I was giving my own power away again and again. “I found that having an inside-out view means being able to fully trust my inner guidance.” ... “I discovered that if I take time out and reclaim my center, regardless of what people around me think, many of the primary stumbling blocks disappear once I am aware of my connection to the Whole and feeling calm and happy. I receive a lot of clarity during those sessions, and purely by staying centered, many of the remaining challenges just fall away. I’ve found this to be a much more effective way of dealing with my life than solely dealing with it from the external.” “My experience taught me that the best way to build up and maintain trust and a feeling of connection with Universal life-force energy is from within. It starts by loving and trusting myself. The more I’m able to do so, the more centered I feel in the cosmic tapestry. The more connected each of us feels, the more we’re able to touch others, enabling them to feel the same.” ... “When we’re true to ourselves, we become instruments of truth for the planet. Because we’re all connected, we touch the lives of everyone around us, who then affect others. Our only obligation is to be the love we are and allow our answers to come from within in the way that’s most appropriate for us.” ... “I don’t advocate ‘positive thinking’ as a blanket prescription... if and when I notice negative thoughts creeping in, it seems best to allow them to pass through with acceptance and without judgment. When I try to suppress or force myself to change my feelings, the more I push them away, the more they push back.” “If we start to believe that it’s our negative thoughts that are creating any unpleasant situations, we can become paranoid about what we’re thinking. On the contrary, it actually has less to do with our thoughts than with our emotions, especially what we feel about ourselves. “It is also not the case that attracting positive things is simply about keeping upbeat. I can’t say this strongly enough, but OUR FEELINGS ABOUT OURSELVES are actually the most important barometer for determining the condition of our lives! In other words, being true to ourselves is more important than just trying to stay positive! “I allow myself to feel negatively about things that upset me because it’s much better to experience real emotions than to bottle them up. Once again, it’s about ALLOWING what I’m actually feeling, rather than fighting against it.” “I used to suppress my upsetting emotions a lot, because I used to believe that they would attract negativity in my life. In addition, I didn’t want to concern others, so I tried to control my thoughts and force myself to be positive. But I now understand that the key is to always honor who you truly are and allow yourself to be your own truth.” ... “It wasn’t my beliefs that caused me to heal. My NDE was a state of pure awareness, which is a state of complete suspension of all previously held doctrine and dogma. This allowed my body to ‘reset’ itself. In other words, an absence of belief was required for my healing.” ... “ I can’t stress enough how important it is to enjoy yourself and not take yourself or life too seriously. One of the biggest flaws with many traditional spiritual systems is that they often make us take life too seriously. Although you know that I abhor creating doctrines, if I ever had to create a set of tenets for a spiritual path to healing, number one on my list would be to make sure to laugh as often as possible throughout every single day – and preferably laugh at myself. This would be hands down over and above any form of prayer, mediation, chanting, or diet reform. Day-to-day problems never seem as big when viewed through a veil of humor and love.” ... “I used to think that the purpose of life was to attain nirvana – that is, to evolve beyond the reincarnation cycle of birth and death, striving never to come back into the physical... after my NDE, I feel differently... I’ve lost my desire to be anywhere but the place I am now... I’ve become more grounded and focused on seeing the perfection of life in this moment, rather than focusing on the other realm.” “What if all our goals are the wrong way around? What if heaven and nirvana is actually HERE in the physical expression, and not THERE in the afterlife? “I sense that we choose to incarnate into a physical body in order to express love, passion, and the full range of other human emotions not available to us separately in the state of pure awareness and Oneness. What if this life on this planet is the main show, where the action is, and where we wanted to be?” “We’re here to experience and evolve this physical universe and our own lives within it. I made my decision to return when I realized that life here was the most desirable state for me at this time. We don’t have to wait until we die to experience nirvana. Our true magnificence exists right now!”
Posted on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 18:29:42 +0000
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