Discovering Your Personal Treasure ChestWritten by Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein
Have you ever wished for Publishers Clearing House to come to your door one bright and early morning? Or perhaps you bought a lottery ticket, feeling anticipation of being sent a substantial check every week for rest of your life. Although you may not realize it, metaphorically Publishers Clearing House comes by your door every morning, and every day you have winning lottery ticket. How is this possible? Well, within you there already exists a treasure chest. It is filled with priceless jewels of your own positive memories and your capacities to achieve positive states of being.Don't be afraid to open up that treasure chest and peek inside. Ah! What is that first jewel, that shiny object that resembles a beautiful sparkling sapphire? That jewel represents something positive that happened to you. What was it? Was it those few minutes you sat on porch and watched sun's rays shining through trees? Or was it when a friend called and invited you to come over -- perhaps friend that you had meant to call many months ago but didn't call? Or was it nothing in particular other than all breaths of air that you inhaled and exhaled, heart beats that continue to support being that is you? You'll have to decide what that sapphire really is, as well as diamond and ruby and all those beautiful pearls. Each one belongs to you and each one is a positive memory that you can tap into again and again.
| | Resist Nothing -- What A ConceptWritten by Miami Phillips
Last week, I listened to Thaddeus Golas’ The Lazyman’s Guide to Enlightenment. In it he explains his concept of “Resist Nothing”. I am very attracted to this concept.Then, (by coincidence?) I received an email next day containing following passage from Tao Te Ching (a 2500 year old work written by Lao-zi (Lao -tse)): "When we learn to work with our own Inner Nature, and with natural laws operating around us, we reach level of Wu Wei. Then we work with natural order of things and operate on principle of minimal effort. Since natural world follows that principle, it does not make mistakes. Mistakes are made - or imagined - by man, creature with overloaded Brain who separates himself from supporting network of natural laws by interfering and trying too hard." I thought this to be another wonderful illustration of Golas' concept of "resist nothing". If natural world follows principle of minimal effort, which to me sounds a lot like no resistance, then it makes sense that by interfering and trying too hard, we can actually get in our own way. As an example of this, Shelly and I have signed a contract to buy a small horse. As I look back on eight week process, I realize that it could have been a very trying experience, involving incompetent real estate agents holding up other decisions and plans, and tension and fears that normally accompanies this type of major purchase and change in lifestyle.
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