I.e it is not the actual event or situation itself it is simply the inner resistance to the event.
For example, if it is raining outside and you become miserable is the rain causing your misery or your inner resistance to the rain.
The point of this is that if we are able to let go of this inner resistance, to just completely accept the rain as a part of what the present moment requires, will there be less suffering in our lives.
I have been trying this recently and have found that a lightness and a bounce has come back into my life. Three weeks ago I hurt my leg and was bedded for a week. I just accepted it as part of the present moment and offered no resistance to the situation. It passed peacefully and I actually enjoyed it as I had a time to read and relax.
Before I tried this I would have been caught up in a state of misery at my fate, stuck in bed for a whole week!
I would have been resisting the present moment.
What do you think?
2007-03-30
02:01:50
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abluebobcat
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