 and having such a
nice room, but the rest of it, the discussion groups and such, frankly went
over my head. Only the last night did I work up the courage to go to one,
and what do you think? They asked us to close our eyes and imagine a very
sad day in our past. It was some kind of emotional therapy, I think you’d
call it. So I closed my eyes and imagined the first day I was sent to school. I
must have been five, and I cried so hard they couldn’ t get me to let go of
my mother ’s skirt. She was fussing and telling me not to be such a baby. I
think she was quite embarrassed by my carrying on like that.
“Then they told us to open our eyes and pick out any strang er in the
room. We were to walk up to her and exchange experiences. I plucked up
my nerve and picked out a woman about my age in the corner. I told her my
experience, and her eyes grew wide and strange.”I had a sudden premonition about how this story would turn out. My skin
tingled, but I held my tongue.
“She almost stammered telling  me her own experience,” Laurel said.
“And what do you suppose? It was exactly the same as mine. Then I asked
her, ‘You’re from  England, too, aren’ t you?’ and she nodded. ‘I’m Vicky,’
she said, all excited. ‘Don’ t you remember me, Laurel?’
“I stood back, quite amazed. Then I did remember: there had been
another little girl just as frightened as I was that day, crying her eyes out.
‘Do you mean to say we had the same experience? You were going to find a
stranger to tell it to?’ I asked. V icky nodded, and we didn’ t know whether to
laugh or cry. Imagine!”
“It’s an amazing coincidence,” I said.
“No, it’s an amazing reminder.” Laurel replied. “You see, I had been
getting discouraged, being alone and without my family. You can see how it
is. And here this astonishing thing happens, and I realized that I couldn’ t
possibly be alone. Y ou do see?”
I had to suppres s the emotion in my voice. “Yes,” I said. “As amazing as
your experience was, the really remarkable part to me is that you know
what it’ s about.”
“Oh yes,” Laurel said. “It’ s about God. It has to be.”
There is nothing more moving than a reminder that spirit is with us. This
woman had been gathered into a web of delicate caring that encloses all of
us, though we do not notice it. Rumi was being quite literal when he said,
There is someone who looks after us
From behind the curtain.
In truth, we are not here.
This is our shadow.
The tragic illusion of everyday life is that we mistake shadow for reality. It
is impossible to be outside the web woven of love, and at moments when
events throw us too far into oblivion, a message comes to say, “You are
loved.”
“So you’ve decided your mother would like to know that she’s not
alone,” I said. Laurel nodded. “But you don’ t owe her anything,” I said.
“I owe her everything,” Laurel said. “It’s just that people forget if the
debt lasts a long time.”“Does it matter that she’ s had so little care for you?”
“How do I know that?” Laurel asked, surprised. “Perhaps she can’t show
it.”
It still amazes me how often spirit sends us clues about the real nature of
life. This I took to be a clue about compassion, the closest value to love
itself. To be compassionate is not to take pity; it is to extend care to others
simply because you see their need. Most of us give because doing so
increases our self-image or because we expect something in return,
although it’s difficult to be entirely honest about that. Laurel gave because
she had to—this is love in action, having no doubt about itself. There is no
question of anyone else having to deserve your compassion. If you have it
to give, you will give it where it is needed.
The path to love doesn’ t end with ascension, as if that were a fixed and
final stage. Ascension continues as long as you live. Through ascension the
ideals of trust, forgiveness, devotion, and compassion ripen into a golden
harvest whose seed was planted  years before in our first lessons on love.
And whatever aspect is revealed at a given moment, they ripen because they
have to.
“A lot of peopl e would say that you have a right to be bitter,” I told
Laurel.
“They’re probably people who are bitter themselves,” she said casually.
We parte d company at her gate,  and for some reason I noticed that she was
carrying one of those dilapidat ed paperback thrillers the British dote on.
“That book says a lot about you,” I remarked, smiling.
“It does?” she asked.
“Yes. It says you like to look for clues.”
I went off to my flight, but this unusual woman has stirred me to write
about compassion as the last thing I have to say in this book.
I don’t think compassion is very well understood. In the West we have
been misled by the word itself—the Latin roots of compassion  mean “to
suffer with.” Yet compassion does not have to entail suffering alongside
someone else. To be in touch with God’ s love is the root of compassion.
Trying to exercise compassion without this connection will only lead to
failure. If I see you in extrem e distress, putting my attention on your
suffering is the same as partici pating in it, and the amount of love I can
actually direct to you will therefore be diminished.Compassion, to be full, has to be founded on unconditional love, which is
not attached to suffering of any kind. I think of all the condition s that could
have held Laurel back—her physical limitation, the injustice of how she
had been treated, her obvious lack of money. But she was on that flight
nevertheless, to deliver the message “Y ou are loved.”
The remarkable thing was how equally Laurel saw herself to others she
might have resented. Compassion, besides being connected to God’ s love,
sees everyone as connected to it in the same way. Even if you are presently
in pain, you are not without love. Since God is compassionate, no one’s
experience of pain is a punis hment. There is love somewhere inside.
Suffering is hard to perceive as love when it is occurring, and many times it
isn’t perceived as a lesson for growth either.
This is where compassion has most value; it allows me to step in and
remind you that you are loved, not in theory but in the flesh. All of us feel
our pain keenly while the pain is present; there is little room for reflection
on the spiritual value, if any, of what we are going through. But the fact that
the mind  is dominated by pain doesn’ t negate love’ s purpose. A time will
come, a state of awareness will grow, that transcends the suffering. Spirit
will dominate the mind instead. By bringing compassion to you, I can
reassure you that you are not abandoned; you are just at a difficult
crossroads on the journey of love.
At every stage of love the goal should be kept in mind. Uniting romance,
relationship, and ascension is a code of compassion, which goes as follows:
Be kind to yourself and others.
Come from love every moment you can.
Speak of love with others. Remind each other of your spiritual purpose.
Never give up hope.
Know that you are loved.
If you practice these few things,  you will be open to receive every lesson on
the path in the spirit in which it is given—as an expression of divine love.
The horrors of the world are undeniable, and few people even dream that
they will go away. But they will, because love is the supre me reality,
compared to which all else is temporary, fleeting, and unreal.
The love you seek is seeking you at this moment. Your longing, your
deep fantasies about being loved are mere shadows of the meltingsweetness that makes spirit want to love you. Be honest about your seeking,
and be alert to the moments when love is showing itself to you. You are the
only means that love has for conquering its opposition; theref ore you are
infinitely precio us in the eyes of spirit. The messages of love may not be
clear to anyone else around you, even those most intimate to you. That
doesn’ t matter; they are meant for you and you alone. Be assured of that.
And above all, be like Laurel. Keep looking for clues.
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and allowing, 203
and equality, 77–78
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and karma, 35
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Afflatus, 293
Allowing, and control, 197–201, 203
All this is That, 275
Ambiguity, 73, 74–78
Ananda, 66


 heart for guidance and be guided by its message of
comfort or discomfort. If the choice feels comfortable, I will plunge ahead
with abandon. If the choice feels uncomfortable, I will pause and see the
consequences of my action with my inner vision. This guidance will enable
me to make spontaneously correct choices for myself and for all those
around me.
4
The law of least
effort
The Seven spiritual laws of Success
¶20
Nature 5 intelligence functions with ef fortlessease... with carefreeness, harmony, and love.
And when we harness the forces of harmony,
joy, and love, we create success and good fortune
with ef fortless ease.
An integral being knows without going, sees
without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
 Lao TZU
The fourth spiritual law of success is the Law of Least Effort. This law is
based on the fact that nature  s intelligence functions with effortless ease and
abandoned careful ness. This is the principle of least action, of no
resistance. This is, therefore, the principle of harmony and love. When we
learn this lesson from nature, we easily fulfill our desires.
If you observe nature at work, you will see that least effort is expended.
Grass doesn  t try to grow, it just grows. Fish don  t try to swim, they just
swim. Flowers don  t try to bloom, they bloom. Birds don  t try to fly, they fly.
This is their intrinsic nture. The earth doesn  t try to spin on its own axis; it is
the nature of the earth to spin with dizzying speed and to hurtle through
space. It is the nature of babies to be in bliss. It is the nature of the sun to
shine. It is the nature of the stars to glitter and sparkle. And it is human
nature to make our dreams manifest into physical form, easily and
effortlessly.
In Vedic Science, the age-old philosophy of India, this principle is known as
the principle of economy of effort, or  do less and accomplish more.
Ultimately you come to the state where you do nothing and accomplish
everything. This means that there is just a faint idea, and then the
manifestation of the idea comes about effortlessly. What is commonly
called a  miracle   is actually an expression of the Law of Least Ef fort.
Nature  s intelligence functions effortlessly, fric-tionlessly, spontaneously. It
is non-linear; it is intuitive, holistic, and nourishing. And when  you are in
harmony with nature, when you are established in the knowledge of your
true self, you can make use or the Law of Least Effort. Least effort isexpended when your actions are motivated by love, because nature is held
together by the ener gy of love. When you seek power and control over other
people, you waste energy. When  you seek money or power for the sake of
the ego, you spend energy chasing the illusion of happiness instead of
enjoying happin ess in the mome nt. When you seek money for personal gain
only, you cut off the flow of energy to yourself, and interfere with the
expression of nature  s intelligenc e. But when your actions are motivated by
love, there is no waste of energy. When your actions are motiva ted by love,
your ener gy multiplies and accumulates
and the surplus energy you gather and enjoy can be channeled to create
anything that you want, including unlimited wealth.
You can think of your physical body as a device for controlling energy: it
can gene rate, store, and expend energy. If you know how to generate, store,
and expend energy in an efficient way, then you can create any amount of
wealth. Attention to the ego consumes the greatest amount of energy. When
your internal reference point is the ego, when you seek power and control
over other people or seek approval from others, you spend energy in a
wasteful way.
When that energy is freed up, it can be rechanneled and used to create
anything that you want. When your internal reference point is your spirit,
when you are immune to criticism and unfearful of any challenge, you can
harness the power of love, and use energy creatively for the experience of
affluence and evolution.
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The law of least ef fort
¶
In The Art of Dreaming, Don Juan tells Carlos Castaneda, ... most of our
energy goes into upholding our importance.... If we were capable of losing
some of that importance, two extraordinary things would happen to us: One,
we would free our energy from trying to maintain the illusory idea of our
grandeur; and two, we would provide ourselves with enough  energy to
catch a glimpse or the actual grandeur of the universe. There are three components to the Law of Least Effort   three things you can
do to put this principle of  do less and accomplish more   into action. The first
component is acceptance. Acceptance simply means that you make a
commitment:  Today I will accept people, situations, circumstances, and
events as they occur.   This means I will know that this moment is as it
should be, because the whole universe is as it should be. This moment   the
one you  re experiencing right now   is the culmination of all the moments
you have experienced in the past. This moment is as it is because the entire
universe is as it is. When you struggle against this moment, you  re actually
struggling against the entire universe. Instead, you can make the decision
that today you will not struggle against the whole universe by struggling
against this moment. 1 his means that your acceptance of this moment is
total and complete. You accept things as they are, not as you wish they were
in this moment. This is importan t to understand. You can wish for things in
the future to be different, but in this moment you have to accept things as
they are.
When you feel frustrated or upset by a person or a situation, remember that
you are not reacting to the perso n or the situation, but to your feelings about
the person or the situation. These are your feelings, and your feelings are
not someone else  s fault. When you recognize and understand this
completely, you are ready to take responsibility for how you feel and to
change it. And if you can accept things as they are, you are ready to take
responsibility for your situation and for all the events you see as problems.
This leads us to the second component of the Law of Least Effort:
responsibility. What does responsibility mean? Responsibility  means not
blaming anyone  or anything for your situation, including yourself. Having
accepted this circumstance, this event, this problem, responsibility then
means the abilit y to have a creative response to the situation as it is now.
All problems contain the seeds of opportunity, and this awareness allows
you to take the moment and transform it to a better situation or thing.
Once you do this, every so-called upsetting situation will become an
opportunity for the creation of something new and beautiful, and every so-
called tormento r or tyrant will become your teacher. Reality is an
interpretation. And if you choo se to interpret reality in this way, you willhave many teachers around you, and many opportunities to evolve.
Whenever confronted by a tyrant, tormentor, teacher, friend, or foe (they all
mean the same thing) remind yourself,  This moment is as it should be.
Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment are
precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden
meaning behind  all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own
evolution.
The third component of the Law of Least Effort is defencelessness, which
means that your awareness is established in defenselessness, and you have
relinquished the need to convinc e or persuade others of your point of view.
If you observe people around you, you  ll see that they spend ninety-nine
percent of their time defending  their points of view. If you just relinquish
the need  to defend your point of view, you will in that relinquishment, gain
access to enormous amounts of ener gy that have been previously wasted.
When you become defensive, blame others, and do not accept and surrender
to the moment, your life meets resistance. Any time you encounter
resistance, recognize that if you force the situation, the resistan ce will only
increase. You don  t want to stand rigid like a tall oak that cracks and
collapses in the storm. Instead,  you want to be flexible, like a reed that
bends with the storm and survives.
Completely desist from defending your point of view. When you have no
point to defend, you do not allow the birth of an argument. If you do this
consistently   if you stop fighting and The Seven spiritual laws of Success
¶22
resisting   you will fully experience the present, which is a gift. Someone
once told me,  The past is history, the future is a mystery, and this moment is
a gift. That is why this moment is called  the present .
If you embrace the present and become one with it, and merge with it, you
will experience a fire


 years when activ e pollution begins. Unless a
physician is very tactful, youths will not confess. I will say that very few boys have been untruthful to me. This
practice is not quite so common with the opposite sex.

   The physical abuse in this line is not nearly so ene rvating
as allowing the mind to dwell on sex -subjects. Lascivious
dreaming debauches the victim as much as excessive
venery. Early pollution, followed by excessive venery,
often communizes a mind that would shine in the forum
and in intellectual pursuits. There is a difference, however,
in garrulity and garrulous parroting, and giving a feast of
reason. Bright intellects at twenty and twenty -five often
degenerate into mediocrity at forty -five because of brain -
enervation due to venereal excess. Add to sex - abuse,
tobacco, coffee, tea, alcohol, and excessive or wrong
eating, and no wonder man at sixty is fit for little else than
chloroforming, if nature has not already administered
euthanasia.

ADULTS

   Adults, too, have much fear in their lives. The b read-and-
butter problem gives anxiety; but when enough has been
accumulated, so that fear along this line is unnecessary,
fear is felt that something may happen that will put them  back in the breadline. Why? There is no confidence in
business ethics —there is no God in business.

   Business Worries. —Business worries are a source of
enervation. Business —any business —is not the cause of
worry. A work well done is a delight, and anything that
delights is character -building. A work slovenly carried on
dissati sfies; but the worrier never looks within to find the
cause. This life brings enervation in time, and disease as a
sequel; then more worries looking for a cure. Business is
what a man makes of it. A thorough understanding of
business, with honesty and indu stry, removes all worries
and saves nerve - energy. Worry does not build efficiency;
neither is inefficiency removed by worrying. Worry, lack of
control over the emotions, improper eating, stimulants, all
build disease.

   Nothing is so conducive to poise  as a thorough
understanding of one’s personal habits and occupation.
Bluff and bluster may put the idea of efficiency “across” to
the people for a time; but, as surely as chickens come home
to roost, the truth will out. Worry, even though presenting a
smooth exterior, will break through; the worker will break
down —disease will claim him for its own. Housewives
who carry a burden of worry become enervated and lose
health. The cause of their worry is lack of control of eating, lack of control of the emotions, lack of care of the body,
and lack of efficiency. Instead of resolutely going to work
to remove all the defects, they are downed by them. An
uncontrollable temper must be downed, or it will down the
one who gives way to it. Gossip is not an admirable qua lity,
and, unless overcome, it will in time drive friends away.
Envy and jealousy are cancers that eat the soul out of those
who indulge them. What is left to love when the soul is
gone?

   When anyone, from indolence and health -destroying
habits, allows  himself to gravitate below the standard
expected of him by his friends, he must not be surprised
when they run away from him.

   Who are the old people who are left alone? Those who
have lived selfish lives —who have demanded
entertainment when they shou ld have been entertaining
themselves. Happiness and entertainment must come from
within —from a love of service, work, books. If this
fountain of youth and pleasure is not found before old age
creeps over us, we shall find ourselves alone. Even in the
midst  of a throng we shall be alone, forever alone. What
could be more pathetic?

   Self-Indulgence. —Self-indulgence is contrary to ethics and brings its condemnation. What about the ethics of
gluttons —what about their religion? Excess in everything
follows o n the heels of abnormal selfish indulgence.
Coming under this head are self -pity and a desire for cure.
Extravagant habits, even if there is an inexhaustible supply,
builds a self -destructive morale, on the heels of which, like
a nemesis, runs the trail to  premature death. The causes are
called heart disease, apoplexy, paralysis, kidney disease,
suicide, etc.; but what is in a name? Names are all
misleading; for the cause —first, last, and all the time —is a
selfish body and mind —destructive self -indulgence.

   A study of nature reveals the fact that man must live for
service; not giving alms, but helping others to help
themselves.

   Self -indulgence in the use of stimulants, even in
moderation, is a constant drain on the nervous system; and
a time comes w hen the last cigar, the last cup of coffee, the
last hearty meal, snaps the vital cord; and the contingency
is always unexpected and a surprise.

   Overwork is said to enervate; but this is an excuse behind
which are hidden many bad habits that kill, rat her than the
work. Work without pleasure in the work is enervating and
disease -building; an unsatisfied mind —a desire to engage in some other work before efficiency has been attained in
the work engaged in; more desire for pay than to do good
work. A work is never well done until it takes on the
individuality of the worker. We should work with the
creative instinct. Our work should be created in the image
of its creator —love of the creator —of the work’ not the
emoluments.

   Dissatisfaction and overwork ed emotions are enervating.
Worry, fear, grief, anger, passion, temper, overjoy,
depression, dissatisfaction, self -pity, pride, egotism, envy,
jealousy, gossip, lying, dishonesty, failing to meet
obligations and appointments, taking advantage of
misunderst andings, abusing the credulity of friends,
abusing the confidence of those who confide in us —all
enervate and in time build incurable disease.

   Grief. —Grief is enervating. Those who are very
enervated and toxemic will be prostrated by grief, and,
unless put to bed and kept warm and quiet, and without
food, may die. Food eaten under such circumstances will
not digest, but acts as a poison. Some people are made
invalids for life by a great grief.

   Shock. —Shock, mental or physical, may enervate so
greatly as to kill by heart failure, or be followed by permanent nervousness. Wrong eating or overeating may
prevent a return to health. The shell -shock that many
soldiers suffered during the World War was converted into
permanent invalidism by tobacco and oth er enervating
habits. Certainly overeating prevents a return to health.

   Anger. —Anger is very enervating. A daily shock of anger
will build profound enervation. A temper that flies at the
slightest provocation ruins digestion and builds
nervousness. Un less controlled, epilepsy may evolve, and
cancer may end life. The chronic grouch is liable to build
ulcer or cancer of the stomach. Those who cannot control
their temper often build rheumatic arthritis, hard arteries,
gall-stone, and early old age.

   Egotism. —Because of self -love, selfishness, misanthropy,
and distrust, the egotist sees unfriendliness in all the acts of
others —every hand is against him. This causes enervation
and Toxemia, which lead on to many nervous
derangements, and even insanity. A misanthrope loves self
above everything and everybody. The moment the nearest
and dearest friend is suspected, the friend’s head comes off
figuratively. The egotist hates all who fail to feed his
vanity. Hate and anger are always on tap, but draped with a
mocking smile when finesse or stratagem demands.
Friendship, honor, honesty, and veracity must go when self-interest is being impinged upon or neglected. Men of
this type have no gratitude. They demand everything, and
give nothing without an ulterior motiv e. Where egotism is
mild, it may not go beyond a disagreeable, overbearing
selfishness.

   Selfishness. —A selfish nature always looks after self first.
A common type of selfishness is interpreted as love of
children. But when a son or daughter marries ag ainst the
father’s wish, disinheritance follows. Why? Because
ambition is piqued. Love is oftener a selfish ambition than
affection. Selfishness leads on


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 an enema bag from a two gallon plastic bucket with a small plastic hose barb glued into a hole d rilled
in the bottom or lower edge. If I w ere in the business of manufacturing enema bags I'd make them hold at least one gallon.
    A word of caution to those folks who have a pattern of overdoing it, or tend to think that more is better. This is not true w hen it
comes to colon cleansing. Do no t make more than three attempts to fill and clean the colon with an enema bag. Usually the colon
begins to protest and won't accept any more fill -ups. When having colonics on a colonic machine it is a good idea to continue until
the water comes back reason ably clear for that session. It is not a good idea for a faster to have colonics that last more than three -
quarters of an hour to an hour maximum, or it will be too tiring. Even non -fasters find colonics tiring. After all, the colon is
basically a big musc le that has become very lazy on a low -fiber diet.
    I've personally administered over five thousand colonics, taught several dozen fasters to self -administer their own and stood by
while they gave themselves one until they were quite expert. In all that experience I've only seen one person have a seriously bad
result. This was a suicidally depressed water faster that I (mistakenly) allowed to administer their own colonics with my mac hine.
This person not only took daily colonics, but allowed water to flow  through their colon for as long as two hours at a time. Perhaps
they were trying to wash out their mind? After several weeks of this extreme excess, the faster became highly confused and
disoriented due to a severe electrolyte imbalance. They had to be ta ken off water fasting immediately and recovered their mental
clarity in a few days. The loss of blood electrolytes happened because during colonics there occurs a sort of low -grade very slow
reverse osmosis.

Curing With Enemas
    It is not wise to contin ue regular colonics or enemas once a detoxification program has been completed and you have returned to
a maintenance diet. The body should be allowed its regular functioning.
    But because enemas immediately lower the toxic load on the liver, I do recom mend people use them for prevention of an acute
illness (you feel like you are coming down with something), and for the treatment of acute illnesses such as a cold. I also l ike to
take one if I have been away traveling for extended periods, eating careless ly. But do not fall into a pattern of bingeing on bad
food, and then trying to get rid of it through colonics or laxative. This is bulimia, the eating disorder discussed earlier.
    The Sheltonite capital "N" Natural capital "H" Hygienists do not recommen d any colon cleansing, ever! They think that the
colon will spontaneously cleanse itself on a long water fast, but my experience learned from monitoring hundreds of fasters i s that
it doesn't really. Herbert Shelton also considered colon cleansing enervati ng and therefore undesirable. Colon cleansing does use
the faster's energy but on the balance, colon cleansing saves more work on the part of an overburdened liver than it uses up.

Chapter Five
Diet and Nutrition

From The Hygienic Dictionary
Food. [1] L ife is a tragedy of nutrition. In food lies 99.99% of the causes of all diseases and imperfect health of any kind. Prof.
Arnold Ehret, Mucusless Diet Healing System. [2] But elimination will never heal perfectly just so long as you fail to discon tinue
the supply of inside waste caused by eating and "wrong" eating. You may clean and continue to clean indefinitely, but never with
complete results up to a perfect cleanliness, as long as the intake of wrong or even too much right foods, is not stopped. Pr of.
Arnold Ehret, Mucusless Diet Healing System. [3] Cooked food favors bacterial, or organized, ferment preponderance, because
cooking kills the unorganized and organized ferments, and both are needed to carry on the body's digestion. Raw foods –fruits and
veget ables –favor unorganized ferment digestion, because these foods carry vitamins, which are unorganized ferments –enzymes.
Dr. John.H. Tllden, Impaired Health: Its Cause and Cure, 1921.

    Recently, my younger (adult) daughter asked my advice choosing be tween a root canal or having a bridge made. This led to a
discussion of her eating habits in general. Defending her currently less -than-optimum diet against my gentle criticism, she threw
me a tough riposte. "Why," she asked, when I was raised so perfectly  as a child, "when I ate only Organic food until I was ten and
old enough to make you send me to public school where I could eat those lousy school lunches" (her unfeeling, heartless mothe r
home -schooled her), "why even at that young age, (before she spent  her adolescent rebellion eating junk food) why at that point
did I still have a mouthful of cavities?" And she did. At age ten my daughter needed about ten fillings.
    This beautiful daughter of a practicing naturopath had received what, at the time, I  considered virtually perfect nutrition. She
suckled hugely at her mother's abundant breast until age two. During this time her mother ate a natural foods diet. After wea ning
my daughter got only whole grains, a little fresh goat's milk from my goat, fruit s and lots of Organic vegetables. I started my spa
when my daughter was about five years old and from that point she was, like it or not, a raw fooder. And all that raw food wa s
Organic and much of it from Great Oaks School's huge vegetable garden.
    For my daughter to develop cavities on this diet is reminiscent of Woody Allen's joke in his movie "Sleeper." Do you recall t his
one, made about 1973? The plot is a take off on Rip Van Winkle. Woody goes into the hospital for minor surgery. Unexpectedl y
he expires on the operating table and his body is frozen in hopes that someday he can be revived. One hundred and fifty years  later
he is revived.
    The priceless scene I always think of takes place in his hospital room immediately after he comes to co nsciousness. The doctor
in charge of his case is explaining to Woody what has happened. Woody refuses to believe he died and was frozen, asserting th at
the whole story is a put on. Woody insists that the 'doctor' is clearly an actor hired by his friends! I t absolutely can't be the year
2123. 'Oh, but it really is 2123,' insists the doctor. 'And it is no put -on by his friends; all his friends are long dead; Woody knows
no one at all in 2123 and had better prepare himself to start a new life.'
    Woody stil l insists it is a put on. "I had a health food store," he says, "and all my friends ate brown rice. They can't be dead!"
    And my perfectly nourished daughter couldn't have developed cavities! But she did. And if she cheated on her perfect diet, ba d
food could not have amounted to more than two percent of her total caloric intake from birth to age ten. I was a responsible mom
and I made sure she ate right! Now my daughter was demanding to know why she had tooth decay. Fortunately, I now know the
answer. T he answer is rather complex, but I can give a simplified explanation.

The Confusions About Diets and Foods
    Like my daughter, many people of all ages are muddled about the relationship between health and diet. Their confusions have
created a profitable  market for health -related information. And equally, their confusions have been created by books, magazine
articles, and TV news features. This avalanche of data is highly contradictory. In fact, one reason I found it hard to make m yself
write my own book is that I wondered if my book too would become just another part of the confusion.
    Few people are willing to tolerate very much uncertainty. Rather than live with the discomfort of not knowing why, they will
create an explanation or find some answer, a ny answer, and then ever after, assert its rightness like a shipwrecked person clings to
a floating spar in a storm. This is how I explain the genesis of many contemporary food religions.
    Appropriately New -Agey and spiritual, Macrobiotics teaches the way to perfect health is to eat like a Japanese whole foods
vegetarian –the endless staple being brown rice, some cooked vegetables and seaweeds, meanwhile balancing the "yin" and "yang"
of the foods. And Macrobiotics works great for a lot of people. But no t all people. Because there's next to nothing raw in the
Macrobiotic diet and some people are allergic to rice, or can get allergic to rice on that diet.
    Linda Clark's Diet for a Small Planet also has hundreds of thousands of dedicated followers. This system balances the
proportions of essential amino acids at every single meal and is vegetarian. This diet also works and really helps some peopl e, but
not as well as Macrobiotics in my opinion because obsessed with protein


 on
whose behalf your suffering arises is an illusion and, therefore, by implica -
tion, that your suffering itself is an illusion, I suspect that you would have
been frustrated. Another layer of resistance would have been added to your
current experience of suffering, simply compounding it.
     ‘So I gave the apparently suffering self something to do: trace your way
back to your self, and remain resting in your being at all times. Having tried
this only a few times, you brought yourself to the understanding that you
are always and already the inherently peaceful and unconditionally fulfilled
presence of awareness. It is not something you become through effort or
practice. You simply recognise it is what you always and already are. That is,
it recognises itself, in you, as you.’
29you are the happiness you seek
     ‘Is there something else I should do now?’ he asked.
     ‘If this is clear’, I suggested, ‘nothing remains to be done. Who would
do it, and to what end? The question of doing something or not doing some -
thing simply no longer arises. However, if it is not clear, that is, if suffering
arises again, see that it arises on behalf of the temporary, finite self that,
at least in that moment, you believe yourself to be.
     ‘Once again you can simply trace your way back to your inherently peace -
ful and unconditionally fulfilled nature of pure awareness. In time, the ap -
pearance of suffering, the recognition of the false assumption on whose
behalf it arises and the return to your being will be almost simultaneous. You
begin to be established in your true nature.
     ‘As soon as the suffering arises, it is met with the mirror of understanding
and effortlessly dissolves. Self-enquiry gives way to self-abidance. The hap -
piness we seek is revealed as the happiness we are.’

This understanding is the fulfilment of the search. It brings us back to the
place from which we never really departed. We left home and set out on a
great adventure seeking peace and fulfilment, only to find ourself back at
home again, as if for the first time.
     In fact, we didn’t even leave home. It is more like one who falls asleep
and dreams that they embark on an epic journey. They pass through
many traumatic childhood experiences, grow up, get married, have a
family, struggle to earn a living, grow old, become sick and die. And as
they die, they wake up to find that they were lying peacefully on their
bed all along.
     The journey is the pathless path from our self to our self, from the hap -
piness we seek to the happiness we are. Ironically, it is almost always necessary
to embark on some sort of journey before this becomes clear. It is for this
reason that Bayazid Bastami said, ‘That for which we long cannot be found
by seeking, and yet only seekers find it’.*

*     *     *

30* As quoted in James Fadiman and Robert Frager, Essential Sufism  (HarperCollins, 1997 ). the art of self-enquiry
I’m haunted by the feeling of being a failure and not having fulfilled my poten -
tial in life. I’ve tried so many approaches to help with this but it just persists.
Can the practice of self-enquiry help me?

In this approach we don’t pay much attention to the feeling of failure or lack
of fulfilment. Instead we go directly to the core of the issue, the ‘I’ on whose
behalf such feelings arise.
     All our emotional or psychological suffering arises on behalf of that one,
so by resolving this issue once and for all, we do not simply take care of the
feeling of being a failure or unfulfilled; we take care of the  source  of all afflic -
tive emotions.
     When we explore the ‘I’ around whom our suffering revolves, we don’t
find a self who is frustrated, unfulfilled, anxious, lonely, ashamed, and so on.
We find our essential being, which is completely free of any such feelings.
That is to say, it finds or recognises itself. It is open, empty, at peace and
without any sense of lack. This is our natural state.
     In fact, it is not even necessary to conceptualise it as peace and happiness.
We do so only in order to contrast it with our previous state of disturbance
and lack. Once we have been accustomed to this natural condition for some
time, it simply becomes our new norm.
     All that is necessary is to remain in touch with our self, the inherently
peaceful and unconditionally fulfilled presence of awareness, until this be -
comes our new, felt sense of self. In fact, it is not really a new sense of self.
It is simply the familiar sense of self that always accompanies us, that is us,
but is now relieved of its previous agitation and sense of lack.
     The feeling of dissatisfaction which has accompanied us for most of our
life simply leaves us, not because we have done anything to it but because
we have undermined the assumption upon which it arose. We feel fulfilled,
but for no particular reason.
     All our physical and mental faculties remain intact. They are simply re -
lieved of the tyranny of the separate self and, as a result, are now free to be
used in service of the qualities that are inherent in us, namely peace, joy, love
and freedom.

*     *     *

31you are the happiness you seek
How can one evaluate the authenticity of a teaching?

One of the hallmarks of a true teaching is that it is not affiliated with any
particular position, attitude or practice. It is not a body of knowledge and
practices that is disseminated like a maths or history curriculum. It is simply
a spontaneous response to a situation or question that comes directly from
understanding or love.
     Understanding and love do not have a form of their own and are, therefore,
free to assume any shape or action that is perfectly tailored to a particular cir -
cumstance or question, just as a bucket dipped into the ocean will draw out a
measure of water that is uniquely and exquisitely fitted to its own proportions.
     A true teaching cannot be evaluated by its form or content alone but by
the source from which it originates. Any expression that originates in under -
standing or love contains within it a particular quality, a power even, that
has the ability to take the recipient to the same source of understanding and
love in their self. The teaching is simply the means by which they are given
experiential access to this understanding and love.
     The finite mind superimposes its own limitations on everything that it
knows or perceives and, therefore, cannot find happiness or know the ulti -
mate reality. For this reason, the teaching will often refuse to entertain the
mind on its own terms and will find ways of exposing and undermining it.
As a result, such a teaching may give one person a practice and in the next
moment, in response to another question, refuse to suggest any such practice.
     For some people, just a few words of guidance will be sufficient. However,
if a person has an inquisitive and sophisticated mind, then it is likely that
they will raise objections and question every aspect of the teaching. If such
a mind is not acknowledged and honoured, it tends to become frustrated
and angry.
     In order to pave the way for the understanding and love that is the essence
of the teaching to be taken deeply into the heart and body, it will, in such
cases, be necessary to elaborate refined lines of reasoning. For such people,
it is only when the mind’s objections and questions have been met satisfac -
torily that they will be open to a new possibility.
     In this case, the teaching will give the mind complete freedom to explore
these matters as much as it wishes, and even encourage it to do so, thereby
allowing it gradually, naturally and effortlessly to bring itself to its own end.
32chapter five
The Essence of Meditation
There is a huge silence inside each of us
that beckons us into itself.
meister eckhart

The recognition of our true nature is not a new experience that happens
to us. It is the revealing or the noticing of what we always and already are
but often overlook due to our exclusive fascination with the content of ex -
perience.
     It is we, awareness, who, being intimately one with all experience, seem
to lose our self in it, thereby overlooking our innate peace and happiness.
The inevitable suffering that ensues from this is a call from our self to our
self – a call to return home from the adventure of experience in which we
have become entangled.
     In this recognition we do not cease being one kind of self and become
another kind of self. We simply cease losing our self in or identifying our
self with the content of experience, and we recognise our self as the inherently
peaceful presence of awareness that lies behind it.
     We cannot become  what we always and already are, and we cannot be
what we are not. We can only cease imagining and feeling that we are some -
thing other than the presence of awareness. Once we have disentangled our
self from the content of experience, our true nature simply shines by itself,
just as the blue sky is revealed when the clouds disperse.

disentangling our self


; Zinc –  digestion, liver, and bones;  Fluorine –
teeth strength and tooth decay prevention; Copper – helps produce red
blood cells; & Iodine – thyroid.

Minerals Found in Nature Are Inorganic
:
Inorganic minerals are
minerals found in their raw form in
the earth
 and in water, which means,
non- biological.
Organic compounds
 are of biological nature and origin.
This is
an important
 issue regarding the differentiation between
organic
and
 inorganic, to more easily understand the organic
compound referred
to as a chelate.
 Chelated Minerals
:
One reason that the human body cannot assimilate
most of
the inorganic
 minerals dissolved in water is that a living
organism
cannot
 utilize inorganic minerals directly. Inorganic minerals
are basically
dirt and are the cause of many disorders and diseases.  Before a living
organism can absorb an inorganic mineral, it
needs to
 convert it to an
organic or biologically structured compound.  This transformation occurs
in the digestive tract where
the inorganic
 mineral is chemically bonded to
an organic molecule.

This
bonding process
 is referred to as chelation, and the
final
product
 is
called a chelate. In Latin, chelate means “
bond
.
”

Now the
 body can
recognize the mineral chelate as an
organic compound
 which can be
successfully absorbed by the cells.

Absorption of Minerals
There are several things which can increase the difficulty
with which
inorganic minerals are absorbed and utilized by cells.
In most
 cases,
there
’
s insufficient organic matter for bonding
with the
 mineral prior to
passing through the organism without
being absorbed
. Secondly, the
mineral may not be assimilated due
to the
 health of the organism.

Scientists have discovered how to create mineral chelates
by bonding
inorganic minerals found in nature to organic or
amino acid
. It is converted
to a bonded “reacted” organic ligand (
a completed
 mineral chelate)
,
enabling
 it to be efficiently
and
successfully
 absorbed by the digesting
organism. Learn
more about
 scientifically chelated minerals in the next
chapter.

 CHAPTER 12
Mineral Chelates Are
Not Created Equal

Most people understand that minerals and vitamins
are distinctively
different. There happens to be as great a
difference when
 organic minerals
are compared to inorganic minerals.
The key
 word, when discussing the
differences between these
two types
 of minerals, is “chelate.”
Mineral chelate is a technical scientific term with a
specific definition
 that
has been overused, misused, misrepresented
and misunderstood
 in
nutritional health circles and the marketplace
, while
 becoming a trendy
buzz word.
What Is a Mineral Chelate?
The term
 “chelate” specifically identifies a particular
bond between
 the
atom of an inorganic mineral and a
molecular structure
 known as a ligand.
The mineral chelate is an
element while
 the ligand is a molecule. For the
ligand to form a molecule
, it
 must be attached to the mineral in two
separate
locations rather
 than just one. So much for the broad definition of
a “
chelate.” This is where it starts to get interesting. As life
is fraught
 with
variation, so are chelate
s.

A ligand
’
s size and characteristics are not defined by a chelate
’
s
definition.

Learning this fact is important since there are a
number of
 molecules that
are ligands. There are also some ligands
toxic enough
 to the environment
that they are controlled
by government
 regulations. Some are required to
be broken
up before
 they can be absorbed since they are too large; and
even then
, they still are not able to be absorbed.
The Size of Ligands

Glycine is an amino acid which comes in a string
of nitrogen, oxygen
,
hydrogen and carbon. A
higher absorption
 rate of
a ligand
 is dependent
upon the chain
’
s length and size. Yet if
the chain
 and size get too big, it
cannot be absorbed by the cell. It
is possible
, however, that the oversized
chelate molecule could
be broken
 apart in the colon, reducing the mineralto a
functional size
. In this instance, it can then be re-chelated for
possible
absorption
. However in this case it will more than likely
pass completely
through the digestive tract, never being absorbed.
Glycine Amino Acid

The Manufacturing Process
It
’
s not a simple process to produce or manufacture an effective
, highly
efficient mineral chelate. Prior to the manufacturing step
, there
 are variants
in mineral chelates and ligand choices to
be taken
 into consideration prior
to determining which of the
four manufacturing
 processes to use.

Various Mineral Chelate Production Processes

1.

The most effective is spray-
drying
.
At a specific time in
the reaction
 process, the formulated product is dried during
spraying
, guaranteeing
 a more viable, potent and effective
product.
It requires
 expensive and sophisticated equipment.
Precise variations
 in this process are intricately controlled
and
continuously
 mon
itored.

2.

Air-drying a slurry mixture.
  This technique results in avariable finished
 product, but it is an inexpensive method and
therefore quite
 common.

3.

D
ry blending and mixing of the mineral and agent.
  The
finished product is not chelated or reacted. The mixing process
is crude and fundamental, similar to mixing cement in a drum
mixer.
The manufacturer
 advertises that these minerals will be
chelated in
the person’s
 digestive tract in a natural process.
Some mineral processors use a combination of the second and third
methods, resulting in a certain degree of chelation in addition to
high levels
of inorganic or unreacted minerals.It is difficult for the average consumer to sort through all of
the options
,
manufacturing processes and claims in order to come to
a confident
conclusion and make the right decision on a healthy
and effective
 product
choice.
You can start to see that there is much more to “minerals” than
meets the
eye. It is very understandable why the majority of people think  that the
water-soluble minerals found in water are healthy and  beneficial, not
realizing that these are responsible for many ailments,  maladies, diseases
and human suffering. Only chelated minerals
can be
 utilized by our bodies.
That means it is a mineral that is attached
by a
 bond at two points by the
ligand, making it “fully reacted
and bonded
.”
When it comes to your health and
well-being
, don
’
t compromise on  quality
and purity for the sake of price. When it comes to minerals,
do your
homework and investigate the manufacturer
’
s claims
and production
processes.  Regardless of a manufacturer
’
s claims,
the bottom
 line
remains whether their minerals are “fully reacted”
and whether
 they can
willingly and easily provide
indisputable confirmation
 and proof.

CHAPTER 13
Carbon Filters: “Cheapest”
Water Treatment...
But Are They Effective?

This chapter will address the major health issues and maintenance
of the
popular and trusted
carbon water filters
. This is one of the most common
types of water purification systems used in homes. Although effective for
removing many harmful substances, they have a number of
disadvantages affecting the quality and chemistry of the filtered water,
which I will cover later. But first, there are several major reasons why
carbon water filters are the number one choice for cleaning up tap water
nationwide.
 Aggressive marketing - Low manufacturing costs - High profits
Carbon filters do remove many chemical and cancer-causing substances
and are relatively inexpensive compared to reverse osmosis, deionization
and distillation. Since there is a very high profit margin, this method of
water purification is preferable. Unfortunately, many of the manufacturers
and/or salespeople are not forthcoming in what a carbon filter can and
cannot do. Instead of mentioning what it can't do, they will amplify and
exaggerate the positive aspects of the filter. As a result, the consumer is
under the false impression that their “filtered water” is now healthy.

Carbon filters are not complicated and are easy to install
Most people are looking for simplicity at a great price. It is not a
secret that
most municipal water supplies are polluted to some degree. However, the
average person is unaware of any details about these pollutants or what is
involved in removing them from water.

If they are told that a carbon filter removes
dangerous
substances
, does
so more cheaply than any other method,
and that
 the water will taste and
smell better, that's good enough
for most
 people.
 Carbon filters do remove many chemicals and carcinogens

But what about the harmful toxins and substances filters they
do not
remove? Activated carbon filtration systems do not
remove microbes


 seminar.
Immediately I made the decision and I went to listen to it.
Jt made an impression on me. FUUng me with faith in her words was so cJear that
any doubt of the treatments did not fit me.
God was healing by means of the Urine
Returning in the evening to my house I remembered but I could not
85 do the therapy, but immediately I requested God to help me start the method.
The following day I spoke to Sonia the Chemist and commented to her that I had
tonsillitis. She answered me, I now have greater reason to initiate with the
therapy. I started the therapy and on the third day after the tonsillitis disappeared.
This mortal disease of diabetes was taken by its roots from me and in
gratefulness to God of love, goodness and mercy I am cured.
I did my fasting of 3 days.
To conclude,
t presented that May 7th of this year, to get tested to see the count of my sugar.
Before taking my Urine my count was 348.
I was taken by surprise that my sugar was completely normal.
Later and better yet, I confessed to my Medical doctor that for the last 18 days
I had not taken any of his prescribed drugs.
This was after I drank between 4 and 5 glasses of Urine daily. In addition, for ten
days I was eating everything and most with sugar.
Also I said to him that two days before my analysis I had loaded my body with
sugar. After eating many fresh sugar waters and foods with sugar it was a double
surprise for my doctor and for the hospital care takers.
They tried to explain to me that diabetes is a traitor and that I would have to
continue doing the examination every month, to which 1 refused.
Immediately I took leave of my Doctor
thanking him for receiving his medical attentions.
People invigorate yourself with hope. You are not at the end of life.
Give yourself to God and do this therapy in his name so you will be healed as I
will continue my fasting and prayers for all.
TESTIMONY 59*
TVMOR of GAVl£ BlADD£~ D1AB£T£S.
Guillermo R. Orozco {Mexico}
I am 59 years of age. I am an architect and work as a public server
for the government in the Jalisco state.
As a student, I exceeded my sugar intake with cakes, taquitos, etc.
In the year 1976, diverticulos in the intestine was detected in me.
It caused constant sourness in my stomach. I had to resort to any medicine.
In 1980, gall stones by means of the ultrasound were detected.,
I was operated in October of 1995.
In 1990 it appeared to me in the left thigh a tumor,
of which It was surgically removed.
On my recreational time I played American football with the U.N.A.M.
J got hit and I broke the partition of my nose that later caused chronic sinusitis.
This hit prevented me to breathe by the nose.
f also underwent a break of the thumb of the left hand.
In 1992, diabetes and high blood pressure was detected.
86 To all this I add that I have been quite a nervous and apprehensive person.
tn 1990 to January of the present year, I began to take excessive medicine from
an allopathic doctor. I understand this medicine has destroyed my antibodies.
Because I began with pulmonary diseases I had strong colds every year.
They lasted up to two months and because of more antibiotics that they gave me,
I could not be cured.
I had the luck to study " the Word of God " (the Bible).
It was in the catholic Biblical institute of this city of Guac;lalajara.
Within this study, 1 found the faith that Jesus gave to me. Then 1 began to request
"Give me the desire to live Jesus. Take away my tumors, give me my health.
I want to preach the word you have revealed to me. Remember I have my
daughter and my wife and believe that I need to still do something for them."
Jesus said these words in Getzemani:
"That does not become my will, but yours".
The answer of my Jesus I did not believe.
By the end of January to the present
Because of my work I was commission to the town of
Sn. Martin de Bolanos, Jalisco, in the North zone.
There like always, J arrived and J made a visit to a temple of the catholic church
of that town. It is my custom that I repeated my request to Jesus Christ.
1 went to even eat at a restaurant.
I took care of one lady and bought myself food without fat and just vegetables.
The lady ate with me and she asked me, are you diabetic? I answered her, yes.
Then she asked me, when I finish, might I say something?
I answered yes why not? She said after we finish our food.
I ate quickly and I asked the lady about her comment.
She said to me, I am diabetic and have been almost blind,
but thanks to GOD and Urine I see welt
I could not distinguish 5 meters away.
Please, I would like to take you to see a video with a teacher who lives close.
I accepted and we arrived to the teacher, who took care of us and she gave her
testimony of which she alleviated herself of hypertension with the Urine-therapy.
The video did not have it, but she explained to me how to initiate
the method of Urine-therapy.
After returning I spent several days thinking.
Then I included and understood that everything was not chance
but that was the answer of God to my request.
I initiated my method of Urine-therapy (first thing in the morning).
From the second day I felt best for the therapy to be routine. I felt very weiJ.
FIRST FAST: I was taking drugs for the sugar and high blood pressure.
the second day of fasting at night I felt bad. I went to the emergency room of the
hospital and they took a blood sample of me and my glucose level was at 110.
The blood pressure was also low for me, {Normal}.
87 The following day I was with the family doctor whom I explained the method with
Urine. He said to me, it is your decision.
I reduced my allopathic drugs by half as I gained control of my health.
I now had feeling in my hurt thumb. I could now breathe well from my nose.
The smaU baU of my tumor was smaller.
I no longer had sourness in my stomach.
I felt better, reanimated, I saw my daughter and my wife with interest,
as they used to be in previous days.
Some symptoms are hard to live with but not impossible like before.
I do not have all the data that the teacher Sonia commented on.
I knew in the community that Sonia Rodriguez, gave lectures in the temples.
I did not obtain full information until from a bookstore I asked for
II the Water of Life II or II Urine-therapy II. I also bought the book of
Uroterapia of Chemistry by Sonia Rodriguez which I read.
SECOND FASTING:
Now I had more information, thanks to that fabulous book.
Now with my symptoms I would pass them more with a conscious opinion as
everything in life we must experiment to live.
I did my fasting completely. Having just as in the first fast,
I still had complications by with the drugs (1/2 doses), that I still took.
I decided to now suspend the drugs totally.
I did it and to this date I no longer take a single tablet.
Only Urine. In this second fasting I still foUowed with doubts.
I started this fasting on Holy Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
I spoke on the telephone to Paradise of health and left a message on the
answering machine, because now were the holy days.
Monday of Passover,
I received a telephone call from Sonia, who gave me the attention to call me back.
I congratulated her for that charisma that God has given to her.
You can listen and feel a special peace in her that you do not find every day.
I commented my doubts to her she invited me to one of her conferences which
I wanted to listen and had several dates to choose from.
THIRD FASTING TIME
I did not have problems, my sugar analysis and hypertension is now normal and
I am going to the hospital to only check my counts. I sleep and breath well.
The tumor is almost disappeared in my thigh.
My thumb of my left hand now moves without a problem.
I feel healthy and positive.
When I go to check control of the hospital
I see people who leave with a pile of medicines.
It makes me fee11ike putting a great signboard on my chest
that God says 11 I love you, drink your Urine 11
•
88 From my personal experience,
~ consider if you do drink your Urine,
faith is due to you and God is going to heal you.
Do it in the name of Jesus.
Jt is worth the troubJe to remember a BibJicaJ appointment:
" Everything what you do in the name of Jesus,
no matter how difficult, it will be granted to you ".
The works of mercy of God, will manifest.
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 true natur e. Whenever you feel good, it
means you must have let go of bad feelings, enabling good
feelings to naturally arise.
Positive and good feelings ar e a r esult of saying “Y es” to
what is happeni ng in life. Nega tive feelings ar e a r esult of
thinking or saying “No!” about what is happening in life.
Positive feelings  ar e completely effortless because they’r e
our true  natur e. Negative feelings r equir e a huge amount of
ener gy to maintain.
Fr om the time we wer e childr en we have unconsciously
suppr essed cou ntless negative  feelings, which ar e now
stor ed in our subconscious mind.
When you have a negative experience that causes bad
feelings, unless you let go of the negative feeling completely,
it ends up being pushed down and suppr essed inside you.
Letting off steam or venting isn ’ t the answer. That will just
add mo r e ener gy to our alr eady suppr essed emotion,
because expr essed feelings get suppr essed too.
A s uppr essed feeling will find an outlet to take some
pr essur e off the body, so it will find people, cir cumstances,
or e vents to e nable some of its built-up ener gy to be
r eleased.When you next experience a negative emotion sweeping
over you, r emember that no ma tter how it might appear to
you, you ’r e expe riencing it because it is  already inside you
—not because an outside person or cir cumstance caused it.
Negative feelin gs ar e ener gized even further when we
believe that a negative feeling is who we ar e.
Question  every negative feeling with: “Am I that, or am I
the one that is awar e of it?”
Notice th at feeli ngs appear and then disappear, and that it’ s
you, A war eness, that is awar e of them coming and going.
Don’ t expect people, cir cumsta nces, and events to change
for y ou to feel better. T o change how you feel in any given
moment is always an inside job.C h a p t e r  7
The End of Negative Feelings
“The only thing standing betwee n you and what you are is a thought or a feeling.
It’ s very simple.”
My teacher
Happiness is your natural state,  so if you don’ t feel happy right now, then you
have a negative feeling that is s topping that happiness from being present within
you. Th is chapte r has various p ractices that will help end nega tive feelings that
have had you wr apped in their re petitive loop. When you are free from them, you
will finally live your life in your natural state of sheer joy and happiness—a life
more spectacular than anything you have lived up until now.
“The first thing you need to do is get in touch with negative feelings that you’re
not even aware of. Lots of people have negative feelings they ’re not aware of.
Lots of people are depressed an d they’re not aware they are depressed. It’ s only
when th ey make  contact with jo y that they understand how dep ressed they were.
The firs t thing you need is awa reness of your negative feelings. What negative
feelings? Gloominess, for instance. Y ou’re feeling gloomy and moody. Y ou feel
self-hatred or guilt. Y ou feel tha t life is pointless, that it makes no sense; you’ve
got hurt feelings, you’re feelin g nervous and tense. Get in touch with those
feelings first.”
Anthony de Mello, S.J., fr om  A wareness: Conversations with the Masters
Y ou don’ t need to know the name of the negative feeling yo u have, because
sometimes it can be hard to pinp oint exactly what you’re feeling. All you need to
know is  that if t he feeling isn’ t a happy feeling, it’ s a negative feeling, and that
negative feeling  is holding bac k your life and preventing yo u from living in
constant happiness.
Just be aware of  the negative feeling without resisting it, express ing it, or judging
it in any way, and recognize that it’ s just a feeling. Do not make any attempt to
change t he feelin g. When you st op wanting to get rid of the feel ing, and you stop
resisting it, the ener gy will be released and the feeling can disappear.
“If you stop resisting an emotion, it cannot stand.”
Rupert Spira, fr om the talk “Rest in Y our Being”W e’ve convince d ourselves that if we resist bad feelings we ma ke them go away,
but instead we are guaranteein g that we will experience them  over and over
again. A s the psychiatrist Carl Jung said, “Whatever you resist, persists.” T ake
away re sistance and any negative feeling, no matter how strong, passes through
the body quickly.
My teacher showed me that when you place the palm of your hand against
someone else’ s palm and each of you push against the other ’ s hand, you will feel
resistance. If the other person s tops pushing with their hand, immediately both
hands drop. If you can, experiment with this with a friend or family member,
because experiencing it for yourself will make it crystal clear. This is exactly
what happens when you stop resisting a negative emotion—it drops away.
T o stop resisting a negative fee ling, you have to allow  th e feeling to b e present
without trying to change it. Just be awar e  of the feeling. Relax and don ’ t tense up
against i t, because that’ s resisting it. Ironically, you let the feeling go by relaxing
and allowing it to be there, without wanting to change it or get rid of it, without
wanting to make it dif ferent or d o anything about it. Let the feeling be there, and
that allows the ener gy of it to b e released. It’ s the very opposi te to what we’ve
always done, which explains why we have so many suppressed negative
emotions.
“Resistance is quite insidious. It’ s one of the main things th at stop us from
having, doing, and being what we want in life.”
Hale Dwoskin, fr om  The Sedona Method
The ene r gy behi nd a negative f eeling will naturally release when you allow the
feeling to be present. It’ s an automatic process. All you have to do is be aware of
the feeling, allow it to be present, and not try to push it away, change it, control
it, or get rid of it. When you fully allow the feeling, the ener gy of the feeling
passes very quickly and at the s ame time it takes a big chunk of the suppressed
feeling with it. For example, if you don’ t resist an angry feeling when it appears
and you  allow it to be present, it will quickly move through you, taking with it
some of the original anger that you suppressed early in your life.
“Don’ t be afraid of feelings—let them come up and be released.”
Shakti Caterina Maggi
When we notice a feeling and allow it to be just as it is, we’re no longer
suppressing or repressing it. W e’ve finally begun to free the suppressed feeling.
Even a bout of extreme anger can fall away in under a minute if we are simply
aware of it, allow it to be there, and don’ t resist it.
“When we strongly identify wit h negative emotions, rather than observing them,
they can very quickly drain our ener gy supply. By remaining present and learning
how to dis-identify from the emotions, we can reclaim control of our ener gy
supply which then becomes available to enhance our life experience.”
David Bingham
The follo wing practices I’m about to share are the most ef fective methods I know
of to permanently release negative feelings, including all of the suppressed
negative feeling s that you have  accrued throughout your whole life. And when
they’ve gone, you won’ t be af fected by negative feelings the way you once were,
your he alth will skyrocket, and so will your finances, your relationships, andyour entire life. Even better, once the negative feelings are all gone, you will be
standing unimpe ded in the joy and happiness of Infinite A wa reness. Whatever
you want will ap pear in your life ef fortlessly. Y ou will be having the experience
of a human being while being the Infinite Being that you actually are.
“When everything that can be let go of is let go of, what remains is what we
desire above all else.”
Rupert Spira, fr om  The Ashes of Love
W elcoming
The brilliant teacher and ex-physicist Francis Lucille describes one method of
releasing negativ e feelings as “welcoming.” W elcoming has proven to be one of
the most powerful practices I have ever done in my life. This practice eradicates
negative feelings once and for all.
(It’ s also worth noting that the situation or circumstance that caused the negative
feeling in the first place will also change when you welcome the negative feeling.
This is due to you releasing the feeling you have about the situation.)
W elcoming is the opposite of resisting. Resistance says to a negative feeling,
“No, I don’ t want this!”


ume. Mill V alley, CA:
Foundation for Inner Peace, 2007. 12 In no situation that arises do you r ealize the outcome that would make you happy. ACIM,
W-pI.24.1:1. 12 Everything is for your own best inter ests. ACIM, W-pI.25.1:5. 12 All things work together for good with no exceptions except in the ego’ s judgment. ACIM,
T-4.V.1:1–2. 13 Into eternity, wher e all is one, ther e crept a tiny, mad idea, at which the Son of God
remember ed not to laugh. In his for getting did the thought become a serious idea, and
possible of both accomplishment and r eal effects. T ogether, we can laugh them both
away, and understand that time cannot intrude upon eternity. It is a joke to think that
time can come to cir cumvent eternity, which means ther e is no time. ACIM, T-27.VIII.6. 13 It is r easonable to ask how the mind could ever have made the ego. In fact, it is the best
question you could ask. Ther e is, however, no point in giving an answer in terms of the
past because the past does not matter, and history would not exist if the same err ors wer e
not being r epeated in the pr esent. ACIM,  T-4.II.1:1–3. 15 W e can’ t solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them. This
popular saying has been widely attributed to Einstein, but its exact origin is unknown. 17 Exercise: Moving from Opinions to Prayer. Prayer  simply means intention or desire. Here
it refers to the desire for truth, Spirit. 18 It states that if you find resistance strong and dedication weak, you should not fight
yourself. ACIM, T-30.I.1:6–7. 22 Lesson 2 of A Course in Miracles  teaches that  you have given everything you see all the
meaning that it has for you. ACIM, W-pI.2. 23 My thoughts ar e images that I have made. ACIM, W-pI.15. 24 A Course in Miracles  teaches us that without attack thoughts in our mind, we cannot see a
world of attack. ACIM,  W-pI.55.3. (23):3.26 W ith the help of the miracle, the mind is turned right side up, away from its former upside-
down way of being, experiencing, and operating. The Levels of Mind Diagram,
Foundation for the A wakening Mind,
https://livingmiraclescenter.org/doc/levelsofmind.pdf. 28 That’ s not the r eason why. The pr oblem’ s not out ther e; you have to look inside. Resta
Burnham. 2000–2002. “That’ s Not the Reason Why.” Music of Christ. Cincinnati, OH:
Foundation for the A wakening Mind. http://livingmiracles.or g/thats-not-the-reason-why. 30 W atch the Disney movie, The Kid. Jon T urteltaub, director. 2000. The Kid, Walt Disney
Pictures. 32 It is fr om your peace of mind that a peaceful per ception of the world arises. ACIM,  W-
pI.34.1:4. 32 The miracle is a lesson in total per ception. ACIM,  T-7.IX.7:4. 41 This means that the experience of guilt is solely a result of the purpose the ego gives to
things. The ego’ s purpose for the body is pride, pleasure, and attack. ACIM, T-6.V.A.5. 46 For you must learn that guilt is always totally insane, and has no r eason. ACIM, T-
13.X.6:3. 46 All anger is nothing mor e than an attempt to make someone feel guilty. ACIM, T-
15.VII.10:3. 46 A Course in Miracles states that guilt feelings are just a sign that we don’ t know that God
Himself orders our thoughts and also that we believe we can think apart from Him. ACIM, T-5.V.7:1–6. 48 Jesus told the parable of the prodigal son, where the one son left after asking for his
inheritance. The Holy Bible, New King James V ersion. 1979. Luke 15:1 1–32. Nashville,
TN: Thomas Nelson Publishing. 49 Whenever the pain of guilt or the desire to be right arises, remember that if you yield to it,
you are deciding against your happiness, and you will not learn how to be happy. ACIM,
T-14.III.3. 51 I am the work of God, and His work is wholly lovable and wholly loving. This is how a
man must think of himself in his heart because this is what he is. ACIM, T-1.III.2:3. 54 But the need to be defensive can only come when we have identified with an illusion of
our self. ACIM, T-22.V.6:1. 55 When the Self is realized and there is an experience of pure oneness, there are no longer
any experiences of private thoughts, yet the condition of being in this world is to believe
in those thoughts. In fact, they are believed to be the only reality. ACIM, W-
pI52.5(10):2–3. 56 If we had to give a definition of God’ s will for us, it would be perfect happiness. ACIM,
W-pI.101. 57 And yet it is only the hidden that can terrify, not for what it is, but for its hiddenness. ACIM, T-14.VI.1:4.61 Every thought you keep hidden shuts communication of f. ACIM, T-15.IV.7–8. 62 This holy instant, this moment, is the recognition that all minds are in communication. ACIM, T-15.IV.6. 67 This is because thoughts and images of forms are one and the same. ACIM, W-pI.15. 68 You will let Spirit decide for you. ACIM, T-5.VII.6:1 1. 69 Today I will make no decisions by myself. ACIM, T-30.I.2:2. 74 The question becomes, Can I shift my perception and come to the trust that leads to an
experience of literally being sustained by the love of God? ACIM, W-pI.50. 79 There came a point when Jesus said to me, “Okay, that’ s the last job you will have working
for a paycheck and reciprocity.” “Reciprocity” is the practice of exchanging things with
others for mutual benefit. It occurs when the contribution of each party meets the
expectation of the other party. It stems from an idea of lack; that there is only so much
money, time and other means to go around. A belief in risking loss is behind reciprocity. But God’ s unlimited love is free and is what truly sustains us. 80 the son of man has no place to lay his head. The Holy Bible, NKJV, Luke 9:58. 81 “Except ye become as little childr en…” ACIM, T-1.V.3:4. 88 The practice is to come back to the mind, to come to a deeper point of not knowing how or
what to judge, to the place inside where we actually don’ t know what is good or bad. See
the “Moving from Opinions to Prayer”  exercise in chapter 1. 88 …In no situation that arises do you r ealize the outcome that would make you happy. ACIM, W-pI.24:1. 89 I do not per ceive my own best inter ests. In no situation that arises do you r ealize the
outcome that would make you happy. Ther efore, you have no guide to appr opriate
action, and no way of judging the r esult. What you do is determined by your per ception
of the situation, and that per ception is wr ong. ACIM, W-pI.24.1:1–3. 90 You will also r ecognize that many of your goals ar e contradictory, that you have no unified
outcome in mind, and that you must experience disappointment in connection with some
of your goals however the situation turns out. ACIM, W-pI.24.6:2. 91 What could you not accept, if you but knew that everything that happens, all events, past,
present and to come, ar e gently planned by One Whose only purpose is your good? Perhaps you have misunderstood His plan, for He would never offer pain to you. But
your defenses did not let you see His loving blessing shine in every step you ever took. While you made plans for death, He led you gently to eternal life. ACIM, W-pI.135.18. 91 It’ s like the movie August Rush, which is a beautiful example of how everything is
orchestrated perfectly even when things don’ t look good. August stays committed to his
calling and inner certainty. David Hof fmeister. 2017. Movie W atcher


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During his college days, Suresh Padmanabhan, author and facilitator of The Money
Workshop  would walk the streets of Mumbai in search of good books, and intend
that one day his books would also be available on these same streets. Today, his book,
I Love Money, is not just available in bookshops, but frayed copies can be found on the
very pavements he once pounded. Several years ago, my mother had a stroke leaving her one side paralyzed, unable to
speak and partially blind. The doctors told me there wasn’t any hope but with intense
speech therapy, there may be some improvement in speech over time. I had an intention
– a visual - of her walking around at home, and nagging me to eat my food and clean my
room as she always did! I did it just once and let it go. All I did thereafter was look after
her. She walked on the tenth day, she was able to speak fairly well within three months
and her vision was back to normal! So… what is an intention? When we choose to direct our mind towards achieving a desirable outcome, we are form -
ing an intention. We can state this in a simple short sentence. For example, Nissar’s wife
was frantically searching for her identity card as she needed it for a meeting at her head
office. Nissar was busy doing something else; he paused for a few seconds, mentally said,
“ID card has been found”, he let it go and continued his work. In a minute, his wife came
to give him a hug, having found the card. I am sure we have all had similar experiences. Many factors stop intentions from manifesting bang on target. One of the most common
is that often we have a fuzzy idea of what we want; we may think we want one thing but that man   yur nnn  r y and w h a
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th e  c o s m i c  f o r c e  o f
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Photo: Mexy Xavier ;
Models: Ritesh Arasdecember 9                lead  ~ story
is often a front for another need or want. We may say, I intend to be a great author,
but not acknowledge that we are really seek -
ing fame and fortune. Or we may say, I
want to be a movie star and not realise that
we have a dire need to be acknowledged or
admired. Secondly, we often state our inten -
tions negatively for usually we have a clear
idea of what we don’t want; I don’t want this pain; I don’t want to suffer; I don’t want
to work so hard. In these instances, what we
do want is perhaps I want to be healthy; I
want to experience joy; I want ease. So the first step, even before formulating
an intention, is to do a little introspection
and clear up the fuzziness. There are many experts who advise that
we should be very specific and articulate
very precisely all that we want and even
visualise it in detail and try to experience it
in our imagination. Maybe this works for
some. However, there is a serious down -
side with this approach. We become very
“attached” to the outcome, and we build
up a lot of expectations. Not being able
to remain detached from the final stated
outcome, we become anxious, fearful and
stressed. We may also become so focussed
and blinded by it that we do not realise if we
are stepping over other people and causing
unpleasantness around us in the process. Dilip has a natural talent to teach art in
unique and creative ways. Everyone encour -
aged him to set up a learning centre. He
spent days articulating precisely what he
wanted the centre to look like, what he
would do there, how he would feel when the
centre is bustling with students, by which
year this is happening,  and so on. He then
visualised it all as if it had already happened
and then let it go. Very soon, things began happening. People walked into his life who helped him
find possible locations for his centre; he
launched his website, and started promot -
ing his centre wherever he went. But, there
was no centre, yet! Now, he became anxious
and stressed. His relationships at home suf -
fered. His only focus was to find the funds
to build the centre. If someone seemed non
co-operative, it angered him. If his friends
were not helping with funds, he got angry. Photo: Mexy Xavier;
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He experienced jealousy and resentment towards
others who had their own learning centres. When we are so focussed on outcome, some
of the energy shifts from the present into the
future instead of remaining intent and active
in the Now. The focus on the future outcome
makes us impatient, and even brings in self-
doubt and misgivings. Going beyond outcome
There is an alternative approach which many,
including myself, have successfully tried. Though
simple, it does require a lot of ‘unlearning’ of our
previous habits. A lot more time is needed to be
spent on introspection before actually formulat -
ing the intent and trying out various statements
until we find the simplest and most basic state -
ment, not the most specific or detailed. Let me
offer an example to clarify this approach. Vijay  wants to be a published author through
the best publishing  house in the world; be
known as the most influential writer ever and
interviewed by the world media; all this by
September 2011. Now, let’s examine whether Vijay has done
any introspection. Has he asked himself if his
main passion is self-expression using the writing
medium? Or, is he seeking fame and fortune? Has he asked himself:  What is it that I really,
really want most of all? Would I do this even if
it did not bring me any monetary reward? Can
I see myself doing this for a long time? Would I
be willing to undergo hardship and even give up
certain other things to do this? Would I encour -
age and support others to do this? Do I see some
real value in this endeavour for others as well as
for myself? And then, another important ques -
tion: Having reached that state which I desire,
what will I be doing from that point on? Can I
name that activity? Perhaps, Vijay then comes up with the state -
ment: “I want to write”. Or: “I want to share
these ideas or tell these stories”. Or, he tries
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a few other statements until he feels very
comfortable that he has caught the essence. Now, he takes a deep breath and speaks
it out loud and clear. After that, he lets
go of that thought; he has sent it out
to the Universe.He realises that the main activity, the
writing, is available to him right now. He
can now focus on Being, on Doing in the
Now focused on the Present Moment. And
he can now get away from the idea and the
mode of Becoming. a mindful approach
Unhealthy goal:
Here are two very subtle things to
be mindful of that in the long run
cause trouble as they are very clev -
erly disguised! • To become something
 I want to become a good per -
son; I want to be the best writer
in the world; I want to be a kind
and compassionate person; I
want to be a good husband; I
want to earn more money;  I want to


 and one is
now identical with the essence of the unfolding of Creation rather than its
edited translation. One is no longer experiencing the ‘tape monitor’ of life
but the very existential core of Life itself. The analogy is like the difference
between hearing a full philharmonic orchestra in person and listening to a
tape recording of its performance. Adjustment
The transition is far more major than can be imagined, described, or
even anticipated. However, the information provided allows for the
successful transition through this very major final period. Initially, there is
paradigm shock, sometimes referred to as ‘God shock’. There is a profound
awe of such a major dimension that the mind remains silenced forever. There no longer is a volitional personal self nor its presumed inner causal-
agent quality, and the sense of ‘I’ now includes all of Existence, beyond
time, dimension, or linear description. There is no longer any feeling of
‘mine’, nor any feeling of having qualities of possession or control. All is
Self-existent and Self-fulfilling. The performance of the body is
autonomous and a consequence of its relationship to the overall field. It is
witnessed that the body, just as before, avoids getting run over by traffic,
but it does it all by itself. Although there is no mentalization as such,
information is still available because of the unique quality of the field of
consciousness itself that impersonally records all events, no matter how
seemingly trivial. The Knower and the Known are identical Realities as a
consequence of consciousness/awareness. Dualistic thinkingness disappears
as an operating system. In its place, it is stunningly obvious that meaning is
Essence and the Reality of Essence is its meaning. Thus, as obvious or
absurd as it might sound, a chair is its meaning.The major transformation is followed by a period of reorientation to all
the former qualities of life and senses of even the whereabouts of the body
itself and its relationship to other objects. People address the body as ‘you’
and think that the ‘you’ is the body. The Self is silent, invisible and has no
actual name as such. The period of reorientation and readjustment may be quite lengthy and
actually take years. During this time, there emerges an autonomous
operational quality that one might call the persona/personality agent that is
interactive with the world. Life continues on of its own because Existence is
Life. Potentiality emerges as actuality as a consequence of evolution. From
the above, it is apparent that there is no ‘person’ to become enlightened; on
the contrary, the person disappears and is replaced by that nonlinear Reality. Therefore, it is obvious that the state is not an accomplishment, an
achievement, an acquisition, nor even a transformation. It is actually a
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        Among the various religions, it is to be
noted that the highest teachings emanate from the evolved teachers
themselves, often termed ‘mystics’, who have transcended the dualistic
limitations inherent in ecclesiastical traditions. The core of truth is the
pristine, nonlinear essence, which is nondualistic and arises at
consciousness level 600. Very rarely, it may evolve still further to transcend
the dualities that are intrinsic to even very advanced levels of
consciousness. The conscientious devotee accepts as provisional the innate
authority of advanced levels of truth, especially if they are corroborated by
consciousness calibration. Notable is that pure spirituality has no requirements, obligations,
dependencies, attachments, neediness, or other evidence of specialness, nor
the imposition of control, such as signing up members for classes or
‘trainings’. Commitment is to the core of truth itself and is free of seduction
by proselytization or secrecies. All that is necessary are a curiosity and
attraction to truth, which is complete, total, and self-sufficient. The teachers, teachings, or groups that are found to be attractive or
meaningful depend on the stage of evolution of the seeker’s level of
consciousness at any given time. While the calibrated consciousness level
of the typical human advances an average of about five to ten points in a
lifetime, in the spiritual seeker, that rate advances much more rapidly and
may take very sudden and major leaps. Therefore, this potentiality and
likely eventuality should be prepared for in advance. The Evolutionary Journey
For the serious student, spiritual commitment changes the context of
life, which is then viewed from a different perspective. What was once
attractive and exciting may now seem superficial, shallow, irrelevant, or
even annoying; and what was previously considered to be boring is now
attractive and valued as a great opportunity. Preferences and values change,
and one may also be surprised at the strength of spiritual energies that,
when activated, can be experienced as though one has stepped into a current
that is more powerful than one had suspected. Efforts to control and
rationally regulate the process are progressively revealed to be illusory. On
the other hand, some trends that seem simple on the surface may turn out to
be resistant and tenacious. Those that at first glance appear almost
impossible may be resolved with surprisingly relative ease. It will be discovered that all experiences and phenomena have an
intrinsic value to spiritual evolution and discovery. Eventually, it becomes
necessary to simply subordinate the personal will to the process itself,
which tends to become progressively stronger. The unfolding of the life of
the serious spiritual devotee becomes increasingly orchestrated by the Self
rather than the ego/self. Former presumptions become meaningless, and
Divine Intelligence and awareness reinterpret meanings that were once
considered beyond comprehension. Thereby does the world continuously
become ‘newly born’ each instant, as by the radiance of the Self, the clouds
of illusion fade away and Essence replaces appearance. Operational Values and Principles
Along the spiritual pathway blocks and temptations appear, as well as
doubts and fears. Classically, they have been termed the ‘tests’ that arise
from the ego that does not relish relinquishment of dominion. These are
overcome by reaffirmation of goals and commitment, as well as by
reinforcing counterbalancing principles, such as dedication, tenacity,
constancy, courage, conviction, and intention. The greater the challenge, the
greater is the development of inner strength, decision, and determination. By persistence and discipline, it can be seen that temptations are options to
merely refuse rather than call for attack or negation. This is also a
consequence of the subordination of the lesser to the greater, and thus,
priority prevails by an act of the will, assisted by surrendering the personal
will to God. All the above are subsumed under the quality of devotion, which is
empowered by love and not just reason or mental comprehension. Devotion
is of the heart for, at times, it is solely by the power of the heart and Divine
Love that an obstacle can be transcended. A useful practice is to look ahead on the spiritual road and see what will
eventually have to be surrendered, such as attachments to the world and its
values. This awareness facilitates greater ease, willingness, and readiness to
surrender the attachments voluntarily. (If not now, when. ) The ‘letting go’
of materialism and worldly gain is facilitated by the realization that
everything belongs to God, and that humans have only temporary custody
or stewardship. Thus, in reality, there is no ‘my’ anything. In fact, nobody
even ‘owns’ their own body, for it belongs to the world and returns to the
world from whence it came. As a paradox, it will be noted that the ego/self
believes that it has ownership of its possessions and properties but, upon
examination, the opposite is true, that is, one is owned by their possessions
and properties, not the reverse. The capabilities that ensue from spiritual devotion and commitment are
often of greater magnitude than originally suspected, and the seemingly
‘impossible’ turns out to be ‘possible’. What seems impossible dissolves as
such if one imagines whether they could let go of an attachment if a loaded
gun were pointed at their head. One can also witness the extremes to which
humans have gone over time and in other cultures in the service of
devotion, including major deprivation, hardship, and voluntary sacrifice. Although these options may not appear during spiritual practice, their
psychological equivalents may well appear to be ‘sacrifices’. It is helpful to remember that value and attraction are in the eye of the
beholder and are not qualities of the world itself. What is imagined to be
‘out there’ stems from ‘in here’. The same applies to cherished
positionalities and seductive presumptions. There are no temptations ‘out
there’, and their attraction diminishes by simple refusal and renunciation. Religion vs. ‘Religionism’
Devotion often starts with dedication to the religion of one’s upbringing
and is therefore experienced as complete and satisfying. Faith plus worship,
prayer, and religious observances serve the needs of the majority of truly
religious people. Their faith is often augmented by selfless service or
support of humanitarian activities. The traditional pathway of religion is self-fulfilling and leads to
advanced states of consciousness and selfless saintliness that may eventuate
as dedication to the goal of Enlightenment itself, which is frequently
associated with a change of lifestyle. The downside trap of religion could best be termed ‘religionism