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Gregg Braden
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May 21 - September 7, 2020
“By forgiving, you are accepting the reality of what happened
If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.
USE: A reminder that we harbor a force within us whose expression has the power to heal us, yet whose repression has the power to destroy us.
“I forgive them for killing my parents, for robbing me of the rest of my family, for taking my childhood from me, for turning my life into hell, for creating nightmares that accompanied me every night in the past 60 years. In my name—and only in my name—I forgive them for all those horrific acts.” Kor described how her life changed in the presence of her forgiveness, stating, “As I did that [the act of forgiveness], I felt a burden of pain was lifted from me.
From the time of our childhood and through our experiences in life, we’ve often felt—we’ve perceived—that it’s not safe to reveal our love in the world.
These often subtle patterns may be masked as socially acceptable patterns of lifestyle and include, but are not limited to, intimate relationships, the chronic quest for power, needless spending of money, the chronic quest for control, living in lack, the chronic need to work to make money, the chronic
obsession with sex, and chronic illness.
The jewel that is present in the abyss of addiction is that the consequences that are suffered do not happen overnight. They unfold gradually over a period of time. And in doing so, we are given ample opportunities to recognize and heal the thinking underlying the addiction.
When we heal the distorted perceptions at the root of our suffering, all that remains is our love.
If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you.
the key is to consider the object of our forgiveness from the objectivity of the heart, rather than the polarity of the brain.
Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. — YEHUDA BERG, RABBI
Dead Sea Scroll known as the Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice, scholars summarize the content, stating that they imply,
“What happens on earth is but a pale reflection of that greater, ultimate reality.”
electrons change from particles into waves of energy just from the act of being observed—because someone is looking at them.
old word observer simply has to be crossed off the books, and we must put in the new word participator.”
electron—just focusing our awareness upon what that electron is doing for even an instant in time—changes its properties during the time we are looking.
the very act of observation is an act of creation,
we can no longer think of ourselves merely as onlookers who have no effect on the world that we are observing.
we are like artists expressing our deepest passions, fears, and desires through the living essence of a mysterious quantum canvas.
when we disturb the tranquility of the Tao through our judgments that its harmony eludes us.
we find ourselves enmeshed in feelings of anger and separation, the text offers guidelines to remedy this condition. To come directly into harmony with this reality just simply say when doubt arises, “Not two.” In this “not two” nothing is separate, nothing is excluded.
Moses asks for greater clarity as to precisely who he is speaking
with on Mount Sinai so he can answer the questions that are sure to arise when his followers ask him about his encounter.
The Universal Field does not judge the appropriateness of what we give it to reflect. It doesn’t know about the goodness or badness, the rightness or wrongness of what we feed it. It’s simply a mirror. And just as the bathroom mirror honestly reflects our appearance when we venture a first look in the morning, the Field honestly reflects the views and beliefs that we hold through our relationships,
Like the childlike empress
quality of health, and success in the world.
if we’ve truly done the very best that we are capable of in the moment, then we can only be successful.
feel the feeling of the outcome that you are stating, using as many senses as possible: feel the gratitude and joy of the outcome manifest, hear the sound of your own voice in the presence of your outcome manifest, see the outcome clearly in your mind’s eye, and so on.
Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories. — ROGER C. SCHANK, COGNITIVE SCIENTIST
“Who are we . . . but the stories we tell about ourselves, particularly if we accept them?”
our brains are literally “wired” for stories and storytelling as a way to recall vital information.
“Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.”
the story illustrates a life situation in a way that helps us to learn from someone else’s experience, to heal from an experience, or to avoid the consequences of a difficult situation.
Sometimes a compromise can be as simple as a young girl conforming to the desire of her father and brothers to watch a war movie rather than the love story she would have chosen because she’s outnumbered by males in the household. A constant
pattern of feeling discounted in a family of origin often translates later in life to feeling unheard in the workplace or in friendships and relationships.
Sometimes we compromise something much deeper, such as when we “give in” and agree to do something that our deepest inst...
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Because we share our love, compassion, and care willingly, these are also the parts of us that are most vulnerable to being lost, innocently given away, or taken from us by those who have power over us.
reasons for our loss can be described on a spectrum that ranges from compromising ourselves by “giving in” to unreasonable demands to appease family anger to ensuring
our very survival by participating in unhealthy and sometimes even illegal practices to feel safe in a relationship.
Make it a point to become mindful of the people whom you feel good being around.
What am I? How am I? Am I? Am I not?
Suppose a man is struck by a poisoned arrow and the doctor wishes to take out the arrow immediately. Suppose the man does not want the arrow removed until he knows who shot it, his age, his parents, and why he shot it. What would happen? If he were to wait until all these questions have been answered, the man might die first.
The consequence of delaying a difficult decision is that we give ourselves fewer options to choose among.
The questioning allows the man to put off what is sure to be a painful process—to procrastinate when it comes to the procedure of removing the arrow.
the consequence of delaying the procedure puts the man’s life in increasing danger. The prudent thing to do is to remedy the danger and remove the arrow immediately so that the healing can begin.
We don’t need to know about an abusive partner’s childhood, previous relationships, or health challenges to know that what is happening in the moment isn’t good for us.
from the one-mind of your heart, rather than from the polarity of your mind.
our potential to heal, and to love ourselves into healing, and for expressing her vision
relationship between the human heart and the magnetic fields of the Earth.
“Words can light fires in the minds of men . . .” Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind (New York: DAW Books, 2007).
