“Whether we like it or not, change comes, and the greater the resistance, the greater the pain. Buddhism perceives the beauty of change, for life is like music in this: if any note or phrase is held for longer than its appointed time, the melody is lost. Thus Buddhism may be summed up in two phrases: “Let go!” and “Walk on!” Drop the craving for self, for permanence, for particular circumstances, and go straight ahead with the movement of life.”
― Alan W. Watts, Become What You Are
(Contributed by Mr Balasunder)
Soul erosion is a gradual process—a slow, creeping, chipping away of our inner being, resulting in the inevitable death of all we know to be our truest selves. It’s a disease that begins in childhood and spreads contagiously, especially in women. Its symptoms include loss of power, authenticity, voice, and vision. Soul erosion is essentially an obliteration of our inner knowing. Each incident in which we suppress our inner truth, we engage in the erosion of our most precious treasure—our essence.
A Radical Awakening: Turn Pain into Power, Embrace Your Truth, Live Free
By Dr. Shefali Tsabary
How will we know?
– When we question all that we are – our ideas, our habits , how we judge others
– When we begin to separate the behaviours and opinions of others from their essential values
– When we begin to listen to others without criticizing, or judging; ignoring our usual filters
– When we experience a decrease in our emotions such as hatred, envy and jealousy.
– When we no longer blame others for what happens to us
– When we start to love our enemies
– When we see a little less evil, hear a little less evil, when we speak a little less evil everyday
– When we understand what we ‘are’ is more important than how we ‘appear’ to others
– When we start to perceive the beauties of existence and the good in everyone
– When self awareness and only intent , begin to reveal the ones of everything , the fleeting nature of every element of the universe and the eternity of the absolute
Dr. Shefali received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Columbia University. Specializing in the integration of Western psychology and Eastern philosophy, she brings together the best of both worlds for her clients. She is an expert in family dynamics and personal development, teaching courses around the globe. She has written four books, three of which are New York Times bestsellers, including her two landmark books The Conscious Parent and The Awakened Family.
( Recommended by Dr G)
“A Radical Awakening will be of great help to anyone who is ready to transcend the limitations of their personal as well as cultural conditioning and awaken to their true nature as the eternal presence of consciousness itself.” — Eckhart Tolle, bestselling author of A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose
The Vedanta recognises no sin, it only recognises error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta, is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that. Every time you think in that way, you, as it were, rivet one more link in the chain that binds you down, you add one more layer of hypnotism on to your own soul. Therefore, whosoever thinks he is weak is wrong, whosoever thinks he is impure is wrong, and is throwing a bad thought into the world. This we must always bear in mind that in the Vedanta there is no attempt at reconciling the present life — the hypnotised life, this false life which we have assumed — with the ideal; but this false life must go, and the real life which is always existing must manifest itself, must shine out. No man becomes purer and purer, it is a matter of greater manifestation. The veil drops away, and the native purity of the soul begins to manifest itself. Everything is ours already — infinite purity, freedom, love, and power.
Swami Vivekannda – Practical Vedanta
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