beejaay:
after a while on this journey,u will suddenly see no reason to respond or react to issues here,u will see them for what they are and u stop being judgemental. living in the now for a minutes is more profound and unquantifiable to any description of joy from anywhere or thing,not even the heaven description

beejaay:
Wish am a gud writer,would av love to share so many things.after u are through with this book pls take tao te ching and flip tru.

I think you can share with us.
It's not necessary that you write so well.
Those who will catch your drift will....and even elaborate on it.


Hello Khachee
I saw you viewing

MizMyColi:


It feels like I've caught a rhema.

Silence without, stillness within.
You have entered the unmanifested.

Reminds me of a place in scripture - "stand still and know that he is God".

beejaay:
truth is underneath all layers of labelling in all religions lies the profound truth.after sometimes in this ur journey u will realize that all religions and believe systems from islam,xtianity,judism,taoism and even atheism are all the same thing but with different form of attachment and interpretation..above,below and beyound all of their labelling and attachment lies a simple truth PEACE and that can only be achieved by being in the now.with religions being corrupted atheism is closer to that peace than theism

MizMyColi:


It's happening already sir.
It is.
There is a thread on FP where I was cursed like kilode.

If only the world knew my reaction in the private confines of my bedroom.
I know it sounds weird, but I won't say what happened to me here.
Even as I remember now, there is a peace and quiet which has filled me.

You get to that point in living life where negativity and negative forces can no longer survive around the force field which anchors you.

I don't always get it right, but I'm making progress and that's a good thing.

beejaay:
many people would av waited for u to respond with ur own abuse but will be hurt,remoursful,sad wen it wasnt forthcoming.u gave them a gift of presence and u receive a gift of peace..

MizMyColi:


Thank you!
Because an atheist has assumed a form of formlessness.

He has detached his sense of being an purpose to some future where he will be burnt in fire or rewarded in an utopia.

Unlike most of us, he has freed himself from the sickness of memory and anticipation.

Unconsciously, they have discovered that Now is all we have, and we need to make the best of it.

MizMyColi:


Lol

I learnt earlier that pain inflicted on others is pain inflicted on self.
So why bother?

MizMyColi:


It's all in the mind my dear."heaven" can be seen and felt in the here and now.

Many people are now learning to live in the present moment. Away from the dictates of time, and the mind.

All we have is now.
In the now.
All is well, our needs are taken care of.
We are not beguiled by the antics of memory and anticipation.

MizMyColi:

I think you can share with us. It's not necessary that you write so well. Those who will catch your drift will....and even elaborate on it.

Hello Khachee I saw you viewing

McSterling:

I've tried mindfulness taya but for wia! My mind likes to wander too fucking much. It's so crazy in here.

khachee:


Hi miz...i was just passing by, no church today?

Beht I'm in church na

MizMyColi:


Beht I'm in church na

khachee:

Ohh..
This is your church, i love this kind of church...

I was looking for a religious article to read so i decided to come here, nairaland is full of atheist and subconciously, i am begining to reason like a free thinker

Way to go gurl!

Btw, I like your siggy die.

MizMyColi:

Way to go gurl !

Btw, I like your siggy die.

khachee:

Thanks....

Btw...i'm the exact opposite of the bolded

My apologies

MizMyColi:

My apologies

khachee:


No probz.....Accepted....

Hope you having a wonderful day

Yes o
About to take breakfast now.

MizMyColi:

Yes o About to take breakfast now.

khachee:

Need i ask for what you taking?..

In a normal naija setting, my guess is 'sunday' rice

MizMyColi:


Naaa.
Crackers and Tea.
Lols

MizMyColi:


First recognise that you are not your mind. You are not subject to its dictate.

Identifying with your mind is what produces ego and the egoic self. That's a false sense of self.
Your true sense of self lies in being.

Stop letting yourself get beguiled with the antics of memory and anticipation.
Just be.
You now is enough. You now is all that matters.

Try watching your mind as an outer witness.
Try to observe yourself from without your mind.
Try observing your thought process and the reason you feel the way you do per time.

McSterling:

I've tried mindfulness taya but for wia! My mind likes to wander too fucking much. It's so crazy in here.

beejaay:
stop trying and instead watch and observe the wandering.dont try to alter it,just be the watcher.its a gradual process

greaterlove:
Thank you mizmycoli for this thread. Like mcsterling pointed out, the mind wanders so much, so so much. It becomes even louder when you try to be in the now. It's like you are fighting a war you can't win. You make some progress sometimes and you are happy, then you get carried away, but after you find yourself arguing with a lagos taxi driver or bus conductor over change or a construction worker at your site, you start asking yourself why did I stoop so low.
Happy I have met my fellow travelers . Hope to learn more from you guys experiences.

nice meeting you too

Well, in reality, we have to be patient with ourselves.
It is foolhardy to think that we can unlearn all that we've learned within a span of 2-3 decades in one month or year.

What matters now is that you are now present, that you have attained a higher degree of awareness.

Just like Apostle Paul says...
We leave thoose things which are behind and we press towards the mark.

1 second ago is the past. Make peace with it. This is now. Now is all we have. What are we going to make of it?

This morning....
Someone called me to remind me of something which I oughtn't be reminded of...
Before now, I'd begin to fret and anticipate the worse. Heck I'd lose weight just thinking about how I would be shouted on.

But not today.
As a result of what I'd learned in this book, I was calm. I didn't expect anything. Even if I clearly understood what awaited me, I chose to live in the moment.

Well, it turned out that if I had allowed my fears stop me from doing all that I had to do in the morning, it would have been for nothing.

Was I reprimanded?
Yes.
Was it in the way I would normally envisage?
No.
How do I feel this moment?
Okay.

The reason I'm sharing this is to let us know that no one can claim to have arrived yet as it pertains full divinity, mistakes are allowed, failings are allowed, but just know that you will get there.

For where there's a will, there's a way.

Mindfulness:
@beejaay

I am not sure whether I am right or wrong but you seem to have some experience with the techniques Mr Tolle talks about so I would like to ask you a question:

How do you deal with aversion? Any experience in this area?
I have never been more peaceful but on some days I feel a very strong aversion to some people, three to be precise.
I am trying to let it be, to accept it but it seems to intensify.

beejaay:


sorry for the late response

you should simply allow yourself to feel whatever it is your body want to feel without judging it.....trying to control it is guilt in itself which is like allowing the mind to take control of you through the back door....the whole concept of SURRENDER rest on acceptance; to accept every situation as if you have chosen it while observing how ur mind react to the aversed situations...this however doesnt mean you wont do nything to change the situation, rather you will be awake while trying to change the situation without being inaundated with the ishness of the averse moments.......

when we realize that nothing anyone do or say is becasue of you but rather becasue of their own world view and understanding which is now being projected towards us.....