In Search of Guidance...

[Goddess950]

Hello!!
I actually found this site while looking through blogs on awakening. It's only been a few months for me but, for as long as I can remember, I've always felt things were not as they seem. In these past few months, my intuition has been my guide...and since it led me here, I feel I'm on the right path (for greater understanding of the true nature of my being). Despite some underlying anxiety (why? I have no clue...), I feel I'm ready for some guidance. If you're interested, I'd appreciate your attention....Much love to all of us<3

[Cam-RT]

Hello and Welcome!

By what name do you prefer to be called?...You know, to make this a more "personal" conversation...

Now I do have one little rule...That when I ask you questions, please answer when ready,  with complete honesty, precisely, and what you "feel" is 100% true...

One more important thing to ask is, that whatever teachings, beliefs or spiritual practices, you have acquired along your journey till now; Please put them aside until this conversation is over. They are of NO use here...You can revisit them later if you wish...

Commitment is the key here... Seeing this will take a little time but if you don't perform "The Work" daily this will undoubtably take far longer than it should...

And please check in and let me know where you're at...

Okay first question...

What expectations  do you have from becoming Liberated?

And next before I go is...

What comes up when I say..."There is no separate entity "Self" in real life at all??

[Goddess950]

Hi there Cam and thank you for responding!!

My name is Rebecca but most others I know call me Becca.

I agree to always answer your questions with 100% honesty and will also set aside all spiritual beliefs and whatnot for the time being. As far as commitment goes, when it comes to something that intrigues me or that 'feels' right, I become boarderline obsessed...so, will do.

My only expectation from becoming liberated is to see the truth. To see beyond whatever illusions exist in my mind.

In response to your quote, I feel very little surprise, as I've suspected this for some time now...yet, I still feel confused as to why I think I'm seperate.

[Goddess950]

*separate....: )

[Cam-RT]

Goodmorning Rebecca...

Okay, now we're going to address how thoughts and feelings coincide within the body and how the body will help guide you to finding and seeing the "Self" as it really is...

The mind, in addition to being an incredible processing and storage device, is also a labeling machine that labels experience as soon as perception happens.

Here's how it occurs...

Thought triggers feeling, feeling gets labeled---New trigger---Feeling gets more intense ---More labels--->Vicious feedback loop...

This is what go's on endlessly when " I " is at the centre...

Now I want you to think of a uncomfortable thought...(The more negative the better.)  Pick a couple, (You know those reoccurring ones that really bug you.)

Do you feel how the body reacts when these thoughts are revisited??

It's that physical connection that we are going to focus on and practice; Remember the body doesn't lie...When the body feels threatened it will react to protect itself...Same as if someone was to threaten to "hit" you and the reflex that follows to protect the body.... You'll notice the same reaction or "connection" with other negative thoughts / feelings like...
Anger,  frustration, sadness, depression, impatients, anxiety  etc...

Now, let's take this a step further...When you feel the body react, bring this thought up close, look...(with "laser focus") deep inside and behind this thought...

What's driving these thoughts?
What's in control??

[Goddess950]

Hi there...
When my body begins to feel this way, it seems as though my emotions take control...bringing more uncomfortable thoughts related to the initial trigger, which, in turn, brings EVEN more intense emotions into the equation. In response to my body's reaction to negative thoughts/situations, my mind seems to go off on a tangent, thus, intensifying the feelings attached to it.

So...thoughts bringing about more thoughts??? Normally, I'd say 'I'm the one in control here' BUT...now I'm not sure :/ (confused)

[Cam-RT]

In response to my body's reaction to negative thoughts/situations, my mind seems to go off on a tangent, thus, intensifying the feelings attached to it.

Think about it, thoughts are energy and feed on more thoughts ( energy ) to survive...The Self needs this energy and connection to maintain the illusion...

We're not here to ignore or destroy this illusion...Just to see it for what "IT" is....

So bring these thoughts up close...Push through them...What's behind it all??