September 26, 2008
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What do you think is the best cure for stress?
Stress is not something that just happens to us. Stress is a reaction we choose to experience when we fail to accept reality.
By accepting reality, remembering that “what is, is”, by living fully in the moment–in other words, by heeding the wisdom of Jesus–”give no thought to the morrow. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof”–one will not experience stress.
To expand upon this a bit–everything is connected. This is some of the oldest and most profound wisdom the human race has come up with, and has been expressed many different ways by many different people over the millennia. And we create our own reality. Thus, whatever happens is a result of a sort of conspiracy among not only all of us, but also all of the universe. When you resist anything that happens, you are not just trying to float upstream, you are fighting against the collective power of all of existence. No wonder it gets tiresome.
What you resist, persists. You push away what you want, and you attract what you fear.
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Comments (8)
you’re so wise (as always)
love ya, big bro
All true, except I don’t really ‘get’ the last sentence, in particular the mechanism at play. The rest has been confirmed through personal experience and self-observation + Buddhist ideas and practices.
But I wouldn’t say we all “choose” to experience stress, because so many people aren’t aware of where their stress is coming from or how to “avoid” it. If they don’t know what’s going on or how to stop it, it’s largely outside of their control.
no comment on the above…but Kathy sent me. Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!
They say it’s your birthday! Happy birthday to ya! Ah! A man of the Butterfly Clan as the Medicine Wheel spins. Both my son’s are from the Butterfly Clan. Excellent company to keep! Celebrate you!
A very Happy Birthday to you!
You have no idea who I am, but Happy Birthday!!!!
I think you may know what you’re talking about in your own head, but your writing style comes accross as patronising and as a huge attempt to be poetic. Every sentence you wrote was hugely ambigious and therefore too many messages could potentially be taken, this left me quite lost as to what you were really saying. Your last sentence made no sence at all. Look; i want a sandwhich, do i push it away? no i make one! lol.
Nice effort, theres some nice poetry in there.