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I stopped looking for a cure, a fix, the secret, a plan to stop my suffering.
My shelves were full of self-help books, devoured with high hopes, always disappointed with the results.
I envisioned being healed, tried to replicate what that would feel like, then embraced the idea it would happen.
Still waiting on that plan to materialize.
A revelation occurred one day. My search of the external, finding a cure out there, was misguided.
There was nothing I could attain, accomplish or seek that would cure me.
What a paradigm change, external to internal.
I stopped searching, fortunately.
With mindfulness/meditation I found an internal way of being.
Healing was an internal journey.
All there was to life laid before me, seemingly mundane moments of daily life.
I had to realize momentary pleasure had no connection to happiness.
Sitting still in a no thought stage, brought clarity, opened my compassion center and changed my life.
All my thoughts about what healing would look like or feel like were erroneous.
It is like love. Let’s deal with love of our children.
Try to describe this pure love for your children.
Cognitive ideas and words can not touch how real love feels.
Being focused, in a no thought stage, is another thoughtless situation words can not define or understand.
Let your mind rest, let thoughts clear as you build focus, expand your compassion and chase happiness.
Mindfulness/Meditation is not an intellectual property. You can not read a book or take a class and reap its benefits.
Mindfulness/Meditation has to be practiced, we have to sit quietly with our demons.
It is the path less traveled, I am sure!
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Posted by Vihani on October 23, 2019 at 4:03 pm
Such a powerful message and I totally agree with you. No matter how much we read, listen to podcasts or watch self help videos, nothing changes until we start the inner journey. None of those things can bring us the benefits that meditation/mindfulness bring to the life.
Posted by Marty on October 23, 2019 at 4:19 pm
I agree
I was looking for an external cure, a book that would give me the secret to being happy
If those self help books worked why are so many more written
Remember the Secret
Such a hyped up book and process to change your life forever
Six months later very few practiced it