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Posted 12 years ago
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Posted 12 years ago
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Hi Kelley and Sundar, Sorry it took me so long to get back to you, Kelley. I had trouble logging in. I love what you said, “I must let go of relationship timelines, resentments, expectations, and my attempts to change another person.” This will be my new mantra! And to clarify for Sundar, our definition of our gifts was…basically, our love, expressed through our individual personalities. Our gifts would be any expression of who/what we really are, which is love. Whenever my personality is in alignment with my soul, I will have gifts of love to offer. Kelley, maybe you have another way of explaining it. Sundar, I’m excited for you. You have a treasure trove of knowledge, information and inspiration awaiting you if you start reading Eckhart Tolle. If you start with A New Earth, you can go online and watch 10, 90 minute shows where Oprah and Eckhart discuss each chapter. The shows were originally aired online in 2008 and have been archived. Enjoy! Love, |
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Posted 12 years ago
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Hi Gail, Thanks for your thoughtful response. I appreciate the support and will keep what you say in mind. I am usually pretty aware of my thoughts, so I will start paying closer attention to my energy centers and see if I can feel sensations. I do experience fatigue when I’m stressed, so maybe that’s a start. With lots of love and gratitude, |
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Posted 12 years ago
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You bring up a good point, Cheryl, and one that has me a bit perplexed. Can we really experience love and fear at the same time? Or do we go back and forth between the two? As far as scanning my energy centers goes, I rarely feel anything. I don’t usually experience pain of any kind in those energy centers and it makes me think that I must be very out of touch with my emotions. Or maybe I’m genuinely coming from a loving part of my personality! That would be lovely! If I experience anything on a physical level as a result of frightened parts of my personality being triggered, I would say I feel tired, exhausted. But I don’t generally feel anything in those energy centers. I am trying to be more conscious of them and hope to be more in touch with them in the future. Any thoughts/insights? |
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Posted 12 years ago
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Hi Cheryl, Your response to my message was amazingly well timed. I have a situation going on with a friend and I just now asked him what his intention was in sending me an email response. In this instance I am looking for clarity so that I don’t end up make an assumption. But in both cases (with my Mom and with my friend) I’m wondering if me asking about what their intentions are is coming from the loving parts of my personality or the frightened parts? Any insights? Thanks for your support, Cheryl! |
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Posted 12 years ago
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Hi Rebecca, I think it’s great that you are becoming so aware and that you are so able to put your thoughts into words. This business of creating authentic power definitely takes commitment. I think the ego self, or the frightened part of our personality, has such a strong grip on most of us that it takes a while (and lots of practice) to chip away at it. But, as Eckhart Tolle says, each time we become aware of the ego, we lessen the grip. So congratulations for being aware and chipping away at it. I’m trying to do the same in my life and believe it is so worthwhile. As Gary and Linda would say, creating authentic power is the most important work we can do. What a gift to ourselves and to the world! |
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Posted 12 years ago
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I’m here! But I’m not sure that I understand your question. Can you say it another way? |
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Posted 12 years ago
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Wow Kelley, what an interesting situation! I think your idea, to acknowledge his growth without “stroking his ego” is a good way to go. Really and truly, what difference does it make what he believes? He is entitled to believe whatever he wants to believe. He could even believe that the world is flat if he wanted to. So basically, you have a difference of opinion. He believes one thing and you believe another. Maybe you could just agree to disagree? And I guess the challenge for you would be to not judge his opinion as wrong. That way you could keep/hold your truth and still come from love. Who knows, maybe he’s developed psychic powers and can really see into the future! Stranger things have happened, I’m sure. So how do you keep/hold your truth without toppling his? You can’t topple his. It’s not possible. Only he can do that. You can’t create in another person’s reality. You can only create in your own reality. You are responsible for your life, just as he is responsible for his life. So if you are bothered by his beliefs, that’s not his doing, that’s your doing. You are the one choosing to be bothered. You could also choose to let it go, just let him have his belief and realize that that’s all it is, a belief. Then you would be free to be loving toward him, without judgement or defensiveness. BTW, do people tell you that you look like Demi Moore? |
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Posted 12 years ago
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Hi Cheryl, Thanks for your thoughtful response. This course is really waking me up to so much! I also very much appreciate the connection to others who are similarly motivated. It is very reinforcing and inspiring! Now I can see how often in the past my intention has not been from love and I must say, I’m a bit shocked. I also am more conscious of the intentions of others. I was in a conversation yesterday with my mom and she suggested doing something that I knew would be hurtful to my sister. I asked her what her intention was and she got really stuck and flustered, perhaps realizing that her intention did not come from love. She threatened to hang up on me and I calmly said she could do that. In the past I would have felt upset by her threat, and probably resisted it, adding fuel to the fire, so to speak. But this time I remained calm and loving. I shifted the conversation to something lighter and then we said goodbye. Quite a different result than I would have experienced in the past! I’m encouraged too that my husband showed some interest in the course yesterday and has noticed the changes in me since starting it. I am so glad I was able to take it! Thanks again for writing back. It feels great to have someone to share these ideas with. Love, Mary |