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Has it ever bothered you that it is so easy for others to "piss" you off?
Your secret, embarrassing sensitivity to others will eventually kill you.
Once we respond to any cruelty and allow ego to feast on resentment we automatically lose our footing, becoming sensitized and subject to our surroundings.
Now we can no longer make right choices. Someone or something is in control. It could be a boss, a spouse, a parent even someone we call "friend" who we think of as confidant. Each and every one of these are sources of stress and offer temptations to permit anger into our psyche.
The moment we accept the charge of anger the ego gorges on the bitter energy of resentment and enlarges. It becomes gross and unwieldy. Unmanageable. This is a form of preconditioning and no matter how hard we try to break ourselves free of this increasing sensitivity we remain bound. We become attached to the forces of our own bitterness, exhibiting impatience onto others - including those we purport to 'love'.
Eventually even innocents become a threat and we respond with anger to those who mean us no harm at all; who do not deserve our inner wrath and secret judging. It makes us depressed and even physically ill. *
Breaking free from self-will through the sheer force of will is a spiritual oxymoron.Instead of relying upon intuition and inspiration, moving out of spiritual power instead of selfishness, we become less human and rely more and more upon sensual instincts and nervous energy - like animals in the wild.
If we could develop a loyalty to our God vision, experienced in the dispassionate, quiet place where grace is, we would truly know what it means to be freed from the bondage of 'self'. We might unhitch from the wagon of the inferior ‘self' and onto a superior star – a divine source of power. We have been given a way to do just that. It comes through separating from the alien, false self (ego) and seeing "It" for what it is.
When we do that simple thing and nothing more, "It" flees and we are free.
That you do not enjoy the unstable, excited state of unsettled discontent and anxiety that accompanies your own response to your tormentors is your personal proof that a loving God calls you 'back'.
What you have always thought of as your ‘self’ has not been you at all and you can now begin to see that by being free from this impostor “self” you will also be finally be free of your slavery to the people, places and things; even alcohol.
You can do so without struggle - finding true peace with the world and with your Creator.Meditation, using the very special technique helps us to separate from the self - without inserting anything else back in; no doctrine, no suggestions, no affirmations - just objective awareness - allows us to develop strength. This strength is the 'daily bread' that supplies us with an otherwise elusive energy to sit still long enough and to live still enough for that 'call' to catch up and save us from our 'self'.
We experience spiritual, emotional, mental and physical health. Free at least!
Peace and Love,
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