We Choose Which is Real

It's like love is the reality,

but there is the dream of fear.

Kinda like parallel universes.

As we begin to awaken from the dream of fear

and begin to see love,

it's like we can fly.

Nothing is impossible.

Christina Gonzalez Daharry 

Which is real?

Which is the illusion?

When I was hooked on drugs and/or alcohol . . .

When I’ve looked to other things (or people) as a means of escape

From fear or pain . . .
Often, what appeared attractive and enticing
Was only a beautiful shimmery veil

Obscuring what would ultimately bring death and darkness

Drugs were my golden little secret

Sweet . . . delectable

Offering the taste of a better reality

Filled with sparkles and color

Warmth
 and a forgetful mind

Sometimes I was aware of the flimsy veil

Hiding what was true

Most times I chose not to.

Preferring the lie

We look to our eyes, minds and feelings

For understanding and truth
Sometimes, we're shown the dark veil of fear
Covering what is good and true

The Real is known best by the

Innermost part of us.

Beyond words

In the place of deep knowing

When I listen carefully to that voice within

When I encourage my eyes to look past

The illusions of fear

and the pretty lies

I see that Love is the heart of all

Love is the center

The essence

The foundation

Of what is . . .

We choose

In the span of an hour or two

I can transition from deep despair and fear

To singing at the top of my lungs for joy

My focus jumps back and forth

Between dream and real

Between the concrete world and the spiritual plane . . .

We needn’t focus on the veils;
glittery distractions or fears that absorb hope

We need only live here

In the golden light

Of Love
The lies and fears are only shadows
Appearing (and feeling) real
Love is always present
Always real

Much of the time

I don’t live what I've just written

Frequently, I run to that enticing shiny bauble or veil

I am learning to stay

To trust

To know

That Love’s hand is working

Within me

My deepest self knows

Is overjoyed

And more and more often

Joy overflows to the rest of me

In conclusion, I’ll share a few words from the Moody Blues

(not in exact order)

Cold hearted orb

That rules the night

Removes the colours

From our sight

Red is gray and

Yellow white

But we decide

Which is right

and

Which is an Illusion

And I love you, yes I love you,

Oh how I love you, oh how I love you.

The universe sings to you

Love, who made all, sings to you

I love you, yes I love you

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Loving Truth. It works!

It took about 24 hours to get past my emotions (fear . . . anger . . . )

But, then I was able to listen to my heart

Get to what my truth was  . . .

Verbalize in a loving, direct (adult) manner . . .

and Voila!

My truth connected with the other person

And I was able to learn some of what their truth is

So freeing 

Truth

Truth . . . Reality . . . What is

Seeing and knowing these

Frees the soul

This differs greatly

From believing you know The Truth

And hitting someone over the head with it

I've done this to others . . . 

Had it done to me . . . 

It can involve things spiritual, nutritional, medical, etc.

Once we're convinced of something

We often want to share our excitement and wisdom with others

Whether they're interested or not

Usually attempting to persuade

Unless I'm looking or asking for direction on something

I'm probably not going to change my point of view

No matter how many times or how creatively you say it to me

No matter how many "facts" you have to support your claim

No matter how emotional you get with your repeated attempts to convince!

You can only change you

I can only change me

The best way to help me

Is walk alongside me

Love me

Respect me (and my beliefs)

Share what you are learning and experiencing . . .

Trust I'll see what I need to see

Learn what I need to learn

True change happens from the inside out

Love responds to love

Deep calls to deep

One seeking truth will recognize truth

Will resonate with it

Not my job to change another soul

That's Love's department

Not my place to judge another's soul

Love knows.  Love will guide.

When I am feeling bound, stuck, lost . . .

I need to look for the truth I'm living from

Speak it.  Share it.

I will thus learn the greater truth.

Speak the truth in love.

Whatever truth you know

Speak, speak, speak!

And receive.

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Easier Said Than Done

 

First some words of wisdom from Eckhart Tolle . . .

Do you really need to mentally label every sense perception and experience?  

Do you really need to have a reactive like/dislike relationship with life . . . ?

Or is that just a deep-seated mental habit that can be broken?

Surrender is surrender to this moment,

not to a story through which you interpret this moment 

and then try to resign yourself to it.

Things are as they are

What is, is.

Can you accept the isness of this moment

and not confuse it with a story the mind has created around it?

. . . .

 It was so easy to write my last post . . . 

In real life, dwelling in the truth that "nothing is personal"

can be an extraordinary challenge!

Where are the lines?  

When am I allowing the other

to simply be themselves without judgment?

And when am I being co-dependent and unhealthy

(by stuffing my true feelings)?

Love and honesty need to be part of the package

Speak your truth . . . listen . . . 

Really listen . . .

And listen to your heart

(not your emotions . . . they can certainly cloud things)

This seems the best path toward learning the heart of the matter.

Separating ourselves from the story we've built around another's actions.

Huge part of the puzzle! 

I always want to ascribe meanings to things!

Ugh!  

And, we do best to accept ourselves as we are!

Even, or especially, when we are not being accepting of another.

When we are listening to our stories, rather than letting things be.

Most, if not all, of the happenings in our lives don't need to be labeled "good" or "bad"

They just are.

I have a goal to stop labeling . . . defining . . . judging . . . 

Situations and people in this way.

To stop projecting my fears and preconceptions onto others.

Let everything be.

I'm rambling a bit on this one.  Feeling challenged to live in the place of surrender and trust;  trust that things will be clear when and if they need to be.

(and not liking it one bit!)

Feel free to share any insights you might have!

Leave Life alone.  Let it be.

Eckhart Tolle

Quotes from Stillness Speaks, by Eckhart Tolle

Nothing is Personal

Don't Take Anything Personally: 

Nothing others do is because of you. 

What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, 

their own dream. 

When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, 

you won't be the victim of needless suffering. 

♥ Love & Let it Go Always!♥

Not taking something personally, 

does not mean hardening the heart.
It means accepting a person where they are; as they are.

Everything must happen within love and grace.

Toward self

Toward others

My habit throughout life

Has been to feel self loathing

Whenever I've realized I've done "wrong". 

Whenever I've not done as I "should" . . .

not fit into expectations; real or imagined.

Not just after the fact, but during the fact

Whenever I am choosing what I think is not best

Automatic self loathing . . . self punishment.

Here's something I truly believe.

Each of us does our best at any given moment.

Even when it seems a clearly bad decision;

an unkind, unloving action or word . . . 

Even then . . .

There is some reason we feel unable to behave differently.

When I castigate myself for being stupid, unloving, selfish, etc.

I draw myself further from what is right and good.

Withdrawing love from myself

Results in self focus, self pity . . . paralysis

No change for the better.

The truth is . . . I'm punishing myself for being human.

For being a perfectly imperfect human being.

(what else could I be?)

If I, instead, smile at my precious self

With unconditional love

Welcoming the hurt parts of myself

Into conscious acceptance

I am then free to change . . .

To heal

to let go of all that is harmful to me and others

A simple letting go of what I no longer need

or desire

As I love myself in this manner

I am able to love others more fully, as well.

When I smile at your precious, human self

When I lovingly accept all of you,

Not giving into defensiveness and hurt,

you are freed to change

To let go of what is harming you and others.

It is human nature to protect and fight, when attacked.

To hold onto what is threatened.

(even when we really don't want what we're holding!)

The less I threaten you

The less you'll feel a need to defend, explain

and hold onto that which troubles you and others.

Why do I do what I do?

I long for love

I long for freedom

I long to be special

(don't we all?)

I long to be a channel of love to others

These things I know.

When I make choices that do not draw me closer to Love

I am believing some lie

I am trying to manipulate reality 

I'm off track.  

Condemnation from self or others

Only drives me further into the lie.

Love draws me to love.  

Love leads to love.

The only good and true law.

Love.

Love always.

Release of judgement

Releasing judgement of another is actually releasing judgement of yourself. 

By the practice of loving yourself, 

you free yourself of judgement and criticism, 

developing wholesome quality of mind, 

aligned with your Heart. 

Love always...

From Live Laugh Love

This speaks to not living under law . . . under or within rules . . . 

for relationship . . . for life . . .

We are free to love and be loved

Free to give and be given to

Without the need for judgement

in the guise of self defense

I choose to walk within the stream of love

or I choose to climb onto the safety of the bank

watching love flow by

separate from others

separate from self

Each choice has consequences

The more closely I walk with Love . . .

The more I am filled by 

and immerse myself

within

Love . . .

I need not fear.

Insecurity and uncertainty

Have no place

In pure, complete Love

We are all children of God

Splashing around in this sea of life

There is one Sun above us

To warm our faces and our souls

As long as we look upward

And connect with our Source

There is no fear

When we look to each other

For sustenance

Fear enters . . .

Disenchantment and disillusionment follow.

There is only one Source

Release judgement of all others.

Let go of expectations and hopes

For perfect love

From a fellow sea swimmer

Delight in our shared sea of humanity

Delight in the promise of love and light

Look within.

The Source is there

Raise your face to the Sun

Return the smile beaming down on you

As long as we look in the right places

For what we desire

We will not be disappointed

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Law: I see it now

Worries and fears plague me

Swallow up beautiful moments

Shadow times of pleasure

Darken the windows of my soul

What is the weight that so often burdens?

Where do those niggling little worries come from?

Little worms that squirm and wiggle around

Inside my head . . . my belly . . . my heart . . .

Remember.  Remember!

There is no fear in love!

No fear in Love!

Those little worries are searching for their boundaries

The darkness in my chest turns in on itself

In the confusion of not knowing where I belong;

Not knowing if I’m measuring up . . .

There are no boundaries to be found

I have been programmed . . .

Have programmed myself

To believe that I live under law;

That there are certain rules, which must be kept

In order to have value

As a human being  

There is no law!

Actually, there is one law

Love


I thought I was past all this!
Determined and sneaky
My subconscious
My rule keeper

If I remain within this law paradigm

My soul will continue to look for walls and boxes

Within which to live . . .

Will always feel uneasy

At not knowing the rules

Deep, deep paradigm

Much has been chipped away

The foundations remain

Rock solid veins

Run throughout

Body and Soul

I send Love

To flow through these spaces

Crumble and wash away

The final vestiges

of

Law

Burden

Guilt

Fear

Lies

Leaving clear spaces

Where love and truth will flow

Rules and guidelines

Were my drug

I turned to them to feel safe and secure

I stayed within the boxes I knew

Inside my small, safe places

Protected from the dangerous unknown

Artificial

Flimsy

Nothings

That I clung to for life

and meaning

Ha!

There are no walls!

Life is an open field

No direction off limits

I choose.

I can choose Love

or not

But, I am free to choose;

To draw nearer and nearer

to the Me who was meant to be

The Me I long to be

Free to love

and be loved

And no matter what I choose

My value is great

My validity unquestioned

For I am Beloved

Always

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