to have or to be
Posted by Zimmerman Stein in being, choice, clarity, feelings, freedom, having, health, hoarding, honesty, ideas, letting go, love, peace, possessions, self-expression, self-respect, stuff, things, understanding
to have or not to have are the same thing: pretend letting go.
having can be things or people or ideas or feelings.
having things like: freedom, self-expression, peace of mind, choice, happiness, strength, health, love, clarity, simplicity, understanding, honesty, self-respect, generosity, compassion.
wanting that stuff is attachment, not being. i see how i'm really being when that stuff is threatened or not respected or taken advantage of or pushed to the limit or abused.
being is unlimited and unconditional
hoarding & pretend letting go
Posted by Zimmerman Stein in acceptance, acknowledgment, attachment, control, growth, health, hoarding, honesty, judgment, letting go, lie, life, love, unconditional
hoarding feelings and pretend letting go are the same thing. just like you can get rid of stuff all the time without actually letting go of stuff. "out of sight out of mind" is the same as "sweeping it under the rug."
at first it seems like a guage might be to ask myself, "how attached am i to the stuff i won't get rid of?" except that if i'm getting rid of stuff without actually letting go, then my answer is a lie.
actually letting go does not happen without acknowledging my attachment to the stuff and does not happen without love. sometimes the stuff might want to stay. acceptance is unconditional. i am not the judge. accepting my relationship to feelings is healing and growth. everything else is about controlling my life and my world. and there's no love there. and no honesty.
all things in my life are love.
be for real
Posted by Zimmerman Stein in anger, authentic, being, control, criticism, denial, direct, distraction, fake, fear, graceful, hoarding, honey, innocence, letting go, life, real, repression, sugar, sweet
being nice and feeling sweet is a fake happiness.
a healthy diet is not based on honey or sugar.
when i act this way it is to avoid reality, to avoid real life.
it is distraction and not authentic.
it's a way of holding on and hoarding all the stuff i don't want to feel.
it is a way of controlling myself and the people around me. it pushes down and denies life.
my anger builds and is stored in this way. hidden anger that is revealed in violent outbursts.
my criticism of others is evidence of this denied anger.
being real is being present to my feelings and others feelings without judgment.
it seems brave and daring to me, but that's because i believe that i fear feelings and judgments.
Yogi Bhajan - "be direct, innocent, and graceful."
unconditional love is a healthy mind
Posted by Zimmerman Stein in acceptance, control, encouragement, fix, friends, growth, health, honesty, improvement, judgment, letting go, pollution, support, unconditional
unconditional love doesn't judge.
unconditional love is acceptance.
unconditional love doesn't help another person grow.
unconditional love is supportive and encouraging.
unconditional love doesn't try to improve or fix a relationship.
unconditional love sees the relationship as unique and ok as is.
honesty formed out of judgments is still pollution.
it looks like caring, but it's really a form of control.
i might want to help a friend, but only use supportive thoughts.
chakra clearing yoga
Posted by Zimmerman Stein in anger, chakra, hoarding, ignorance, jealousy, lazy, letting go, neediness, pride
root - anger - cultivate kindness
sex - neediness (hoarding) - cultivate generosity
navel - ignorance - cultivate wisdom
heart - jealousy - cultivate compassion
throat - excessive pride -
3rd eye -
crown - laziness/sloth - cultivate action, on point
unconditional love is a healthy mind
Posted by Zimmerman Stein in acceptance, anger, attachment, blame, demands, expectation, friends, guilt, hope, hurt, judgment, letting go, love, non-violence, personal, responsibility, right wrong, surrender, unconditional
taking things personally is the opposite of unconditional love.
i want to be loved unconditionally.
acceptance is non-attachment.
letting go means letting go of all attachment - not just letting go of hurt and anger and negatives, but also positives like hope and desire and passion and love itself.
unconditional love is exactly how i would like to be treated.
taking responsibility means anytime that i judge, every time! that i judge, i take responsibility for it.
don't ask others to clean up their act or be better friends. and if i do, then take responsibility. watch for this when feeling hurt or angry or judgmental.
i can ask for time to express my feelings or i can even ask to express my judgments. but expecting it as a right, demanding it, is blame (guilt turned outward against the people that i love).
all expectation is a form of attachment.
all taking things personally, all getting hurt is a form of attachment.
all right and wrong (judgment) is a form of attachment.
there is no love in attachment.
non-violence is complete surrender and total acceptance.
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