Premma

Life as it is. Love this by Portia Nelson.

CHAPTER 1

I walk down the street.
There's a deep hole in the sidewalk.
And I fall in.
I am lost. I am helpless. It isn't my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.

CHAPTER 2

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it. I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in the same place.
But it isn't my fault.
It takes a long time to get out.

CHAPTER 3

I walk down the same street and there is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it there, and still I fall in.
It's a habit.
But my eyes are open and I know where I am.
It is my fault and I get out immediately.

CHAPTER 4

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.

CHAPTER 5

I walk down a different street.

If you are interested in really going deep into the many ways we contribute to our own pain and suffering and how to free ourselves from our egoic mind, Michael Singer is a wonderful place to start. I've recommended his books over and over and over again. Here is an excerpt from "The Untethered Soul."

If you mistreat an animal, it becomes afraid. This is what has happened to your psyche. You have mistreated it by giving it a responsibility that it INCOMPREHENSIBLE. Just stop for a moment and see what you have given your mind to do.

Rest In Peace Hans van Latenstein. Thank you for teaching us about Nityananda.

'Nityananda means eternal bliss. It is the divine bliss that vibrates throughout the entire creation and is always expanding. When we helplessly drown in the ocean of eternal happiness the madness of divine love is constantly overwhelming. Nityananda is the portal and guru of all gurus. We experience Nityananda and we relate to Nityananda all at the same time. When we have Nityananda at the steering wheel we are in for our wildest spiritual adventure. It is so easy: allow Nityananda to be the main vibration during your meditation and it all starts to happen automatically...'

~Hans van Latenstein. July 15th 2013.

“Making assumptions and then taking them personally is the beginning of hell in this world. Almost all of our conflicts are based on this, and it’s easy to understand why. Assumptions are nothing more than lies that we are telling ourselves. This creates a big drama for nothing, because we don’t really know if something is true or not. Making assumptions is just looking for drama when there’s no drama happening. And if drama is happening in someone else’s story, so what? It’s not your story; it’s someone else’s story.”
― Miguel Ruiz, The Fifth Agreement