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Recieved: 2004/09/28 17:32
Subject: RE: [K-list] Full Moon?
From: mara lynn
On 2004/09/28 17:32, mara lynn posted thus to the K-list:
Maybe it's because you expect gratitude to "feel" a certain way.
But is gratitude a feeling?
I see it more as a way of being, independent of feeling or external circumstances.
In other words, one can be grateful for going through a depression even though it feels awful, if they see it as part of a cleansing/healing process, or maybe a signal saying "not this way, try another way" or we need a time out here, or any number of reasons why the wisdom of the body/mind is trying to get your attention.
Stepping back and not reacting to, nor reaching for the emotions or thoughts, (including bliss) and instead just watching them move through like waves on a sea, knowing that it'll pass if we don't get attached and need things to be a certain way, need to feel only certain feelings or states, need to know why or how or what, helps one to detach from the drama of the ego and observe the play of your life. There is much to laugh about yourself then.
I find gratitude in being in my life right now with everything just the way it is. All the garbage I've collected and all the treasures. It is just what it is, and that is okay. But this comes from a place of having let go of expectations about how I thought things should be, or fighting how things are, or trying to make myself look good to the rest of the world. And that was all made up of bits and pieces of what the ego thought my life should look like.
Bliss is a fun place to be, but what goes up, must come down. Peace sets you free. Peace doesn't need anything to be other than what it is. Peace dines on it all.
Mara
Earth Angel <earthangelATplmw.com> wrote:
Find a friend or friends FAST...
have some energy work done.
Have a massage or two.
Do some releases via a journey.
Do some energy tapping.
Year ago I did not have all these
tools.
I'm so grateful that has changed.
But I do see your point McEleven
It's rough when your so down under
you can't see the end. It's very dark
in there...
MC Eleven said:
Yes, great advice, BUT
sometimes when a person is depressed they can not Feel the gratitude. just
can't. so you can tell your self " I should be grateful for this or this.."
but if you dont feel it...
what then?
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