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The Great Misunderstanding - Accepting Existence
Welcome,
For now in this blog I want to share some of the most humorous, juicy and touching parts of the books.
So here is the first blog from 'The Great Misunderstanding':
Existence is not separate from what is. You are also not separate from what is. And 'what is' includes everything: emotions, feelings, everything. If you are bored, be bored. If you are happy, be happy. If you are pissed off, enjoy it. We always have the idea that we have to change pissed off into something nice. Nothing has to change. Anyway, how can you change it? You have simply to accept it as it is, but you always take the position of wanting to change it.
'Deep within a forest a little turtle began to climb a tree. After hours of effort he reached the top, jumped into the air waving his front legs and crashed to the ground. After recovering, he slowly climbed the tree again, jumped, and fell to the ground. He tried again and again while a couple of birds sitting on a nearby branch watched his sad efforts. Finally, the female bird turned to her mate. 'Dear,' she chirped, 'I think it's time to tell him he's adopted.'
Just accept it as it is. There is a lot to do if you are trying to change it.
For now in this blog I want to share some of the most humorous, juicy and touching parts of the books.
So here is the first blog from 'The Great Misunderstanding':
Existence is not separate from what is. You are also not separate from what is. And 'what is' includes everything: emotions, feelings, everything. If you are bored, be bored. If you are happy, be happy. If you are pissed off, enjoy it. We always have the idea that we have to change pissed off into something nice. Nothing has to change. Anyway, how can you change it? You have simply to accept it as it is, but you always take the position of wanting to change it.
'Deep within a forest a little turtle began to climb a tree. After hours of effort he reached the top, jumped into the air waving his front legs and crashed to the ground. After recovering, he slowly climbed the tree again, jumped, and fell to the ground. He tried again and again while a couple of birds sitting on a nearby branch watched his sad efforts. Finally, the female bird turned to her mate. 'Dear,' she chirped, 'I think it's time to tell him he's adopted.'
Just accept it as it is. There is a lot to do if you are trying to change it.
Life is beyond pain and happiness
Life is beyond pain and happiness. When you stop all your effort of resisting what is, then suddenly life is really incredible! It’s not that everything turns to gold, or all the trees start to blossom out of season and drop petals on your head. It’s not like everyone suddenly loves you. It’s just that everything is absolutely accepted, and every ordinary thing becomes very beautiful.
Why leave Freedom until later?
A general noticed one of his soldiers behaving oddly. The soldier would pick up any piece of paper he found, frown and say, ‘That’s not it,’ and put it down again.
This went on for some time, until the general arranged to have the soldier psychologically tested. The psychologist concluded that the soldier was deranged, and wrote out his discharge from the army.
The soldier picked it up, smiled and said, ‘That’s it.’
'What is important in your life? If you are reading this, freedom must be important to you. So why postpone what you can do right now? Actually there is nothing to do. You just have to be very clear about what is really you and what is not you.
Find out what doesn’t change. Find out what is constant, what has always been here. It doesn’t matter what we are doing on the outside. It doesn’t matter what the thoughts are. It doesn’t matter what we feel, or what the structures are. What is here all the time is awareness being aware of what we are feeling, what we are thinking, what we are doing. This awareness is constant.'
This went on for some time, until the general arranged to have the soldier psychologically tested. The psychologist concluded that the soldier was deranged, and wrote out his discharge from the army.
The soldier picked it up, smiled and said, ‘That’s it.’
'What is important in your life? If you are reading this, freedom must be important to you. So why postpone what you can do right now? Actually there is nothing to do. You just have to be very clear about what is really you and what is not you.
Find out what doesn’t change. Find out what is constant, what has always been here. It doesn’t matter what we are doing on the outside. It doesn’t matter what the thoughts are. It doesn’t matter what we feel, or what the structures are. What is here all the time is awareness being aware of what we are feeling, what we are thinking, what we are doing. This awareness is constant.'
