Take a break from yourself

…and do something for someone else, with no thought of personal gain.

It can be a smile, a compliment, a word, a mere amiable glance…it can make
a huge difference…

For a change, look closely around you and realize that we are all intertwined.

You are the other, you become enriched by knowing yourself in the contact with
your fellow-man.

I will illustrate my point:

I had an inner major break-through yesterday. Such an incredible sense of wellness and
relief within me: The “old me” was no longer there. I was feeling composed, empowered, free…as if floating, but entirely rooted in the present moment.

As I was sitting at a terrace sipping a coffee and writing, a guy stopped a couple of meters right in front of me. At first it was confusing… – I had never seen him before. A perfect stranger, properly dressed, with a very unusual charisma. He was gently smiling at me, vividly gesticulating, his eyes glowing with gratitude. He was obviously deaf. He was “talking” to me, although at first I was quite bewildered – he used sign language.

The “encounter” didn´t last more than few seconds. But as he quickly moved his hands, he was intimating:

“Thank you for your presence – you look so elegant, you spread wellness around you.
Whatever you write in your book reaches out to me. Thank you!” 

He happily smiled again, bowed and vanished, as if this never happened.

Given that here in Stockholm where I live, no one ever says anything, I was simply overwhelmed… What an approval I had received.

Few magic seconds of shared joy!

Is it possible for humans to break away from conditioning?

Jone comments:

If we had a new Story, would it help?…

Is it possible for humans to break away from the shackles of conditioning, erroneous or otherwise? That is, shouldn’t we investigate this first, is it possible? – before asking other questions or making suggestions.

My answer:

Right to the point:

“Shouldn’t we investigate this, whether it is possible for humans to break away from the shackles of conditioning, erroneous or otherwise? – before asking other questions or making suggestions…”

So it is:

Only our readiness for thorough investigation can make a real difference, from which
A New Story can arise. Otherwise, we would come up with another scenario, which is nothing but The Old Story in a new disguise.

But the great problem with us humans is that WE VEHEMENTLY REFUSE TO DIRECTLY AND IMPARTIALLY LOOK AT OURSELVES – that is, plunge within and investigate this erroneous, timeless legacy…which is, – let´s face it – a hell of an undertaking.

This blog is an attempt and an invitation to do that together…

  • Related articles:

http://julienmatei.com/2013/05/15/we-need-a-new-space-within-us/

http://julienmatei.com/2013/03/06/contemplation-a-new-perspective/

We have created a “me” culture instead of a “we” culture

These are some quotes from The Evolution of Consciousness:

“We have lost our sense of connection to ourselves and to each other.

“We live in a virtual world of virtual relationships.

This feeling of disconnection and alienation explains
much how we treat ourselves, and others.

The truth is that

We are PART OF, not APART from Nature.

All things are our relatives.

WHAT WE DO TO EVERYTHING, WE DO TO OURSELVES.”

Nature´s inexorable imperative

Adapt or perish, now as ever.

-H. G. Wells

The crisis of consciousness

“The crisis is a crisis in consciousness, a crisis that cannot anymore accept the old norms, the old patterns, the ancient traditions and considering what the world is now, with all the misery, conflict, destructive brutality, aggression and so on. Man is still as he was, is still brutal, violent, aggressive, acquisitive, competitive and… he has built a society along these lines.”
- J. Krishnamurti

It´s time to be something different

“You must unlearn what you have been ‘programmed’ to believe from birth.
That software no longer serves you if you want to live in a universe where
all things are possible.”
- Jacqueline E. Purcell

 

Depressed may mean…

Deep - Rest…

 

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