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The most useful partFrom: Alexander Alexis
Subject: Practice
Date/Time 2007-01-21 02:21:53
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Hi Pema,
Many good points in your last message. And I think I understand what you mean by those gaps and my take on this is that as you practice the formulas at whatevver level you are on it is the inner space and the inner smile that does the cooking for you of whatever is up at the time so don't sweat it.
Like you say about the western stuff, there is much controlling taking place and that is because of the dominant condition that the human ego is in - the unresolved issues which keep it wanting to have power, even power to do good and change things. Consciousness at this level does not yet understand that it is in the surrender to the process that the transmuting happens, so ego gets in its own way a lot here. Underneath it all there is the fear of being down here. That's why so much modern, western stuff starts "at the top" and tends to want to stay there.
When you're really cooking there is a sense of allowing the space of the smile and the yuan chi doing the work for you. You don't have to go after stuff to transmute it. You have to apply your focussed attention in the most relaxed way possible and then there's a great concentration of energy that develops and brings things to resolution. You are a participant but not a doer. This is how I have experienced it working best in my own life.
And what you say here is the most important thing: "Fortunately, it is an organic process that unfolds on its own..." You can trust it.
As far as the outer world goes, it has to be a reflection of what is going on in our consciousness as the new energies come in. I think we are assured of greater harmony but how that looks remains to be seen. I have come to the understanding that either worrying about the world or trying to change it is a dysfunctional task, and that my work is about me. By doing that I am making a change in the field that will have a lasting effect.
Peacefully, Alexander
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