Here are a few audio clips from the New Year's Mental Cleanse:
- My mother doesn't accept my African side...
- I don't want to be rejected by a woman again...
- I need my computer to always work perfectly...
Notice how our stories stop us from embracing reality.
A famous artist used to say that the best way to see things as they really are is to bend down, look back between your legs, and observe the world upside down. Because your mind doesn't recognize this "reality," it doesn't interpret or judge what you're looking at. Now you are free to see the world as it really is. Unfortunately, this kind of "ambush" on the mind doesn't last very long. Your mind catches up to you and brings back all the stories that you still believe in.
For me, reality is very simple. I begin and end with "Is it true?" And The Work follows.
Comments (1)
Dear Katie and blog friends,
I came across this poem that reminded me of something that
I have heard Katie say..."let the lions devour you",
"let God have you". I love to take those in and enjoy
them totally. Just a sharing of my love to all of you my
dear friends who reside in me.
All love,
Rhonda
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Appetite
I will swallow all the pain
all the joy of this world
the whole strange mix.
I will bite
chew
swallow
and digest it all
sending Love into the bloodstream
of the One Body.
Look at the plants that chew the rocks
and release the same minerals into my body
when they break against my teeth.
I too am food for life.
I desire to be broken
to be chewed
to be swallowed and transformed
into the bones
and flesh
and blood of the Truth.
Look at me.
Smell me.
Gaze until your mouth waters.
Let your appetite build
and savor the empty space in your belly.
Move from your hunger.
Come and take a bite.
You are not stealing.
You have been invited to this table.
Fill your plate.
Let me feed your heart with my heart.
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This poem is from a book by Margaret Coyle Irsay (Meg)
"Messages to Me: Words Collected on the Road to Silence"
www.onebodyinc.com
Posted by Rhonda Erland | January 27, 2007 9:43 AM
Posted on January 27, 2007 09:43