As Tolle has said, ‘accept challenges as if you chose them’ rather than as problems. This new perspective can change everything. Becoming comfortable with the uncomfortable is also a good way to approach life. Life is always changing and challenges will always arise.
this is a very powerful teaching. it's funny as well, cuz the so called "problems" seem to fall away on their own in the light of that sort of surrender. the whole "letting go of control to gain control"
It has been interesting seeing how mind identification plays out in real time. A recent example comes from a competitive videogame I've been playing for years. For much of the time I've been playing my focus had been very focused on getting a higher rank, and I suffered from so much anger, frustration, sadness, and self-pity when things didn't go my way. When I remind myself of these sorts of teachings I'm able to instead play from a place of learning and compassion. When my attention isn't so honed in on the score and rather on the moment by moment fluctuations in the state of the game a certain flow takes hold. I don't immediately start winning, but the entire experience becomes much more enjoyable. I often surprise myself with the plays I'm able to pull off when I stop identifying as the one in control. I'm also able to recognize more easily and take action when it's time to just do something else.
Again, this comes at the perfect time! I Recently stopped smoking cigarettes, and my relationship with my 12 yr old son has taken on a bad tone, so as a result there are feelings that I just want to stop experiencing. It's become more difficult to sit for meditation, but miraculously I've still been able to do it. Still, I haven't been able to shake the heaviness I feel, until I start remembering that even the best life has its ups and downs, then after a time, eventually ends. Then, as has happened a few times before when I really needed it, I saw a video of yours that I hadn't seen before, which is what I needed to hear in that exact moment! It's too timely to watch just one time. I'll watch it again, to remember not to put stock in what's impermanent. Thanks!
Wow, I have to say I did not think I'd ever meet someone else who thinks like me. I have been asking myself for the past 2 years what this whole life & world is? I lost my son 2 years ago in an auto accident. This put me on my quest to understand. So i would look into the mirror daily and see a reflection a form but I knew this was not the me I feel or sense within the form. I would look deep into the eyes of the reflection, I know I was present, but there was nothing I could see that I knew to be me. I've lived 2 years observing & knowing I was not this form, you have helped me to better understand the reality of our beingness. Thank you so much, Sunny.
God bless you Sunny. You are so in tune with yourself, I can hear and see it. Thank you so much for helping me remind myself how I also want to be and what I sometimes forget. Truly a treasure 🙌 This is just what I needed.
This was beautiful 💚 I laughed in knowing at so many things you said. Im now genuinely excited about the next challenge/opportunity I face so I can practice observing the mind and reinforce my understanding of the illusion. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us here (until I remember how to consciously access the collective consciousness, youtube will suffice 😄🙏)
Hello from Colombia Sunny! 🇨🇴 What's the difference between observing thoughts as they arise and self-inquiery (witnessing the witness)? Why it is said that Self-inquiery is the direct path instead of observing thoughts? Why is it much more efficient in order to awakening? Thanks!!
Does it mean we should not seek any outcomes on a practical level in life? Ditch all preference, even the practical? Like the choice of a life partner or career path, or anything else? Or become a doormat for others to trample upon? Just because it's just contents of experience and the true nature
Continued - that we are cannot be affected by any ot it? My guess is that this is not the case, but some kind of misunderstanding of what you're talking about - but can you please clarify? Or should one only seek awakening once worldly life does not present us with any actual value anymore (except for learning experience)?
In other words - I get going beyond personal identity; but we still do have to somehow take care of this person/avatar where our POV is located, correct?
@@georgesonm1774 yeh i feel you, its illusion, all reactions and judgements are equally unreal and witnessed I can remain as witness but life still happens to and or for witnessed physical body... wish us both greater understanding!
