Removing the Layers of Illusion
“we are separate”
Removing conditioning. Removing negative thought patterns, removing limiting beliefs.
We have to be careful now, because we are living in a world where advertisers have understood the mind and how we think. That is, to make money, 'they' study psychology.
‘because you are worth it’… your kids are worth it – worth what exactly? Worth what?
Ask yourself this question. What is your worth? And when did you suddenly start believing you could be bought? ‘Everyone has their price.’ What’s your price? Where is your treasure? That’s where your heart is. (Top of the cupboard, ‘those shoes’. I never wear them but I love to look at them.They make me feel better when I feel sad.)
Any time a marketer/advertiser talks to you directly to the heart through the art of advertising, its because they believe they have tapped into the consciousness of the people. They are selling you solutions to your fears and keys to your desires. They are keeping you hostage to your fears and desires.
Understand what I am saying. You have two buttons.
Fear and Desire
Everything you do is based on these two things. Think about it. Trace your actions back to the original point.
You didn’t want your mother to be angry at you, you were afraid, so you enrolled in the course.
You wanted to look ‘better’ so you coloured your hair because 'she' looked good like that.
You were afraid the other kids would laugh, so you lied.
We all do it.
Advertisers are a great enemy of self realisation, because they want you to stay a victim to fear and desire. They need you to feel needy, so that you buy things to fill the hole inside of you, and in thanks, you fill up the hole of their bank accounts with a ton of things you don't really need. If you don't believe me, open a cupboard. Do you need that stuff? Really? How much did it cost and how did it get into your house? And the next cupboard, and your child's room? How many toys and things do they really use at all?
But advertisers are also our greatest teachers. How often do we respond to advertising because it taps into our fears? I don’t look cool enough, I don’t look rich enough, I don’t have the right coloured sofa, my pet is the wrong accessory for me, by breasts are the wrong size or my penis is too short. ok then, just notice what advertisers are tapping, embrace it, accept this fear/desire that you have, but take away the action related. We are just watching, observing.
Fear Desire, Desire Fear.
What if I said that yoga will teach you that you already have everything that you need, right now? How does it make you feel? Happy? Bored? Relieved?
We love the sea-saw of our lives. We must, because we keep living the exact same way all of the time. We get angry, then we get sad, then we are depressed, then we say oh well, and then we accept, then we swing up again, and we’re happy, and then, because she said that, we get a bit resentful again. Its just a bit circle of events. We are victims to 'them' and 'out there'. As long as we are victims, we are not equals, we are not brothers and sisters, we are in a position of weakness and always trying to prove our worth. We can not come together from a position of inferiority of not being good enough.
It’s a constant change. Impressions, feelings, sensations, emotions. They are constantly changing.
Does this make you afraid? To recognise that life constantly changes? That time really does change your memories and how you feel, and it softens the edges of things past.
Do you wish to hold everything exactly as it is right now? For nothing to change. Have you said that before? ‘I wish everything could stay exactly as it is right now?’ Or ‘I wish things could be the same as they were.’
The mind jumps around all the time. Just watch it. Watch it. Observe its motions. Notice the repetitious behaviour of your mind.
Your mind is a wonderful, amazing and undisciplined chit.
When I talk to you about awareness of the mind, I do not mean mind control, in forcing yourself to believe certain things. I just mean that we would like to shift the relationship we have to the mind.
The One that can see the mind jumping about is what we call the Big Self. The mind that jumps about like a monkey, is the little self. So, we say, instead of the Big Self being lead about by the little self, lets train the monkey mind to become a powerful ally to the Big Self. So that, we can sleep when we want to, we can concentrate when we want to, we can do what is necessary at anytime we want to, without being a victim to the little self’s demands of ‘I want’ and ‘I need’ and ‘its not fair’ and ‘what about me’isms.
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