(08-19-2018, 01:48 PM)Infinite Unity Wrote: You can do this.

Its definitely a time of high catalyst. Almost everyone I know has been greeted with tremendous catalyst with in the past couple of weeks. My wife was docked pay for two weeks in a row, and ended up losing her job over it. My mother is having surgery, and my brother, who cares for her, car's broke down. To name a few. Which is to say, I understand how you feel.

The climb back should be far faster then before, just don't get caught up on side roads. Focus on Love in the moment. =)

(08-19-2018, 01:50 PM)blossom Wrote: You are very inspiring Glow.

(08-19-2018, 01:48 PM)Infinite Unity Wrote: ...
Its definitely a time of high catalyst. Almost everyone I know has been greeted with tremendous catalyst with in the past couple of weeks. 
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(08-19-2018, 02:39 PM)Stranger Wrote: Dear Glow,

Glow, catalyst is intended not only to help us choose between STS and STO, but also to serve a separate, vital function: calling our attention to emotional impediments inside ourselves, which we accumulate through trauma and suffering.

If we think of ourselves as a rock rolling downhill - we are trying to be spiritually smooth and shiny, and we think we are doing a pretty good job of it, but along comes life and says, hold on, here's this jagged piece sticking out of you that just snagged a passing bush. You had better stop and take care of that, polish it down.

Every time this happens, it's a valuable opportunity to get rid of something painful stored inside of ourselves, so that we can be lighter and more whole as we continue onward. So don't see it as a setback: see it as an opportunity.

The trick is to take advantage of the opportunity. Notice what you are feeling that's unpleasant. Allow yourself to be mindfully present with that feeling, and notice where it is in your body. Then, imagine a beam of pure love shining down from above right into that feeling, and keep it there. It will begin to dissolve on its own, without you trying to make it happen.

As you do this, other feelings or images may or may not arise; if they do, they may need to be addressed the same way before the original feeling is able to be cleared out.

Stay with it until the feeling is completely gone, and the next time the same catalyst occurs, it will not trigger a strong reaction from you.

P.S. I love the Light you bring to these forums.

(08-19-2018, 02:39 PM)Stranger Wrote: Dear Glow,

Glow, catalyst is intended not only to help us choose between STS and STO, but also to serve a separate, vital function: calling our attention to emotional impediments inside ourselves, which we accumulate through trauma and suffering.  

If we think of ourselves as a rock rolling downhill - we are trying to be spiritually smooth and shiny, and we think we are doing a pretty good job of it, but along comes life and says, hold on, here's this jagged piece sticking out of you that just snagged a passing bush.  You had better stop and take care of that, polish it down.

Every time this happens, it's a valuable opportunity to get rid of something painful stored inside of ourselves, so that we can be lighter and more whole as we continue onward.  So don't see it as a setback: see it as an opportunity.

The trick is to take advantage of the opportunity.  Notice what you are feeling that's unpleasant.  Allow yourself to be mindfully present with that feeling, and notice where it is in your body.  Then, imagine a beam of pure love shining down from above right into that feeling, and keep it there.  It will begin to dissolve on its own, without you trying to make it happen.

As you do this, other feelings or images may or may not arise; if they do, they may need to be addressed the same way before the original feeling is able to be cleared out.

Stay with it until the feeling is completely gone, and the next time the same catalyst occurs, it will not trigger a strong reaction from you.

P.S. I love the Light you bring to these forums.

(08-19-2018, 02:39 PM)Stranger Wrote: ...

The trick is to take advantage of the opportunity. Notice what you are feeling that's unpleasant. Allow yourself to be mindfully present with that feeling, and notice where it is in your body. Then, imagine a beam of pure love shining down from above right into that feeling, and keep it there. It will begin to dissolve on its own, without you trying to make it happen.

As you do this, other feelings or images may or may not arise; if they do, they may need to be addressed the same way before the original feeling is able to be cleared out.

Stay with it until the feeling is completely gone, and the next time the same catalyst occurs, it will not trigger a strong reaction from you.

P.S. I love the Light you bring to these forums.