06-13-2014, 04:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-13-2014, 04:39 PM by Adonai One.)
(06-13-2014, 04:25 PM)Bring4th_Austin Wrote: ...Suffering is no longer suffering once it is accepted and embraced. I apply this quite directly in my life. I truly feel myself without suffering.
However, I don't think that an intellectual understanding of this idea will yield results. Basically everyone I know, whether they understand that unity and peace are found within the moment, struggles and suffers. Many of them struggle and suffer with recurring issues, with new issues cropping up consistently. We carry with us biases, distortions, and beliefs which cause us to meet certain moments with resistance.
Quote:And simply realizing that we are suffering and then stating, "I am aware of this moment, I am aware of myself," while sometimes soothing, does not always cause the suffering to cease.You're not embracing the present moment if you're trying to avoid something by soothing.
Quote:Basically everyone who has read the Law of One contains the intellectual understanding that everything is one, that everything is ultimately "okay," nothing is lost and our essence lies within love and eternity. Yet simply reading the Law of One does not put someone in a state of continuous connection with the Creator. We continue to suffer, to experience catalyst and contrast.I disagree especially when it is not truly applied as I am noticing in this very thread.
Quote:Why is this? Why can't we just say, "all is one," and then experience complete unity? Why, if we open our hearts in one moment, are we removed in another? What is there to be done beyond accepting our intellectual understanding of being aware of the present moment?I can and continue to do so. There is nothing to do beyond that when the intellectual understanding is truly complete.
Quote:I know I am not the only one who has, in the midst of intense catalyst, pointed my awareness to the present moment, wielded my acceptance to the suffering I was experiencing, and yet the suffering persisted. The simple appeal to unity was not enough to deliver my awareness to the love within the moment.Avoiding suffering completely is not enjoying the present moment. It is creating more suffering.
I'll see if there is more to address.
I feel I've addressed the premises. The core here is suffering. Once suffering is seen for its truest nature, a great conviction to a desire, it simply fades. I cannot agree with your account on suffering.
All is my true self even what is perceived as "suffering."