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I’ve dismissed this concept all my life but a few events in my journey have turned this from outright non-belief to high skepticism.
In the spring I went to an aura cleaning workshop. It was nearby and I was curious to put myself in the center of something I don’t believe in.
It started with the workshop leader telling us to hold our hands slightly apart and start to feel a gentle energy that actually keeps pushes against the palms.
I think I’ve finally got this. When I did it was so obvious that I hesitate to blog about it! But then I thought if I didn’t get it before, others haven’t yet either.
So often I’ve heard, seen or read about this ‘wise’ men who answer questions, “No, no illusion, you are living in an illusion” or “This is concept, not reality” and not got what they were driving at.
So in a nutshell: Reality is the world as it is, Illusion is all we place on it in terms of interpretation and labels. The path to self awareness suggests we understand the two clearly before we act.
The more I read around the more I come across this concept in multiple self awareness concepts and ideas. I’ve talked about it before in Things do not change, you do but it is still bugging me.
If you’ve landed on this page cold then important to understand this is not about being passive. You can still pursue things with passion but stop attaching happiness to the outcome of these pursuits.
So I’ve been introduced to a type of therapy I haven’t heard of before – The Spectrum of Creation. I haven’t been able to find much about it on the web but I went for an initial session with a therapist and found it fascinating as well as troubling.
The basics are this. Your emotional troubles manifest themselves in the physical. That’s not a complete revelation in itself. John Cleese in Surviving the Family realizes that his multiple physical illnesses at one point in his life were caused by his depression. When he sought help for his depression his physical ailments subsided.
OK – it can’t go uncovered. What about some form of Christianity or other faith like Islam as a path to self awareness?
Alright, hands held up in honesty position, I come from a very anti-religious direction which is not to say that I do not believe, or perhaps suspect. Contradiction? Not really. I’ll explain.
In my last post I sort of dismissed Witchcraft for me. Not because I think it is bad or evil or anything like that. There are some fruitcakes out there but every belief system has them.
No, for me the turn off is because it seems to gadget driven as it were.
Whoa! Where am I going?
I’m actually working overtime to be open minded! The three words in the title of this post still give me a mental flinch which is exactly why I must take them head on and get to know what they are actually about, not what mainstream society has told me they are about.
If you are starting to feel your blood boil it is probably because you are: a) very religious or b) very unreligious. But hold up and remember – aggression comes from fear so take a bit of time to identify that fear.
If there is one thing that stops Anthony De Mello’s work being accessible to others it is the oh-so-slow speed at which he presents it. Don’t get me wrong, for many it needs to be that way, just listen to questions he gets from the audience about things he has explained half a dozen times!
People are listening, but they are not hearing.
So I’ve tried to pull together the key points from Rediscovering Life and Enlightenment. If any of these go over your head then you’ll need to make time for the full books or audios!
Continue reading “Anthony De Mello Take Aways – Rediscovering Life and Enlightenment”
So I’m about three hours in to De Mello’s Enlightenment and I think I may have found something useful.
I’ve always wanted to try out meditation. I met a middle aged couple who meditated every day when I was in my teens and I’ve given the idea off and on interest every since.
The greatest hindrance has been the ease with which I fall asleep and my ability to do it anywhere, in any position, including standing up.
Continue reading “Anthony de Mello – Enlightenment – Me and I”
I’m half way through Anthony De Mello’s “Enlightenment” and realised I had missed something quite fundamental out of my ramblings on his “Rediscovering Life”.
I got my first taste of this point nearly 30 years ago. I’ve kind of always understood it but never actively applied it. That’s the kind of big idiot I’ve been.