MINDING MIND'S ATROPHY "...change what you do." Sunrise/Afternoon February 3, 2018

AH! 
MINDING MIND’S ATROPHY
ew
3:50 AM-2/3/18

Thought to Ponder
If you want to change who you are, change what you do.
dailythought@aa-alive.org

There is neither creation nor destruction, 
neither destiny nor free will,
neither path nor achievement. 
This is the final truth.
.~ Ramana Maharshi

If loving something means giving it our attention (and it does),
then most of us are in love with our thoughts.
The irony is that this lover doesn’t love us back
but instead,
gives us a lot of negative messages and poor advice.
In short,
this lover makes us unhappy.
What can explain our devotion to such a poor lover?”
― Gina Lake, From Stress to Stillness: Tools for Inner Peace

AFTERNOON............

Try giving up all the thoughts that make you feel bad,
or even just some of them,
and see how doing that changes your life.
You don't need negative thoughts.
All they have ever given you was a false self that suffers.
They are all lies.”
― Gina Lake, What about Now?: Reminders for Being in the Moment

When we give freely, we feel full and complete;
when we withhold,
we feel small, petty, impotent, and lacking.
We are meant to learn this great truth,
that giving fulfills us, while withholding and trying to get
causes us to feel empty and even more needy.
This truth runs counter to our programming,
which drives us to try to get something from others
to fulfill our neediness,
only to end up
even more needy, grasping, lacking, and unfulfilled.”
― Gina Lake, What about Now?: Reminders for Being in the Moment

You need nothing more than the experience
you are having right now.
It is enough.
It is plenty.
It is perfect just as it is.
It was designed for you, given to you for your experience.
All you have to do, and all you have ever had to do is accept this gift.
Take it and let it in.
Let yourself experience the present moment
just as it is.
 It doesn't get any better than this.
This is the simple truth the ego refuses to accept,
and it will suffer as long as that is the case.”
― Gina Lake, What about Now?: Reminders for Being in the Moment

We are meant to discover that we are powerful creators,
if not of our entire reality, at least of our experience of reality.
We aren't responsible for what each moment holds,
but we are responsible for our experience of each moment
because we have the power to make any moment
heaven or hell.”
― Gina Lake, What about Now?: Reminders for Being in the Moment

Essence simply enjoys and commits attention and love to whatever is.
In fact, committing attention to anything
that is present results in enjoyment.
The ego enjoys so little
because it commits attention to what
isn't present and to what it doesn't have,
and suffers over that,
instead of committing attention to whatever is.
It loves its fantasies, dreams, and desires
more than it loves reality.”
― Gina Lake, What about Now?: Reminders for Being in the Moment

Essence loves whatever is happening
because it either created it or allowed you (your ego)
to create it for your growth and evolution.
What you learn to love about whatever you are experiencing
is not how it makes you feel,
but how perfectly it is suited to support your evolution
toward greater love, wisdom,
compassion, courage, patience, and understanding.
Life is perfectly designed to evolve us,
and that is what is lovable about every moment.”
― Gina Lake, What about Now?: Reminders for Being in the Moment

Not only is it not our business to change others,
but it’s also harmful to relationships to try to do so.
Ideas are just not worth the price paid in love lost.
Love is more important than any conditioned idea or belief,
but if you take your conditioning more seriously than love,
you will lose love.
The other person will withhold love from you
because it will be too painful
for him or her to love you.”
― Gina Lake, What about Love?: Reminders for Being Loving

Moving from the Mind
into the Heart
mind finds a path
to struggle along
never reaching the goal

heart knows it already rests
in the path of something wonderful
it cannot escape

mind seeks to hold on to
a still point
of final understanding
heart knows it is being held
by an unmoving whirlwind
that it will never comprehend

mind tries to feel safe enough
to allow love
out into the open
heart knows love is never cautious
and cannot
be kept secret
once all hope of refuge is abandoned
Nirmala
Nothing Personal
http://endless-satsang.com/images/stories/pdfs/Nothing.pdf