In Chapter 16 Michael talks about using life's events as an opportunity to grow. This involves surrendering to the reality of each moment and allowing the energy of that moment to pass through, thus touching and changing us at our deepest core.
"To comfortably handle this flow of life, your heart and mind must be open and expansive enough to encompass reality. The only reason they're not is because you resist. Learn to stop resisting reality and what used to look like stressful problems will begin to look like the stepping-stones of your spiritual journey." (T.U.S., p. 155)
Resistance happens when I am so busy "doing" my life that I am not even aware of what my heart is feeling. Or when I am so wrapped up in the preconceived notions about how I want my life to be that I am not accepting the reality of my life.
I have had a couple of experiences (both following spiritual retreats) when I let all of this go and was completely present with an open heart. On both of these occasions I experienced a different reality...a different way of being that was much more beautiful than my typical experience. Although I can not put my experience into words, what occurred showed me that we are capable of having a very different experience in life than what we are settling for by living in the mind. To achieve this state however, there is a price to pay, we must let go of the personal self. I truly believe that the peace that we are all craving can not be found in the personal self (no matter how we try to perfect it)...but by letting go and surrendering to God.
So I will continue to focus on accepting the reality of my life, relaxing and releasing, and keeping my awareness on myself as the Observer.
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