Here are some thoughts of Michael's about stress (from one of his CDs): Stress only happens when we resist life's events. We usually resist the experience of the event passing through us, such as the feelings of the event. Better to accept (let life be life), release (preconceived notions, feelings, sensations, thoughts...) and choose unconditional happiness.
In chapter 2 of Falling into Grace, Adyanshanti says that our egos cause us to suffer when we try to control life, demand that life be different than it is, or argue with what is or what was. He says that "'what is' is this moment -before you even think about it. That's what is. Argue with this moment, and you will suffer...That goes for the past as well." (Falling into Grace, p. 42)
He says that we are afraid to accept what is because then it will never change. "But as soon as we say something shouldn't be happening, we've locked ourselves into an extremely narrow mindset with very few options. When we really see that what is, simply is-neither good nor bad- than all options are available to us. We can respond to life in a wise and loving way." (Falling into Grace, p. 44)
I see this all of the time with myself and with the people that I work with. When we accept the situation as it is, we respond from a place of clarity.
I will watch how I try to control, make demands upon and reject what is in my life. "We have to somehow find the capacity to really want to know what's true, in this moment, without trying to control or make demands of it, because it's the truth that delivers us from suffering...that allows us to shift out of this egoic state..into a whole different state of consciousness, which is much more open, free, and inclusive." (Falling into Grace, p. 44-45).
Join me in accepting what is, letting go of the desire and efforts to control life, and allowing Truth to shine through and as You!
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