Welcome to my blog about transcending the self. Instead of using the mind to fix or control your world so that you can be happy, there is another way. This blog is about moving your awareness from your limited, egoic-self to your Higher Self in order that you can be the divine expression that you were intended to be.


Many of my beliefs are based on the books "The Untethered Soul" (T.U.S.) by Michael Singer and "Falling into Grace" by Adyashanti. These books describe the path of moving your awareness from the part of you that tries to make your life work (ie, find happiness, security, love...) to the part of you that Witnesses or Watches your life unfold and your reactions to your life. As you become more aware of yourself as the Watcher, and you let go of the energies of the lower self, you will be moving towards greater freedom.

So instead of struggling to make everything go your way in life, why not accept what is (release the need to fix or control people, situations or your mind), open your heart and surrender to That Which Created Life in the first place! In other words, go with the flow of life and watch the amazing miracle that you are blossom! Please join me in choosing to move beyond the limitations of the personal self and to live a life of freedom.

To get the most out of this blog, I suggest that you read the books. I also recommend the CDs by Michael Singer (see the website below). I post on this blog about once a week. If you would like to be notified by email each time I post please send your email address to donnamccullough@cox.net.

Friday, April 25, 2014

being

We have been talking a lot about getting out of the head and becoming aware of the presence within or just 'being'.

Here is an exercise that I heard at a Unity service on Sunday which helps me to get out of my head.  Think of a concept that you are holding onto such as "If I could let go of fear then my life would be harmonious."  Now this is not a bad concept to have, nonetheless, it is limiting. It is dualistic.  It is linear. God (or our God Self) is not limiting, nor dualistic, nor linear.

Can you let go of both aspects of this concept...the part about letting go of fear and the part about having more harmony once there is less fear?

To challenge the above concept ask yourself:  Even though I still have some fear is there not already harmony in my life?  So harmony can exist even if there is fear.

If we hold on to these "if-then" beliefs we are limiting what shows up in our lives. God acts in mysterious and miraculous ways, not according to what our little egoic minds tell us is true.

As we begin to let go of attachment to egoic concepts we begin to awaken to the truth of our being.  In his new book Resurrecting Jesus (Which talks about Jesus's life as a metaphor for awakening): Adya describes awakening as:

"a shift from seeing ourselves as a separated, isolated human being to seeing ourselves as that which we all share.  You can call it consciousness, divine being, spirit, God."  p.41 

We are not who we think we are and it is imperative that we begin to find out who we really are and to live from that place of being.  Why live in illusion and a false and limited identity when our True Nature is so much more?


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