a new earth

[Miss Critter]

From "A New Earth" page 109:

Why does the ego play roles? Because of one unexamined assumption, one fundamental error, one unconscious thought. That thought is: I am not enough. Other unconscious thoughts follow: I need to play a role in oder to get what I need to be fully myself; I need to get more so that I can be more. But you cannot be more than you are because underneath your physical and psychological form, you are one with Life itself, one with Being. In form, you are and will always be inferior to some, superior to others. In essence, you are neither inferior nor superior to anyone. True self-esteem and true humility arise out of that realization. In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and self-humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same.

 

[organicmama]

Thanks so much for the link. I've sent it to several people.

Me too! Just what I needed tonight!

 

[organicmama]

How do you have certainty when the doctor is calling with bad news, when the government is padlocking your front door, when your child is suffering from illness? Let's be realistic here, most of us aren't on that level, yet.

For the rest of us who haven't yet mastered certainty consciousness, it's a process that looks like this: we have doubt, we acknowledge the doubt is from the Opponent, and we move on.

Our souls don't know what fear, anxiety, or worry means. Depression? Never heard of it. It's only our ego that is blind to true reality, therefore allowing lack and uncertainty to resonate.

Certainty means, although we are struggling on this path, we go forward anyway, constantly reminding ourselves, this doubt doesn't belong to me. It's the Opponent messing with my head. That's certainty. And when you take that step forward, your certainty gets stronger the next time out, so that when you fight the next round of doubts, you don't have to fight as hard.

Eventually you reach a level where you have 100% certainty in every part of your life, and when the Opponent comes a-knockin', there's no one home to answer the door. Or as my father and teacher Rav Berg once put it, the restaurant is closed.

Every time we chase down our negative thoughts, we feed the monster. Every time we think there's no hope, we make it stronger. Every time we think unhealthy thoughts, it gets healthier.

This week, don't chase ? replace! The onslaught is too great; you can spend from here until eternity dealing with every negative thought that pops into your head. Just work at ignoring them, and insert better thoughts. Every time you have a whopper of a thought, inject an equally positive one. Think about things that are good in your life, people that do love you, gifts you can use now, miracles that have already happened for you. Or rather, because of you.

Don't be confused about what certainty is. It's not a consciousness that comes to us just like that. It requires a lot of effort and hard work. But it pays off huge dividends, so get on it. I know you can do it.

All the best,
Yehuda





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[seacrestkristi]

Here is another video in support of the premises of a new earthl


http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229

carmen, This is the most useful video I have watched on this board to date as well. Thanks for the gift of sharing it.

 

[Miss Critter]

Love your post, organicmama! Thanks