I'm still very new at all of this, so when something finally clicks it's overwhelmingly beautiful. I was pondering the aspects of duality and non-duality, and i finally got how they aren't contradictory at all. It's all about perspective and how you decide to catagorize things. You can have male and female, or people. Organic and inorganic, or atoms. Particles of matter, or all that is. And I'm sure my cat defines her catagories in life much differently than I do, so catagories in and of themselves, are not real boundaries, they are only imaginary or in our minds.
Today I was overwhelmed with sorrow at the loss of a relationship in my life, and yet, when I thought about how I am all that is, and all that is really is me, then I realized, i'll never really lose him, because he is me. And I have no reason to feel animosity towards him, because then I would be feeling animostiy towards myself.
To take it a step further, I realized that I could choose to feel "his" feelings, instead of "mine" and focus on giving over any of the feelings that came up to Goddess. The pit of dread sitting in my stomach fell away, and I was able to focus on my heart chakra, pull enegy up to it, and just release it outward. I still get a whoosh of sadness when I think on it all, but there's a peace now instead of the dread, and a comfort in knowing all is not lost forever, just different from the way I've known it to be.
jaime :)
Scott
: Hello,
: I'm still very new at all of this, so when something finally clicks it's overwhelmingly beautiful. I was pondering the aspects of duality and non-duality, and i finally got how they aren't contradictory at all. It's all about perspective and how you decide to catagorize things. You can have male and female, or people. Organic and inorganic, or atoms. Particles of matter, or all that is. And I'm sure my cat defines her catagories in life much differently than I do, so catagories in and of themselves, are not real boundaries, they are only imaginary or in our minds.
: Today I was overwhelmed with sorrow at the loss of a relationship in my life, and yet, when I thought about how I am all that is, and all that is really is me, then I realized, i'll never really lose him, because he is me. And I have no reason to feel animosity towards him, because then I would be feeling animostiy towards myself.
: To take it a step further, I realized that I could choose to feel "his" feelings, instead of "mine" and focus on giving over any of the feelings that came up to Goddess. The pit of dread sitting in my stomach fell away, and I was able to focus on my heart chakra, pull enegy up to it, and just release it outward. I still get a whoosh of sadness when I think on it all, but there's a peace now instead of the dread, and a comfort in knowing all is not lost forever, just different from the way I've known it to be.
: jaime :)