binz
September 18th, 2002, 01:29 PM
Hi,
over the past few months, I have learnt to live with the 'flow' of life and have come to understand some things that help me to live this way. I do not know if they apply to everyone (feel free to disagree with anything), but I do want to share with people who may understand, so below I include some of what I have learnt so far (or un-forgotten, because inside I knew it already, but my ego was getting in the way of understanding).
With regards to I Ching, there is a question i can feel inside of me, it is important but i cannot yet put it in words, but am happy to have found this community so that it can be shared when I am ready.
I have used the I Ching (a long time ago) and it helped life to flow in the right direction and put me where I am now - or to look at it another way - it showed me how to join the flow of life and follow the 'way'.
But over the years, I slipped and was overtaken by pressures to 'succeed' and got caught up in foolishly wanting what I hadn't got. How have I come from the rat race me stressing to get a promotion, to the happy me, smiley warm sunny as I am now? Well i wanted to move up in my career and couldn't get away from the demotivating factors in my life, so i thought hypnotism would help to stop me being demotivated. Anyway, i found someone (trained hypnotist) who took a holistic approach and through several sessions including chatting visualisation and reiki (but no hypnotism), plus the realisations that occured inbetween the sessions, i rediscovered the 'way' of life. Result is that i realised the 'promotion' wasn't to be strived for, and by 'letting go' of the controls, life has flowed and moved me to the same same job anyway, but with less stress. I have also stopped stressing about the other things for which my ego told me i was responsible. And in particualr have lost my fear of losing things, which was holding me away from happiness.
Anyway, enough about my life, below are the understandings I have gained and wish to share.
good luck, smile and be sunny
cheers
Binz
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there is no plan
you can make your own, but this will not control.
your plans may only help things to flow
your plans can?t make things happen.
your plans won?t stop anything from happening.
they can only encourage ?life? to flow
this flow may or may not join with your planned conclusion,
but the flow will be of benefit if followed
the conclusion reached will be right
you may have your own plan
but accept that the outcome may not be as intended
whatever your plan actually results in,
it will be the right result for that time,
though you may not know it is right
trust in yourself
this is how life is
and by accepting and smiling inside
we will know it is right,
even if we don?t know why
why?
this is not a useful question
by asking why,
we seek to understand what is beyond understanding
the route of ?why??
is the route to discontentment
don?t say ?why??
say to your innerself
?it is so, and it is meant to be so?
smile at yourself,
and continue down life?s road
life is beautiful
view it with your innerself,
let your ?soul? look through the warmth of your innerself
onto the world around us
there is beauty all around
reflecting the beauty within
which is reflecting the beauty that is around us
allow these beauties to grow
and let the happiness of your self grow with them
ugly isn?t real
ugly is just a reflection of our perception.
dismiss this perception
and let your self look deeper
by allowing the innerself to flow and feel,
we can look through the perception of ugly
and find beauty in everything
everything is beautiful.
ugly is a perception our ego uses
to hide the pleasurable truth
http://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/I_Ching_community/clipart/happy.gif
lose your preconceived ideas
and you will lose your preconceived fears
water (rocks)
the way of life is as a river,
strewn with rocks that add excitement
rocks that add music to the journey,
and help prevent the flow from stagnating
as the river matures, the rocks are fewer.
in time, life levels out, but if too static
it can be hindered from flowing by its own silt
water (falls)
occasionally in life
the flow seems to plunge
falling out of control
these waterfalls of life take us from one stage
to the next
and should not be feared
we cannot control the fall.
go with it
trust it
the valley you emerge in may be more joyous than the previous.
but whatever it is, it is meant to be
and will lead to happiness
water (islands)
as we flow with life,
the river may take us many ways
often many rivers join and flow together,
then separate as if flowing past islands of independence
the flows may rejoin
or be joined by others
don?t wish to be the other side of the island,
we shall all reach the sea
water (eddies and whirlpools)
as we flow with the river of life,
sometimes we feel stuck in eddies and whirlpools
where it feels as if we have lost direction,
and we go round in circles making no progress
but the water doesn?t stay in one place,
and neither shall we
stop paddling to stand still,
let your self sink into the river of life,
then you will rejoin the flow and progress
water (rocks II)
if you try to swim upstream
to avoid the rocks and waterfalls,
at best you will go nowhere
and will exhaust your self,
achieving nothing as life passes you by
at worst you will not see all the rocks and waterfalls
(no one can)
and because you wont flow around the rocks,
they will hit you in the balls
so turnaround
relax
and follow the flow
water (weather)
your life / self is as a river,
experiences and events are as the weather
when it rains;
the river grows in depth, width and strength,
and is more able to nourish those around it
when the sun shines;
the river sparkles and is filled with warmth,
and happiness is reflected and shared with those around it
over the past few months, I have learnt to live with the 'flow' of life and have come to understand some things that help me to live this way. I do not know if they apply to everyone (feel free to disagree with anything), but I do want to share with people who may understand, so below I include some of what I have learnt so far (or un-forgotten, because inside I knew it already, but my ego was getting in the way of understanding).
With regards to I Ching, there is a question i can feel inside of me, it is important but i cannot yet put it in words, but am happy to have found this community so that it can be shared when I am ready.
I have used the I Ching (a long time ago) and it helped life to flow in the right direction and put me where I am now - or to look at it another way - it showed me how to join the flow of life and follow the 'way'.
But over the years, I slipped and was overtaken by pressures to 'succeed' and got caught up in foolishly wanting what I hadn't got. How have I come from the rat race me stressing to get a promotion, to the happy me, smiley warm sunny as I am now? Well i wanted to move up in my career and couldn't get away from the demotivating factors in my life, so i thought hypnotism would help to stop me being demotivated. Anyway, i found someone (trained hypnotist) who took a holistic approach and through several sessions including chatting visualisation and reiki (but no hypnotism), plus the realisations that occured inbetween the sessions, i rediscovered the 'way' of life. Result is that i realised the 'promotion' wasn't to be strived for, and by 'letting go' of the controls, life has flowed and moved me to the same same job anyway, but with less stress. I have also stopped stressing about the other things for which my ego told me i was responsible. And in particualr have lost my fear of losing things, which was holding me away from happiness.
Anyway, enough about my life, below are the understandings I have gained and wish to share.
good luck, smile and be sunny
cheers
Binz
------------------------------------------
there is no plan
you can make your own, but this will not control.
your plans may only help things to flow
your plans can?t make things happen.
your plans won?t stop anything from happening.
they can only encourage ?life? to flow
this flow may or may not join with your planned conclusion,
but the flow will be of benefit if followed
the conclusion reached will be right
you may have your own plan
but accept that the outcome may not be as intended
whatever your plan actually results in,
it will be the right result for that time,
though you may not know it is right
trust in yourself
this is how life is
and by accepting and smiling inside
we will know it is right,
even if we don?t know why
why?
this is not a useful question
by asking why,
we seek to understand what is beyond understanding
the route of ?why??
is the route to discontentment
don?t say ?why??
say to your innerself
?it is so, and it is meant to be so?
smile at yourself,
and continue down life?s road
life is beautiful
view it with your innerself,
let your ?soul? look through the warmth of your innerself
onto the world around us
there is beauty all around
reflecting the beauty within
which is reflecting the beauty that is around us
allow these beauties to grow
and let the happiness of your self grow with them
ugly isn?t real
ugly is just a reflection of our perception.
dismiss this perception
and let your self look deeper
by allowing the innerself to flow and feel,
we can look through the perception of ugly
and find beauty in everything
everything is beautiful.
ugly is a perception our ego uses
to hide the pleasurable truth
http://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/I_Ching_community/clipart/happy.gif
lose your preconceived ideas
and you will lose your preconceived fears
water (rocks)
the way of life is as a river,
strewn with rocks that add excitement
rocks that add music to the journey,
and help prevent the flow from stagnating
as the river matures, the rocks are fewer.
in time, life levels out, but if too static
it can be hindered from flowing by its own silt
water (falls)
occasionally in life
the flow seems to plunge
falling out of control
these waterfalls of life take us from one stage
to the next
and should not be feared
we cannot control the fall.
go with it
trust it
the valley you emerge in may be more joyous than the previous.
but whatever it is, it is meant to be
and will lead to happiness
water (islands)
as we flow with life,
the river may take us many ways
often many rivers join and flow together,
then separate as if flowing past islands of independence
the flows may rejoin
or be joined by others
don?t wish to be the other side of the island,
we shall all reach the sea
water (eddies and whirlpools)
as we flow with the river of life,
sometimes we feel stuck in eddies and whirlpools
where it feels as if we have lost direction,
and we go round in circles making no progress
but the water doesn?t stay in one place,
and neither shall we
stop paddling to stand still,
let your self sink into the river of life,
then you will rejoin the flow and progress
water (rocks II)
if you try to swim upstream
to avoid the rocks and waterfalls,
at best you will go nowhere
and will exhaust your self,
achieving nothing as life passes you by
at worst you will not see all the rocks and waterfalls
(no one can)
and because you wont flow around the rocks,
they will hit you in the balls
so turnaround
relax
and follow the flow
water (weather)
your life / self is as a river,
experiences and events are as the weather
when it rains;
the river grows in depth, width and strength,
and is more able to nourish those around it
when the sun shines;
the river sparkles and is filled with warmth,
and happiness is reflected and shared with those around it