a question which i have been asking myself is: what is it that makes us so stuck in situations and patterns that we so dislike and feel that we don't choose?
apart from the obvious answer that energy flows where attention goes and that we will always attract to us that which we are thinking about (be this judged 'good' or 'bad'), i feel there is more to this than meets the eye.
with all the visualizing that people seem to be doing and with all the knowledge and education going on about life-empowerment, how can it still be that we are not reaching our goals as quickly and easily as we would like to, and is surely possible?
one thing about the law of attraction i tripped on originally is a thing that still forms a bit of a stumbling block for me and that is: is the universe really that simplistic as to give us what we are thinking about without 'feeling out' or understanding the difference in the message between 'i don't want x' and 'i really want x'? shouldn't the energy frequency be very different? yes, both may be offered with a passion but if one thought makes us feel good and one doesn't, should this difference not be a simple thing for the universe to detect and be kind enough to comply to?
so if we assume that the universe is of infinite intelligence as it surely is, then we must also assume that it is not a failure in the 'reading' of the message but a failure in the sending of the message. spinning this further: if we are sending the negative messages out with a negative emotion attached there still must be something other, something positive attached to it to cancel the negativity out, neutralize it to give the universe a 'neutral' reading. i cannot believe that the universe would send us something that we are so clearly attaching pain and/or anguish to. so within us, underneath these bad feelings there must be a feeling that gets satisfied, positive feedback when we receive (once again) the things that we have so long complained about.
maybe it's a matter of 'better the devil you know'. we have been raised to be 'careful' of a wide array of things, circumstances, people etc. since we were children, and this mindset continues on through adult life. as we know about all the things to be fearful about in this big world, when we invite the 'bad things' into our life 'that we know', then it may make us feel safer than inviting 'new bad things' that we don't know and don't know how to deal with. if our constant issues are for example lack of money, overweight and bad romantic relationships, then at least we are not getting war, famine and sickness.
but how do we break away from the safety of our own personal hell?
surely this is only possible if we assume that there is a place where we can be entirely safe? where could this place be?
we are told that it is inside us, we are told that it is the god within, that place of peace that we all carry within us.
we know this is true, we know all knowledge, all peace, all joy, all bliss all good things are inside us. if we know where the place is, how do we access it?
we access it through meditation. meditation is the solution.
om shanti.
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An important post, for which I may be able to offer a tentative answer.
ReplyDeleteWhat you call “good” and “bad” should more properly be called “pleasant” and “painful”.
You ask:
“with all the visualizing that people seem to be doing and with all the knowledge and education going on about life-empowerment, how can it still be that we are not reaching our goals as quickly and easily as we would like to, and is surely possible?”
Do you have proof that “what’s going on about life-empowerment” is truly “knowledge”? Suppose it is merely wishful thinking about wish-fulfilment?
To get back to your original question:
“what is it that makes us so stuck in situations and patterns that we so dislike and feel that we don’t choose?”
Because they are lessons for us to learn. The faithful universe (that wishes us well) keeps presenting them to us. Our deeper question is being answered. Our superficial question (“how can I get what gives me pleasure?”) is side-stepped.
There’s a book you might be interested in - see http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spiritual-Psychology-Information-Facilitators-Evolution/dp/1928806104/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1252316333&sr=8-1. It says we are here to learn some particular lesson and things will go on repeating themselves as you suggest, until we learn the particular lesson. It goes on to define “12 primary life lessons” with case histories.
I meditated an hour a day for 30 years. I would not recommend it to anyone. It may have been part of a lesson that I had to learn, or it may have been an avoidance tactic, I don’t know which.