Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

Avoiding COMMON TRAPS & “Fake Solutions”
TRAP #01: PSYCHOANALYSIS …
Whether alone, with friends or in the company of “health professionals”, the more we
focus on how we were “damaged” in our past, the less likely we are to transcend those
wounds in our present. The more we continue to analyze what was done to us, the less
likely we are to shift that focus and do for others. The more we try and remember how it
felt to be One with our True Self within, the less likely we will ever do the deeds
necessary to experience that very re-Union!
After all, full-fledged Harmony is not an internal feeling of calm; true Harmony is the
Peace that comes to us when our internal Soul-Self is set in motion by external acts of
courageous caring.
“Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is
lousy. You can’t analyze or plan to do things. You simply must do things.”
~ inspired by Ray Bradbury
TRAP #02: MEDITATION …
As long as we are using our minds to minimize our thinking, our minds and their
thoughts will continue to rule our lives. As long as our goal is to find “inner peace”
within ourselves, we will never be able to enliven Peace for our surroundings. As long as
we are striving to “become One” with the present moment, we will continue to wall
ourselves off from that same Here&Now …
Oneness can only be truly known to the degree that Oneness is actively lived — to the
degree that Oneness is experienced by intimately engaging with others.
“Thoughts are definitely there, and yet they have no beginning, no middle and no end …
It’s like trying to see where water turns into steam … and steam cannot condense steam.”
~ inspired by Pema Chodron
TRAP #03: PRAYER …
The more we pray for our own Salvation, the farther we move away from its
entranceway. The more we ask for God to bless us with Peace, the more strife we call
into our lives. The more we pray for God to be present in our lives, the greater the gap
between ourselves and “the Will of God” becomes … Indeed, the only way to “walk with
God” is to go forth in times of desire and give to others. The only way to “do God’s Will”
is to go forth in times of fear and Be Kind to others anyway.
Essentially, the only prayer God hears is the one you utter with your feet – the only
prayer God answers is the one you utter with open arms and an open Heart.
“Neither science nor religion can solve the ultimate mystery, and that is because, in the
last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.”
~ inspired by Max Planck
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