| |
| |
|
Just Between Us - FREE Spiritual Information for anyone interested. |
|
|
|
Reflections On Eckhart Tolles Concept Of The Pain-Body
First, there is the field of complete consciousness. This then expresses itself in an organic form. From here it loses itself in organizing the physical environment around it. It begins to split into mind, and mind then splits into ego, and ego then believes itself the origin of consciousness. As ego, arising from thoughts of limitations, fractures itself against obstacles, it develops what Eckhart Tolle calls the pain-body. The pain-body then becomes an unconscious entity within. It seeks to feed on pain to survive. It makes a person feel pain and it causes this person to inflict pain on others. After the pain-body strikes out, it tends to propagate. Soon armies are formed and war propagated. Mind itself now works in service to the pain-body. The past two world wars are an expression of the pain-body in complete domination. Release from the pain-body comes from observing the mind; observing how it takes a feeling, becomes identified completely with it, and thinks and acts out that feeling. This witnessing is separation from the pain-body, disidentifying from it. When this happens, the light of awareness begins to dissolve the pain. One sees this shadow entity for what it is, an accumulation of past hurts, an expression of renegade life-force particles. Witnessing is recognizing the self to be other than egoic mental and emotional turbulence. It is a return to recognition of the awareness that propagates thinking, which is a small part of consciousness. Witnessing is placing the conscious in the moment and observing it express itself through mentation. Recognizing oneself as the author of mind and not the outcome of mind removes the automation that goes along with a belief in determinism, which in turn arises because of the belief that mind arises out of matter. This is the movement referred to as spirituality, and it is a movement toward wholeness. Spirituality itself can be confusing because of the elaborate expressions on what it is; but, in its essence, it is an attempt to return to wholeness. Wholeness, it will be discovered, can??t be fragmented. Wholeness is a return to identification with the origin of creation; a return to contemplation of the field of consciousness itself; a return to what is referred to as God, Beingness, or Spirit. Our journey in life is a journey toward freedom, identifying with what it real, which arises from pure subjectivity, the implicate order. Our entrapment in the explicate order is by virtue of unconsciousness about the pain-body. Resource Box Saleem Rana got his masters in psychotherapy from California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, Ca., 15 years ago and now resides in Denver, Colorado. His articles on the internet have inspired over ten thousand people from around the world. Discover how to create a remarkable life Copyright 2005 Saleem Rana. Please feel free to pass thisarticle on to your friends, or use it in your ezine ornewsletter. It's a shareware article.
MORE RESOURCES:
Spirituality - Google News |
|
|
|
RELATED ARTICLES
True Justice and Freedom The world's idea of justice and freedom fall short of their purpose. Prison bars keep the guilty from repeating their crime while behind them. E=mc, Emotional & Physical Gravity The word "gravity" is a word coined by Sir Isaac Newton to describe an unseen force that attracts objects with mass to each other. As human beings living on planet earth we experience this force as one which constantly impedes us from floating away into the cosmos. Drifting Like a Summer Breeze He knew it was going to happen. He wasn't really surprised. God Lives and Heals Today I have a confession.I used to have doubts about God's existence. Horse Racing and Seabiscut -- A Hope, A Prayer, and A Horse! Even though our lives progressively moves forwardon occasion it has a way of working what seems tobe in a backwards motion, yet in the end achievesthe same results. I remember years ago when Istarted my bodybuilding career, I had no self-confidence, poor self-esteem, and an introvertedpersonality. Fool for God The following article is an exploration of the Spring holiday season and its spiritual implications. In it will be a unique perspective with a special emphasis on the importance of owning our dualities for the purpose of transcending them. Dimensional Shifts "Spirit is beyond the void of space. This realm, beyond the void, is not an empty nothingness; it is the womb of creation. The Purpose of Life, Told by an Agnostic Talked to an interesting person today at a coffee shop, after about 10 minutes or so told me he was an atheist. Which is interesting and lends it self as to why we were having this particular conversation about "THE MEANING OF LIFE". Abiding in the Word How many Christian people do you know who are bearing no fruit? Jesus said, "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. What to Expect From the Next Transformation ??Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party.?? This line is a typing exercise, but it holds a bundle of truth for mankind. About Divine Communication - A Special Q & A 1. How can anyone receive direct communication from Divine Source, God, All That Is?Each spiritual/human being IS a physical manifestation of Divine Source. Being Being"You have taken yourself to be something that you are not".- Sri Nisargadatta MaharajEach is loved unconditionally, unequivocally, eternally. Letting Go of Judgment - Finding Good (God) In Others "I resolve to speak ill of no man?and proper occasions speak all the good I know of everybody."-Benjamin Franklin"Judge not, that ye be not judged. Faith Building 101A Let Your Family and Friends Know That You Are A Person of Faith.If you are like my Magic Genie friend Gloriious and I, you may be shy about telling those you love and care about that you are a person of faith. Anam Cara - Discovering Your Being The more that "little me" allows surrender the more is done. What is done is "good. Lance Armstrong had it Right-- Every Second Does Counts! I have been counseling people on weight loss, exercise efficiency and nutrition for over twenty years. Every time I go to the gym I observe people, their training tactics and their workout habits. Beware of the Lobby Lizards Our church is infested with lobby lizards. They crawl around the lobby of the church while other activities are going on as if they already have mastered the topic the pastor is discussing. Beyond Normal - The Liquid Level Of Consciousness I am not enlightened, and yet, I am no longer "normal." Since you are reading this, I suspect you probably feel the same. Is It Real? If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. --2 CORINTHIANS 5:17, KJVIt may have happened to you at a Billy Graham Crusade. An Alternative to A Life of Healing While I do hope to avoid arguing the merits or validity of seeing ourselves as primarily and essentially wounded and on a lifelong quest for wholeness via healing, I would like to offer another perspective on wholeness that may disagree with and/or upset some. This perspective is pointed at by the Mystical Traditions of the East and West, and one in which we begin with the understanding of our innate and eternal perfection.
|
| home | site map |
| © 2006 |
