You simply act from your center and that may be all of the above you discussed, however it doesn’t take us away from center.Īnother point I always like to bring to awareness is that we must keep in perspective we will always get pulled off the course, but we come back more focused and more aware of where the wrong turn took us. I mean, ultimately, didn’t you mess up a lot? Didn’t you get disciplined? You are doing your outer world obligations without being taken over by them. When we are centered and feeling whole and able to take a detached stance with it, we are able to guide our children or our boss or our husband without the need to feel that we are losing control or that they are. We know what is right and what is wrong by how we feel. See how you even find struggle with you should or shouldn’t do? What I mean by that is, of course we are having the human experience and have to be in the world and respond to the outer world happenings but it is when we are centered and focused on staying in a calm and observation role, we respond without fear, without reaction. Totally fine, but your thoughts and energy are appreciated : ) The book gets so much more interesting ~ Alot of people are choosing to be involved in the Book Club and not comment. So, my first thought is above and my first question to you is… Can you see that your focus or your awareness gets carried away form your centered self? Can you see that when we begin to engage the outer world without the balance of a centered awareness that your attention is on the outer that things can start to get out of control or at least we can say that it is there that we begin to lose ourselves and then wonder why we feel lost? This is usually a turning point for many people and I hope for all you us it is something you can reflect on and really feel deeply! Without awareness of who you really are and who is really experiencing the outer world, YOU get lost out there!Ĭant wait to hear thoughts! And engage others comments as well. What if we spent those hours on being with ourselves, being with our lovers, being with our children, etc… I get it, but I also realize that this is where we lose ourselves.
I understand that TV and movies are a great way for some people to wind downfrom a day of stress at the office or sit close to their loved ones and enjoy an hour of two of that. STOP STOP STOP!!!! WE must learn to refocus. Then you begin a dangerous game of comparison, but what are you comparing? You begin to contemplate how great an actors life is or how much more exciting their life is or what ever it may be.
Are you kidding me? This is, to me, where people have lost their connecting to themselves, their family, their path, what is important in their world. You have given more importance to some person you do not know who may win a voce contest or a person you do not know that is trying to get a man to pick her out of 10 women to marry her.
I have had discussions about this with so many clients about how it is such a waste of time to sit in front of a tv all night when you get home and can honestly begin to be where you lose yourself. You are so engrossed in the screen, the actors, the feelings and the suspense of what is going to happen next that you have completely lost your sense of self, what is going on in your life and any awareness that is actually pertaining to your life. It was impressive to me how he compares your awareness to that of watching TV or a movie. If you are on the beginning of the path, you may actually not even be aware that this happens. The way you go through out the day and allow one thing or another to pull you out of your centered being. I really enjoyed this chapter and what it challenges you to look at.