The Guru is not an electric fence.
Practice means….
Practicing means boring inward toward a point. When you reach that point and rest in it, it expands.
The best participant….
The best participant in the world play is the one who is the Witness on all levels, and therefore the participant on all levels.
When the individual….
When the individual believes it is nondual, it is narcissistic. Only the Self is nondual.
The dissociative small self….
The dissociative small self thinks it is the Witness; it is merely the small self.
The life of self-esteem….
The life of self-esteem is the death of the soul.
We use our emotion….
We use our emotion to exaggerate the events in our lives so as to make them appear exceptional rather than mediocre. An example would be a person who thrives on conflict and crisis management. Crisis, along with heightened emotionality, becomes a peak experience imbued with significance. The crisis may just be “I don’t know what to wear,” but it is …
Stop being a lawyer….
Stop being a lawyer, a defense attorney, an advocate for your small self.
No matter how intense….
No matter how intense the experience, it is never personal.
The small self believes….
The small self believes pain is forever and happiness is fleeting. That is a choice, not a reality.