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Are You Cutting Yourself Off From Awareness?
Pure being: When this door is closed, we exist in separation. There is underlying dread of death, a loss of connection, and the absence of any divine presence.
Conditioned bliss: When this door is closed, life is joyless. Happiness is only a passing state. There is no opening for peak experiences.
Love: When this door is closed, life is heartless. We feel isolated in a gray world where other people are distant, detached figures. There is no sense of a loving hand in creation.
Intuition: When this door is closed, life loses it subtlety. The person lacks insight, has no flashes of brilliance, no exhilarated “Aha!” moments. The subtle web of connectedness that holds the universe together is completely hidden form view.
Imagination: When this door is closed, the mind is devoid of fantasy. We see everything in literal terms–art and metaphor count very little. Important decisions are approached with technical analysis, and there is no hope of a sudden creative leap.
Reason: When this door is closed, life makes no sense. We are ruled by random impulses. No course of action can be followed to its conclusion, and decisions are made irrationally.
Emotion: When this door is closed, feelings are frozen. There is little or no room for compassion and empathy. Events seem disconnected, without flow, and other people present no chance for bonding.
Adapted from The Book of Secrets, by Deepak Chopra (Harmony Books, 2004).
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add your comment »That was nicely said, Kristine. Life is about taking risk, and the only way you can master your fear or enjoy life to the fullest is to take the risk. I've been living with the door closed.
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That was beautiful, Kristine :-)
Thank you, so much, for sharing.
(Also, I think everyone had excellent comments. Just wanted to share that.)
Love and Hugs,
eppi
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I love the simple and insightful beauty of your writing. How all things fit together and have purpose.That everyone is needed and shares their own uniqueness yet is part of a whole. Learning to belong and contribute if they are open enough for the experience.
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Yes..how to open the door...that depends on the level of our self-development at the present moment. Not every one is naturally creative or have well tuned intuitive psychic. Therefore one has to filter out what works for oneself. For me it is ..without holding up past stories we have made about ourselves ...getting out of the mind and just opening the door little by little if we are inquisitive enough to want to know what is out there. If it is done with old fear then it is of course more difficult and even a deterrant. As Deepak once said the things we fear the most have already happened to us.
Old habbits die hard. A new day ...a new begining :-)
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IMO... The first door that needs to open is in your mind; once opened the possibilities are endless ;-)
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If there was ever an excerpt that's made me want to purchase your book this is it! An excellent way to categorize these often confusing elements of our interaction. I like the simple metaphor of the door, also. God was hard to love, for a while, but I'm opening that door now and creeping through.
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...And Colin, **thank you!**
Your comment enabled me to reply and once I re-read my response, it highlighted the importance (for me) of the creating aspect...
I'm doing a lot of yoga now, and certain things are sort of pushing forth from within for expression, you see. In short, innerness/something within is letting me know that I need to be expressing more at this time.
I thank you again. Namaste!
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Deepak, I don't understand either.....but I always appreciate your insights, thank you Brenda
PS Colin D. I agree and a lol to you~!!
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Hi Colin!
...I would say, "go within;" the gate to heaven itself is within. Also, I'd guess at taking time to nurture each of the above potentially open doors would be like opening the door.
Personally, when I read it, it reminded me that I was missing creating art, poems, and playing on what I like to call the ground of Being. Which was odd, since, I am in perpetual yoga practice at the moment. But, anyhow, that is another story.
Anyway I hope that helps. 'Course, I'm not Deepak. I just visit here. :-)
Have a fantastic day,
eppi
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