Transcend

Regardless of what you say or do or what face you show to the world, 
your mental emotional state cannot be concealed. Every human being 
emanates an energy field that corresponds to his or her inner state, and most 
people can sense it, although they may feel someone else’s energy emanation 
only subliminally. That is to say, they don’t know that they sense it, yet it 
determines to a large extent how they feel about and react to that person. 
Some people are most clearly aware of it when they first meet someone, even 
before any words are exchanged. A little later, however, words take over the 
relationship and with words come the roles that most people play. Attention 
then moves to the realm of mind, and the ability to sense the other person’s 
energy field becomes greatly diminished. Nevertheless, it is still felt on an 
unconscious level. 

~ From ‘A New Earth’ (Eckhart Tolle) 

The outward movement into form does not express itself with equal intensity in all people. Some feel a strong urge to build, create, become involved, achieve, make an impact upon the world. If they are unconscious, their ego will, of course, take over and use the energy of the outgoing cycle for its own purposes. This, however, also greatly reduces the flow of creative energy available to them and increasingly they need to rely on “efforting” to get what they want. If they are conscious, those people in whom the outward movement is strong will be highly creative.

Others, after the natural expansion that comes with growing up has run its course, lead an outwardly unremarkable, seemingly more passive and relatively uneventful existence. They are more inward looking by nature, and for them the outward movement into form is minimal. They would rather return home than go out. They have no desire to get strongly involved in or change the world. If they have any ambitions, they usually don’t go beyond finding something to do that gives them a degree of independence.

Some of them find it hard to fit into this world. Some are lucky enough to find a protective niche where they can lead a relatively sheltered life, a job that provides them with a regular income or a small business of their own. Some may feel drawn toward living in a spiritual community or monastery. Others may become dropouts and live on the margins of society they feel they have little in common with. Some turn to drugs because hey find living in this world too painful. Others eventually become healers or spiritual teachers, that is to say, teachers of Being.

In past ages, they would probably have been called contemplatives. There is no place for them, it seems, in our contemporary civilization. On the arising new earth, however, their role is just as vital as that of the creators, the doers, the reformers. Their function is to anchor the frequency of the new consciousness on his planet. I call them the frequency holders.

They are here to generate consciousness through the activities of daily life, through their interactions with others as well as through “just being.” In this way, they endow the seemingly insignificant with profound meaning. Their task is to bring spacious stillness into this world by being absolutely Present in whatever they do. There is consciousness and therefore quality in what they do, even the simplest task.

Their purpose is to do everything in a sacred manner. As each human being is an integral part of the collective human consciousness, they affect the world much more deeply than is visible on the surface of their lives.

From ‘A New Earth’ ~ Eckhart Tolle

You make what you defend against, and by your own defense against it is it real and inescapable. Lay down your arms, and only then do you perceive it false.

A Course in Miracles

http://www.circleofa.org/articles/Defenselessness.php

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But I say to you, That ye resist not evil: but whoever shall strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Jesus Christ

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Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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In certain cases, you may need to protect yourself or someone else
from being harmed by another, but beware of making it your mission to
“eradicate evil,” as you are likely to turn into the very thing you are fighting
against. Fighting unconsciousness will draw you into unconsciousness
yourself. Unconsciousness, dysfunctional egoic behavior, can never be
defeated by attacking it. Even if you defeat your opponent, the
unconsciousness will simply have moved into you, or the opponent reappears
in a new disguise. Whatever you fight, you strengthen, and what you resist,
persists.

Eckhart Tolle

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Yield and overcome;
Bend and be straight;
Empty and be full;
Wear out and be new;
Have little and gain;
Have much and be confused.

Therefore wise men embrace the one
And set an example to all.
Not putting on a display,
They shine forth.
Not justifying themselves,
They are distinguished.
Not boasting,
They receive recognition.
Not bragging,
They never falter.
They do not quarrel,
So no one quarrels with them.
Therefore the ancients say, ‘Yield and overcome.’
Is that an empty saying?
Be really whole,
And all things will come to you.

Lao Tzu

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(maybe they were onto something)

Although body identification is one of the most basic forms of ego, the good news is that it is also the one that you can most easily go beyond. This is done not by trying to convince yourself that you are not your body, but by shifting your attention from the external form of your body and from thoughts about your body – beautiful, ugly, strong, weak, too fat, too thin – to the feeling of aliveness inside it.

No matter what your body’s appearance is on the outer level, beyond the outer form it is an intensely alive energy field. If you are not familiar with “inner body” awareness, close your eyes for a moment and find out if there is life inside your hands. Don’t ask your mind. It will say, “ I can’t feel anything.” Probably it will also say, “Give me something more interesting to think about.” So instead of asking your mind, go to the hands directly. By this I mean become aware of the subtle feeling of aliveness inside them. It is there. You just have to go there with your attention to notice it. You may get a slight tingling sensation at first, then a feeling of energy or aliveness. If you hold your attention in your hands for a while, the sense of aliveness will intensify. Some people won’t even have to close their eyes. They will be able to feel their “inner hands” at the same times as they read this. Then go to your feet, keep your attention there for a minute or so, and begin to feel your hands and feet at the same time. Then incorporate other parts of the body – legs, arms, abdomen, chest, and so on – into that feeling until you are aware of the inner body as a global sense of aliveness. What I call the “inner body” isn’t really the body anymore but life energy, the bridge between form and formlessness.

Make it a habit to feel the inner body as often as you can. After a while, you won’t need to close your eyes anymore to feel it. For example, see if you can feel the inner body whenever you listen to someone. It almost seems like a paradox: When you are in touch with the inner body, you are not identified with your body anymore, nor are you identified with your mind. This is to say, you are no longer identified with form but moving away from form identification toward formlessness, which we may also call Being. It is your essence identity. Body awareness not only anchors you in the present moment, it is a doorway out of the prison that is the ego. It also strengthens the immune system and the body’s ability to heal itself.

from ‘A New Earth’ ~ Eckhart Tolle

Yet what is on the screen is really only modification of light. The projector is a powerful source of light and the light is obscured by the film in various ways. What if an actor in the film woke up and realised his or her true nature? They would realise, I am light, not who I thought I was. And, everything else in the film, is also that.

(from ‘Awakening out of Thought’ - Eckhart Tolle)