The Most Important Thing

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Posted on Mar 5, 2008 12:19 PM

Fellow Posters,
Yeah, there's lots of negativity. ego, Oprah talks too much, where's my "aha" moment, etc. etc. But above everything else, this book and this webcast has got people talking. Yay!

One of the Skype videophoners asked Ekhart if his "evolve or perish" comments were true, or merely metaphorical. We shouldn't forget that so much of our world's troubles have to do with noncommunication. The same could be said of dysfunctional famlies. People have a million opinions and as many reactions to this book. We're all talking about the peacefullness of living in the present. Whatever diverse backgrounds people come from, it is never bad for people to talk to each other, even in this limited form.

I think this is the most important thing - if we are lost in thought, we are barely living. The "aha" moment doesn't have to hit you like a lead ballon. To just notice how much time you may dwell in the past, or fret about the future is an enormous task, one that makes our lives much better. One could explore this without making it a religious issue at all. "Living in one's head" is a life problem. Getting out of the habit is a noble goal for anybody. Yes, we can 'just be," but we should also be growing until the day we die.

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Mar 5, 2008 12:28 PM   |   In response to: diahni

Thank-you for your post. One way I look at it is.....If I had one month left to live, how would I live it? What comes is this: I would want to feel alive, here now and love....love everybody and every moment. To be so involved in thought and the stories in my head is not aliveness. I have found the body to be the doorway to being here now. Come down from the head and feel all of the body in this moment. Then there is the aliveness and its easier to be in the heart. Love is at the top of the list of the most important. We must start by deciding not to pay attention to the negative thoughts about ourself and just love ourself! Then we can love others. Have a beautiful day!!!

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Mar 5, 2008 5:50 PM   |   In response to: 2008wer1

you said it!

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Mar 16, 2008 5:34 AM   |   In response to: diahni

I made Peace with my Ego some time ago when I realised that my Spirit Self would be very happy for me to spend all day with my animals and my art and garden and listen to podcasts and all of those other somewhat solitary,connective pursuits that are primarily internal and immersed in silence and possibility.
I found that by making Peace with a significant aspect of my total Self, life is far more complete and i have been able to manifest my potential rather than simply contemplating it.

It is my Ego that says "Come on , get up off that chair by the cosy-rosy fire place and get ready for that presentation...I know you find the whole public speaking thing unpleasant but so do plenty of people!!"

When my Spirit Self used to say .."Let it go...he didn't really mean it...forgive him again...and again ...and again"...My Ego eventually kicked in and said "What the funk are you doing!!!! GET OUT of there NOW"....

My Ego will write strong letters to the newspaper whilst my Spirt Self meanders off contemplating the philosophical aspects of the worlds karma troubles and drama bubbles. Now there is a stronger call to action since Ego has come on board. It has saved me from withdrawing from the world to immerse myself in the gifts that God gave me, rather than share them with others because at times it has seemed too hard to move amongst the thickness of this rapid acceleration we are collectively in the midst of.
Ego says "Just do it. Put yourself out there and see what will happen"...

An Ego denied or submerged will do what all submerged Energies do, create anyway and not necessarily to our liking or within our control...so it seemed like a better idea to honour the Ego as I do the Spirit and now find that these two mismatched apsects of the totality of being human are no longer ducking and weaving, sparring and seeking to be the dominant aspect of the Self..instrad, like all good marriages of 'opposites', they get along very well, they know that one is really tidy and the other is a bit messy... and they have learnt to Love one another in a gorgeous old-couple kind of way...by embracing the illusion of 'opposites' and honouring each entitiy as an aspect of the One...

Carol Omer

PS Here in Australia in the 70's the band Skyhooks put out a nunber one song called "Ego is not a dirty word" and it only took me 30 years to get it!......:^0

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