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Daily Question, July 14

What new experience of myself am I having?

  • KC

    Feeling pretty darn human these days. Praying and doing my best to feel and know connection with spirit.

  • kathleen

    I am experiencing how I create my own happiness..

  • Palm

    A better capacity to see things as they are and be at peace with it (mostly :))

  • Anonymous

    This moment.

  • Angel

    it´s basically crazy and unbelievable but i finally accept myself or better my body. I’ve been suffering from an eating disorder since I was 14 I could eat anymore with regrading feeling bad or uncomfortable.Counting calories and Sport were my life.
    I could not go to a birthday party cause I would eat the cake. I could not go to a friends house cause I might get hungry and have to eat.
    It was crazy and a heal. The eating disorder has taken my life.
    But something insane happened as I started ...

    it´s basically crazy and unbelievable but i finally accept myself or better my body. I’ve been suffering from an eating disorder since I was 14 I could eat anymore with regrading feeling bad or uncomfortable.Counting calories and Sport were my life.
    I could not go to a birthday party cause I would eat the cake. I could not go to a friends house cause I might get hungry and have to eat.
    It was crazy and a heal. The eating disorder has taken my life.
    But something insane happened as I started living gratefully. I finally accept my body, no even more I love every inch of my body. I eat when I am hungry and feel unbelievable happy and satisfied. Thank you gratefulness for giving me my life back!!! thank you!!!!

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    • Anna

      I am with Pilgrim, Angel, and I bow before you, because I know how this kind of problems is hard. I am deeply glad for your healing. I feel your happiness and satisfaction through your words. You have won a great battle.

    • Pilgrim

      Angel, you have walked a most difficult and traumatic road with your eating disorder. I have known others who have suffered as you have. I bow before you in deep respect for your quest for and journey to healing. Namaste.

  • Antoinette

    I relate to what Anita said about how I spark to myself is something I have tried to work on.
    I'm also paying attention to my reactions to what's going on around me. It's interesting to view the ego self and notice how habituated reactions are so ingrained!
    I would like to be more awake and aware of my tone of voice to myself and others.
    I find it interesting to try to back up away from things and watch things like I'm in a movie. It really helps to add curiosity and humor to mast any situ...

    I relate to what Anita said about how I spark to myself is something I have tried to work on.
    I’m also paying attention to my reactions to what’s going on around me. It’s interesting to view the ego self and notice how habituated reactions are so ingrained!
    I would like to be more awake and aware of my tone of voice to myself and others.
    I find it interesting to try to back up away from things and watch things like I’m in a movie. It really helps to add curiosity and humor to mast any situation.
    I feel that my new experience of self is how much of a good thing it is to lose myself more and more.

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  • Hot Sauce

    After a few years of lacking much interest in Gnosticism, I am coming back to this ancient mystery tradition and seeing what I can learn from it. To be honest, I am not very fond of the negative view of the world (although I see how it appeals to people who feel like they don't belong; I can relate to that), but I think, like any religion, it has good things to teach, and the Nag Hammadi Library and other texts call us to a new level of awareness of our divinity and of the imprisoned spark of Go...

    After a few years of lacking much interest in Gnosticism, I am coming back to this ancient mystery tradition and seeing what I can learn from it. To be honest, I am not very fond of the negative view of the world (although I see how it appeals to people who feel like they don’t belong; I can relate to that), but I think, like any religion, it has good things to teach, and the Nag Hammadi Library and other texts call us to a new level of awareness of our divinity and of the imprisoned spark of God within us.

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    • Anonymous

      Sometimes the truth hurts. Negative is often an illusion and the truth is simply inconceivably wonderful that you wouldn’t miss this world once you taste its flavor for yourself.

      As a Buddhist I have heard analogies by high level monks of likening this world to a toilet bowl, in comparison to say the heavens lol.

  • Gina

    my new and not so new experience is that I am really more of an introvert....crave and need my own space and quiet time alone,,,,
    the conflicting part is that I keep judging myself and wishing I had more people around and social time and then I remember the suffering that often brings.... I like more simple things....no drinking, no gossiping, loud music, consuming large amounts of junk food, big crowds , and noise...it really is something I really can 't handle much anymore.....so I take this ...

    my new and not so new experience is that I am really more of an introvert….crave and need my own space and quiet time alone,,,,
    the conflicting part is that I keep judging myself and wishing I had more people around and social time and then I remember the suffering that often brings…. I like more simple things….no drinking, no gossiping, loud music, consuming large amounts of junk food, big crowds , and noise…it really is something I really can ‘t handle much anymore…..so I take this as a learning part of aging …choosing to spend my time the way I feel most comfortable…in nature, quiet, classical music……

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    • KC

      Gina, I am with you on a similar journey, to making the time, space and finding the courage for a more introverted, quiet path. Wishing you much peace as you find that balance between solitude and time with others, and the courage to choose what is best for you. Warmest wishes for your day! ????????????… KC

  • Anita

    An awareness of how I speak to myself vs. others. I’m attempting to speak to myself and care for myself with care, kindness and be gentle. This is so foreign to me. Today I am grateful for this awareness and experience.

    • Gina

      Anita,
      I try to be a good friend to myself as much as I would be to my good friend, but it certainly is not easy for me…a lot more kindness and gentleness is needed for myself which I would gladly give to a friend……I am deserving and so are you!

  • Deb

    Accepting impermanence at a deeper level. It brings up questions of what is worthwhile.

  • Elaine

    Living with uncertainty of everything and still going forward. As a child my family was always uncertain and I now realize I was always trying to control my surroundings to feel safe, Now everything is uncertain and I am forced to trust.

  • Michael

    constantly learning better ways to reach people and move towards happy. this learning and knowledge brings me new personal experiences everyday…and moves me always towards happy.

  • Christina

    I am discovering who I am and what I like & enjoy. I have always been beset by the “shoulds”: “You’re a smart girl, you should….” It is a blessing & a grace to discover who I am without these! What I’m finding is that I’m pretty damn happy!!

    • Anita

      Yay Christina! Good for you. I’m opening to the idea of a relationship with self that I’ve never had before and attempting to change the dialogue. It’s wonderful to hear who you are discovering actually resides within. Thank you for sharing.

  • Amy Dewhirst

    I am feeling a newfound sense of deep-rooted joy. A calm, relaxed, "everything is always going to be OK no matter what" kind of peace. Currently going some bad patches and the road has been quite bumpy lately. However, through Divine guidance that I am tapping into that comes from daily journal writing and meditations, my sense of experiencing the world has become more serene. I am losing my anger, forgiving my past mistakes and learning to trust God and my Angels more and more everyday. I feel ...

    I am feeling a newfound sense of deep-rooted joy. A calm, relaxed, “everything is always going to be OK no matter what” kind of peace. Currently going some bad patches and the road has been quite bumpy lately. However, through Divine guidance that I am tapping into that comes from daily journal writing and meditations, my sense of experiencing the world has become more serene. I am losing my anger, forgiving my past mistakes and learning to trust God and my Angels more and more everyday. I feel my ego dissolving a little bit more with each passing day and my smiles last longer when I think of this blessed place and how grateful I am to be here.

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  • Kevin

    Today’s question strikes me as funny. Not quite sure why. Perhaps it’s from having worked with teenagers for four decades and knowing that if I had asked them a question like this in a group setting their laughter would have carried all the way out to the street!

    For myself, it’s a great question because as I heal ever so slowly from back surgery, I am slowly discovering new-found movement and less and less overall pain. And for this I am very, very grateful.
    – Kevin

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