The Power of Now

"I have lived with several Zen Masters... all of them cats."

A "good" experience, on the other hand., can keep one way too comfortable, aloof and unreal. Sometimes we say "I feel so dis-illusioned." What’s wrong with that? Sure, it’s painful but who wants to be illusioned? We should thank someone when our illusions are exposed. Easy to say, I know. I’m still trying to get over some of the illusions I had about the Bible itself and the implications of such illusions. Illusions are false beliefs about ideas and ways to be. Delusional is when one has false beliefs about themselves which do not stand up to reality.

"Don’t be so negative"

Hot button words those! Usually we say this when someone has pretty much pushed our last button or we are sending out a warning that we have had enough. It’s a way of saying that someone is bleeding their pessimism, anger or past pain all over and it needs to stop. It is a way to say "you are ruining my day, my moment and my desire to be around you much longer." It’s another way of dividing people up into types. It’s also a way to live one’s entire life.

"All inner resistance is experienced as negativity in one form or another.

All negativity is resistance. In this context, the two words are almost synonymous. Negativity ranges from irritation or impatience, to fierce anger, from a depressed mood or sullen resentment to suicidal despair. Sometimes the resistance triggers the emotional pain-body, in which case even a minor situation may produce intense negativity, such as anger, depression or deep grief. The ego believes that through negativity it can manipulate reality and get what it wants.

Once you have identified with some form of negativity, YOU DO NOT WANT TO LET IT GO and on some deep level, you do not want positive change. It would threaten your identity as a depressed, angry or hard-done- by person. You will then ignore, deny or sabotage the positive in your life. This is a common phenomenon. IT IS ALSO INSANE."