The Grand Predicament
El gran predicamento--por Nic Askew
El miedo a no pertenecer impulsa gran parte de lo que hacemos y de cómo somos.
Sin saberlo, puede definir la experiencia de una vida.
La mayoría de nosotr@s vivimos con la sensación subyacente de que aún no somos suficiente.
Y suponemos que hasta que lo seamos no podemos pertenecer verdaderamente.
Asumimos que debemos convertirnos en una mejor versión de nosotr@s mism@s.
Pero nunca somos suficiente en esta búsqueda incesante de pertenencia.
Estamos perdid@s en una superación personal sin fin.
¿Puede que hayamos estado mirando hacia afuera cuando todo el tiempo había estado dentro?
¿Puede que ya seamos la versión que habíamos estado buscando?
Más allá del interminable juego de arreglar lo que aparentemente está roto, existe una profunda experiencia de saber que no hay que arreglar a nadie.
Que somos suficiente como somos. Y que pertenecemos sin condición.
Sin embargo, no podemos buscar y esperar encontrar esto. Porque su naturaleza es encontrarnos. Y consumirnos sin duda.
Nadie puede enseñarnos esto. No se puede aprender esto.
En un momento de rendición. En un momento de no buscar, la experiencia puede ser re-conocida.
Nada cambia, pero todo es de alguna manera diferente. Y entonces todo comienza su transformación.
La liberación, la paz y todo lo que sigue es obra de la Visión Interior.
Preguntas semilla para la reflexión: ¿Cómo te relacionas con la noción de que nuestra experiencia más profunda puede ser re-conocida en un momento de entrega y no búsqueda? ¿Puedes compartir una historia personal de una profunda experiencia de pertenencia cuando dejaste de buscar y te entregaste? ¿Qué te ayuda a permanecer enraizado en la visión interior?
Nic Askew es cineasta.
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: How do you relate to the notion that our deepest experience can be re-known in a moment of surrender and non-seeking? Can you share a personal story of a profound experience of belonging when you stopped seeking and surrendered? What helps you stay rooted in the inner view?
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On Mar 15, 2023 Shyam wrote :
We are generally unsatisfied with our lives. We are continuously seeking a satisfaction outside of us . We feel we need to become something to feel more satisfied. In the process we have a feeling of lacking something. Not understanding and realising that all the satisfaction is already within us. We have what is needed by us. We need to tap into our inner view . We have to find the contentment with our inner self. All the joy and happiness is contained there.
Many times during our meditation there is this realization of complete contentment and an experience of being fully satisfied with our selves.
When we are rooted in our inner view , that feeling of contentment stays with us.
Many times during our meditation there is this realization of complete contentment and an experience of being fully satisfied with our selves.
When we are rooted in our inner view , that feeling of contentment stays with us.
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On Mar 10, 2023 Ted wrote :
My individual ego (like my physical body) is never perfect- there is always some opportunity for growth, healing, and improvement- endlessly... Yet suffering results if an ego says "I am the perfect god, no improvement is possible". Only in the letting go described in this passage can we find the "profound experience of knowing that there is no one to fix". Of course ego then says "let's do that now, I'll kill this ego, and all will be well!"- But of course that is just adding another layer of ego, and an obnoxiously "holier than thou" ego at that! Recognizing within what isn't temporary, and does not come and go helps, allows facing the full emptiness that all of existence is, and has always been...
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On Mar 10, 2023 David Doane wrote :
I assume "our deepest experience" refers to the experience that we are enough as we are. I definitely believe that can be re-known in a moment of surrender and non-seeking. In my experience, moments of letting go and being are moments of awakening and seeing. Problem is it takes many of us a long time or a profound experience to have such moments. The profound experience for me wasn't of belonging but of realizing I'm okay and realizing it is much more important to me to be than to belong, which ironically resulted in me belonging more. What helps me stay rooted in the inner view is having learned that the stuff most important o me, mainly my truth, my happiness, my real self, is there.
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On Mar 9, 2023 Jagdish P Dave wrote :
We are looking for the Reality or the Truth using our outer eyes and feel disappinted or lost. We keep on seraching and seeking for somehing which inside ourselves. It's a futile and and never ending search. When we consciously let go of such seeking and striving and when we look within with inner eyes we instantly and effortlessly find what was already residing in our heart. It is a paradox: by letting go we get it.
There have been times in my life when by surrendering my ego I have experienced profound love, nourishment and fulfillment. I remember what my father used to say, "Look within and you will find what you're for. Look without and you will lose it." As I grew up I could see the wisdom in what he was saying.
I regularly practice meditation to listen to my inner voice. Introspecting, looking within, is also very helpful to me to saty rooted in the inner view.
Namaste.
Jagdish P Dave
There have been times in my life when by surrendering my ego I have experienced profound love, nourishment and fulfillment. I remember what my father used to say, "Look within and you will find what you're for. Look without and you will lose it." As I grew up I could see the wisdom in what he was saying.
I regularly practice meditation to listen to my inner voice. Introspecting, looking within, is also very helpful to me to saty rooted in the inner view.
Namaste.
Jagdish P Dave