Often people mention that they have heard a certain phrase many times,
but never really understood what it meant, until suddenly....

As we have said many times, it is rare that the mind really hears - it just
thinks it does. What it is actually hearing, is mind regurgitating old info,
until suddenly....

Sharing often encourages those who are feeling it is hopeless - a symptom of
'the dark night...' It is not hopeless.

One realisation mentioned is that it has become obvious that being anywhere
but in the very moment is not being real.

Let's talk about 'being in the moment.'
Being in the moment, is just that, in the moment. No resistance to the
moment. Some people think that being in the moment does not include any
thoughts. Being in the moment includes everything. Everything.
And that includes those thoughts about not being in the moment.

So let's make that one clear: being in the moment includes - everything -
including any thoughts that are thinking themselves, in the moment.
So it is not a matter of not having thoughts, about past or future, it is
about being aware of them, and thus not getting caught up in them.

And if there aren't any thoughts, Wonderful!
Question: when the person is not having any thoughts, who is the one not
having any thoughts. Just a thought.

Being in the moment includes....

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You say:
>And sometimes there is only mud.
Mud is fertile. Just a matter of perspective.

>I refuse to pretend.
Being negative is pretending - it is pretending you are not disturbed, so
the disturbance is then dumped.
Dumping is dishonest. Negativity arises out of the dishonesty not to feel
what you are really feeling. You don't want to take responsibility and go
into what you are feeling, so you dump it out - pretending to feel
justified. THERE IS NO JUSTIFIABLE EXCUSE FOR NEGATIVITY!

[Instead of] the level of consciousness that wants to
indulge - rather than taking responsibility. If that is not clear, please
get off the list - and seek help. Although I don't know where you will get
such help as most people - including most therapists, do not want to take
responsibility for what they are feeling.

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Any disturbance is rooted in fear.
And fear is not wanting the possible possibilities of what the mind is
projecting, based on the past, because it is not in the moment.

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Love...