Comments on: Forget Positive Affirmations http://www.open-secrets.com/observations/forget-positive-affirmation/ Exploring the Obvious Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:40:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jahn Laster http://www.open-secrets.com/observations/forget-positive-affirmation/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Jahn Laster Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:31:59 +0000 http://www.open-secrets.com/?p=1082#comment-723 John John..very cool post. I like your gorilla pic too. An alter-ego. What can I do today to make a difference in someone's life? Pax et Bonum, Jahn John John..very cool post. I like your gorilla pic too. An alter-ego.

What can I do today to make a difference in someone’s life?

Pax et Bonum,

Jahn

]]> By: haj1155 http://www.open-secrets.com/observations/forget-positive-affirmation/comment-page-1/#comment-521 haj1155 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:38:01 +0000 http://www.open-secrets.com/?p=1082#comment-521 Sharon - love you and your comments. You are like spiritual sandpaper for my soul - every meeting with you is another opportunity to polish the mirror of the heart. "You've no idea how hard I've looked for a gift to bring You. Nothing seemed right. What's the point of bringing gold to the gold mine, or water to the Ocean. Everything I came up with was like taking spices to the Orient. It's no good giving my heart and my soul because you already have these. So- I've brought you a mirror. Look at yourself and remember me." - Jalaluddin Rumi I don't believe I have ever said that there is only one way nor have I claimed to have met everyone who uses affirmations. I am addressing a certain segment of people that seem to use affirmations in the service of ego-building or ego-renovation. The significant point of the post, to me, is that one moment in touch with the real will do more good than a lifetime of effort with affirmations. My curiosity is - why do we invest so much effort in the service of maintaining our deficiencies when the way to freedom from the past is "the road less traveled." As we discussed yesterday - I include myself in this predicament. I make no claim to be free of such dynamics - only that my inclination is to ask - why do I believe that about myself? Where did I get that belief? "The treasure lies deep in the ocean But if it is safety you seek It lies back on the shore" - Sarmad Sandpaper is a wonderful thing - hopefully we are all progressing to finer and finer grits! Sharon – love you and your comments. You are like spiritual sandpaper for my soul – every meeting with you is another opportunity to polish the mirror of the heart.

“You’ve no idea how hard I’ve looked for a gift to bring You. Nothing seemed right.
What’s the point of bringing gold to the gold mine, or water to the Ocean.
Everything I came up with was like taking spices to the Orient.
It’s no good giving my heart and my soul because you already have these.
So- I’ve brought you a mirror.
Look at yourself and remember me.”
– Jalaluddin Rumi

I don’t believe I have ever said that there is only one way nor have I claimed to have met everyone who uses affirmations. I am addressing a certain segment of people that seem to use affirmations in the service of ego-building or ego-renovation.

The significant point of the post, to me, is that one moment in touch with the real will do more good than a lifetime of effort with affirmations. My curiosity is – why do we invest so much effort in the service of maintaining our deficiencies when the way to freedom from the past is “the road less traveled.”

As we discussed yesterday – I include myself in this predicament. I make no claim to be free of such dynamics – only that my inclination is to ask – why do I believe that about myself? Where did I get that belief?

“The treasure lies deep in the ocean
But if it is safety you seek
It lies back on the shore” – Sarmad

Sandpaper is a wonderful thing – hopefully we are all progressing to finer and finer grits!

]]> By: Sharon Beck http://www.open-secrets.com/observations/forget-positive-affirmation/comment-page-1/#comment-520 Sharon Beck Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:50:14 +0000 http://www.open-secrets.com/?p=1082#comment-520 Such an interesting post, this. It feels like Spiritual sand paper being rubbed against my feelings for those that are comforted by the affirmations they do each day. I myself don't do them and never have, but only because I had a different way that worked for me. Not because it was a useless Spiritual Tool. It sounds like you think that anyone that says affirmations each day, doesn't look within to see the source of their pain and work to forgive it. Also, what ever happened to the idea of "There are many paths to the One"? Or, "All paths lead to God." Do you deny those statements? I can understand your position if you do. But if you don't deny that there are many paths to God and that all paths lead to God, then how can you presume to know what is in the heart of an "Affirmations User"? An affirmation is something that I affirm about myself. It is my statement about myself. It is also my "intention statement" to my ego. Mine is "I am here only to be truly helpful". I don't say it...I know it. How about telling someone that "in reality" they are perfect just the way they are...just as they were created by God. These human lessons during time spent on in this dimension will pass away as soon as we learn to forgive ourselves and recognize that we never left our home in the first place. Just my thoughts though. Sharon P.S. As I look at my name and blog site up above, I see that you have my website wrong. It is www.leavefearbehind.com If you could change that, it would be helpful. Such an interesting post, this. It feels like Spiritual sand paper being rubbed against my feelings for those that are comforted by the affirmations they do each day.

I myself don’t do them and never have, but only because I had a different way that worked for me. Not because it was a useless Spiritual Tool.

It sounds like you think that anyone that says affirmations each day, doesn’t look within to see the source of their pain and work to forgive it.

Also, what ever happened to the idea of “There are many paths to the One”? Or, “All paths lead to God.” Do you deny those statements? I can understand your position if you do.

But if you don’t deny that there are many paths to God and that all paths lead to God, then how can you presume to know what is in the heart of an “Affirmations User”?

An affirmation is something that I affirm about myself. It is my statement about myself. It is also my “intention statement” to my ego.

Mine is “I am here only to be truly helpful”. I don’t say it…I know it.

How about telling someone that “in reality” they are perfect just the way they are…just as they were created by God. These human lessons during time spent on in this dimension will pass away as soon as we learn to forgive ourselves and recognize that we never left our home in the first place. Just my thoughts though.

Sharon
P.S. As I look at my name and blog site up above, I see that you have my website wrong. It is http://www.leavefearbehind.com
If you could change that, it would be helpful.

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