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Oceanturquoiseblue
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Posted: Fri May 16th, 2008 02:27 pm |
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Ever since the thread on releasing weight and how we might label food 'good' and 'bad', I have been conscious of how I might be labelling food (and, therefore, limiting myself). ...But this isn't about food. This is about everything.
Then today, Jen415 quoted (in a different thread) something Jody had written about forgiveness. Thank you Jen and Jody!
ie. "Forgiving implies JUDGMENT. To forgive is a bit condescending, and means you made a judgment to begin with! And judging is never good for your vibration...
...Since this is a no-fault universe and EVERYTHING that we experience, even if at the "hands" of someone else, is a result of what WE are vibrating... forgiveness becomes unnecessary - and actually... we should bless even the "bad things" someone did to us, since those are manifestations, like any others, that point out to us our own vibration."
 And it struck me:
There is no good or bad.
...There is just like it or dislike it.
There is no right or wrong.
...There is just wanted and unwanted.
And it's ALL entirely subjective. (Even if many agree en masse by default!)
Any label we give is our choice and judment. If it frees us -  . If it limits us - 
So... blame, forgiveness, guilt, innocence, cause-&-effect etc etc are all perspectives we may choose to hold -- but they are not absolute.
We are always free to choose for ourselves love rather than fear, and appreciation rather than rejection.
We are always free to choose for ourselves.
We are always free to choose.
We are always free.
(Inspired there by allthoughtswork!)
Is it really true?
Really so ...open?
Ocean x 
P.S. So no 'problems' or 'solutions' - just what feels bad or good! 
P.P.S. And 'pivoting' is simply relabelling what you are looking at or turning and looking elsewhere.
Last edited on Fri May 16th, 2008 10:18 pm by Oceanturquoiseblue
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Krmorgan
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Posted: Fri May 16th, 2008 02:43 pm |
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YES!! It is true, isn't that FREAKING AWESOME! I guess that's why everyone keeps telling us to practice, practice, practice. I guess we all believe it to be true, but then we don't quite allow it all of the time.
I've been telling myself every morning (well, most mornings) that I have all I need to receive everything I want. I mean, how COOL is that - but I don't always use it or ALLOW it.
What if we did - holy cow - how huge. Let's do it!
Love, Kristin
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KatherineCHE
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Posted: Fri May 16th, 2008 02:47 pm |
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 , Ocean, and THANKS for this thread!
AND, as I understand it, when we place the good/bad judgements on things, then we determine what we get when we feel good/bad.
So, we have the freedom/power to make these matches.
The best explanation I've seen on this topic is in The Astonishing Power of Emotions when they are talking about, as you mentioned at the top of your post, FOOD. (p62 -- quotes in violet)
If being slender matches the emotion of happiness...
and you were to consistently eat ice cream while feeling happy...
you would be a slender person who eats large quantities of ice cream.
Note the conditional "if" -- meaning that it is up to US what we match to the emotions of happiness -- since, as you so brilliantly point out there is no GOOD or BAD in the absolute sense, just in each of our individual relative understandings.
And, conversely, if you associate being fat with bad feelings
and you were to consistently eat ice cream while feeling discouraged...
you would be a fat person who eats ice cream.
And then they powerfully add this bit about a different set of associations with food (not fat/thin but health/starvation):
Some would ask, "Abraham, if being unhappy makes you fat, why are there no fat people in an environment where food is scarce? They are unhappy, and they are not fat. They are often starving to death." And we would answer, if you are focused upon the current situation of food scarcity, and you feel fear for yourself and your loved ones, you are a match to what you do not want. It makes no difference if not wanting to be fat is the issue that turns your thoughts upstream or if the idea of starving to death is the issue that turns your thoughts upstream: Your thoughts are still upstream -- which is resistance to what you desire, whether your desire is slenderness or enough food for your family.
I learn something new each and every time I read/contemplate that page. For me, it is one of the most powerful and clear I've ever read.
 Beautiful Vibrations Abound!
Last edited on Fri May 16th, 2008 02:48 pm by KatherineCHE
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Oceanturquoiseblue
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Posted: Fri May 16th, 2008 03:19 pm |
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Krmorgan wrote: YES!! It is true, isn't that FREAKING AWESOME! ... I guess we all believe it to be true, but then we don't quite allow it all of the time. ... What if we did - holy cow - how huge. Let's do it!
Love, Kristin
KatherineCHE wrote: "AND, as I understand it, when we place the good/bad judgements on things, then we determine what we get when we feel good/bad.
So, we have the freedom/power to make these matches. ...Beautiful Vibrations Abound!"
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Oceanturquoiseblue
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Posted: Sat May 17th, 2008 05:00 pm |
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This thing about judging...
I loved KatherineCHE's reference in another thread to "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" "...She says to him something like, "Sometimes I think I love this dog more than I love you. No, no. That's not it. I don't love her MORE, but I love her BETTER. I just love her for her and don't expect or ask her to be anything else. And, she loves me that way, too, but I don't even ask the love from her. I just want her to be herself."
( Katherine!)
Loving better. Loving as is. Acceptance. No judging!
What a great way to love others.
What an even better way to love ourselves!
All this is making me realise how quickly and automatically we judge everything we focus on.
...And, therefore, how important it is to begin by consciously releasing labels of good and bad, acceptable and unacceptable, possible and impossible etc. etc.
Starting with the fact that we do have a choice. We are always choosing.
I'm thinking that the more I can release labels from anything, the more I will release them from myself and others...
...and love better. Love life better. And expect better.
How funny - I've been asking for ways to expect better! 
Ocean x
(lightening up!)
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rocknrollgoddess
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Posted: Sat May 17th, 2008 07:30 pm |
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there is ONLY choice...
it is that simple--yes....
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Posted: Sat May 17th, 2008 09:28 pm |
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Discernment. Ahhhh, Discernment. It's to me focus, direction, perspective.
Choice. Decisions based on our discernment and perspective and focus and direction.
Ahhhh Freedom!
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Posted: Sun May 18th, 2008 12:13 am |
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| its scary but its also good that you have that much control. Food for instance, its hard to explain to people but i can eat sugar and believe that i wont get fat off it if thats what i want to believe. it opens up a whole world of possibility and makes science look dumb
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