I was just thinking about integrity and truth before I read your post, no kidding, and how the establishment in both brings about a phase transition experientially into a smoother form of functioning that is all but invisible until we experience it. Very subtle and yet unmistakable.
"When we are firmly established in truthfulness, Action accomplishes its desired end." (2:36) "When we are firmly established in integrity, All riches present themselves freely." (2:37) Tangentially, funny how we almost stumbled upon this as a society with our cultural fascination with bank *robbery*, the polar opposite of truth and integrity. We intuitively got the angle right, but the arrowhead has been pointing in the wrong direction. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" <rorygoff@...> wrote: > > Yes; I have found that fulfillment of desires occurs as I don't > wholeheartedly identify with them, but just pay simple, unconditionally > loving attention to them -- i.e., accepting them as they truly are, as divine > seeds-of-growth, instead of suppressing them, bargaining with them, or trying > to push them away. And this truthfulness "combs" the desires into loving > alignment with me, bringing the bodymind into more integrity and harmony. > > As Tom Traynor has pointed out, this process of truth and integrity is > described in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: > > "When we are firmly established in truthfulness, > Action accomplishes its desired end." (2:36) > "When we are firmly established in integrity, All riches present themselves > freely." (2:37) > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@> wrote: > > > > Acceptance of what is accounts for some of this, though I have noticed too > > that my deepest desires always get fulfilled, so there is volition on my > > part, which somehow segues gracefully with the rest of life. The overall > > benefit is much less anxiety and "noisy mind". > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" <rorygoff@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Miracles aren't miraculous events, they are a result of us noticing > > > > miraculous events, which surround us. > > > > > > > > > > Good distinction, and good point, Jim... > > > > > > Letting go of our identification with the I'm-right-you're-wrong (or vice > > > versa) stories of the intellect may well free us up to appreciate the > > > it's-all-perfect story of divine choreography, self-tickling with > > > miracles at every moment :-) > > > > > >
