{"id":121,"date":"2015-05-26T07:06:04","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T05:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soulnudging.com\/?p=121"},"modified":"2015-07-05T21:27:12","modified_gmt":"2015-07-05T19:27:12","slug":"why-wanting-to-go-deeper-isnt-always-helpful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulnudging.com\/?p=121","title":{"rendered":"Why wanting to go deeper isn&#8217;t always helpful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some thoughts I had after an on-line meeting recently..<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_122\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/soulnudging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PA210037.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122\" class=\"size-large wp-image-122\" src=\"http:\/\/soulnudging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PA210037-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Chris Nunan\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soulnudging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PA210037-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/soulnudging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PA210037-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soulnudging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PA210037-380x285.jpg 380w, https:\/\/soulnudging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PA210037-285x214.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Chris Nunan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When trying to understand the 3 principles, I have noticed that we want to go\u00a0 &#8220;deeper&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0 then often the opposite happens, we get more superficial or self important.<\/p>\n<p>This just shows me how the principles work &#8211; we can&#8217;t ask &#8220;Mind&#8221; to show up and do something for us &#8211; like &#8220;I want this to be my experience now!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The paradox is letting something happen versus &#8220;wanting&#8221; to let something happen, by trying to control an outcome.<\/p>\n<p>What we can &#8220;do&#8221; is relax &#8211; be still &#8211; and notice our humanness and stop &#8220;wanting\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We can notice the illusion of &#8220;control&#8221; taking place.<\/p>\n<p>My personal ego\u00a0 thinks it is in control &#8211; this is a very \u201cpopular&#8221; illusion we all tend to create in our culture. For many people it\u2019s who they think they are.<\/p>\n<p>To say it in a 3 P way -It\u2019s a part of who we Think we are as thinkers &#8211; something we create innocently.<\/p>\n<p><b>When I lack grounding:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I recognize this in my own life when I start repeating myself and &#8220;scanning&#8221; my environment for &#8220;problems&#8221; like a radar.<\/li>\n<li>I recognize it when I get too \u201chelpful\u201d<\/li>\n<li>I recognize it when I get to obsessed with getting it right!<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>I recognize it when I\u2019m talking too much and not listening<\/li>\n<li>I recognize it when I have assumptions with no evidence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Noticing the illusion &#8211; for me, that I&#8217;m in this thinking &#8211; is often enough to shift into my &#8211; non &#8211; personal &#8211; power and grace &#8211; the &#8220;place&#8221; that feeds everything from moment to moment with unlimited love and creativity.<\/p>\n<p><b>So how do we get our grounding in life back?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I recognise I\u2019m listening<\/li>\n<li>I recognize there is no feeling of rush<\/li>\n<li>I recognise I easily forgive myself and others<\/li>\n<li>I recognize love in everything &#8211; even what I don\u2019t like I see the innocense<\/li>\n<li>I get things done with no effort (well it feels like that)<\/li>\n<li>I somehow know what I know from an invisible force guiding me through life<\/li>\n<li>I see that my thinking is lighter and consciously know that I have to listen to my inner non personal wisdom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s the same power running both the illusion and the wisdom &#8211; it\u2019s the power of Mind, Consciousness and Thought.<\/p>\n<p>This same force of power and grace is also behind my often &#8220;silly&#8221; personal thinking &#8211; what I &#8220;make up&#8221; and call reality in a personal way.<\/p>\n<p>We all have the blessing of using this power in a more wise way, or ignoring it with our ego &#8211; we are still blessed even in our denial of reality &#8211; reality still is the same. That\u2019s why we talk of principles. It\u2019s not a matter of opinion &#8211; principles are constants &#8211; operating in everything. Formless into form. Creating our world inside out &#8211; even though it often looks like the other way round &#8211; the truth is that we are spiritual beings playing the game of life and meaning through thought and consciousness. Our brain is not our Mind &#8211; we are not who we think we are &#8211; it\u2019s much bigger than we ever can understand with our personal intellect &#8211; personal mind.<\/p>\n<p><b>A good point<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Michael Neill writes, that people often want to &#8220;understand&#8221; the 3 principles as &#8220;What can the principles help me achieve?&#8221; so when we as practitioners answers them &#8211; they are listening for some &#8220;good advise&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><i>What the 3 principles offer is NOT good advice, suggestions or models.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>We are telling the story of what created our world &#8211; our personal experiences and feelings of the principles.<\/p>\n<p>In this way we are pointing at the source of our coming into the principles.<\/p>\n<p>When we are grounded, we know that these principles govern everything in our psyche and there is no need to figure out you life or get it right &#8211; it\u2019s right from moment to moment already.<\/p>\n<p><b>We all have this wisdom<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The reason for this is simple &#8211; people &#8211; everyone has the wisdom in them &#8211; we all have our own perfect answers, once we get out of our own way and learn to listen inside out.<\/p>\n<p>To sum this up &#8211; we will not get deeper by trying to get deeper &#8211; that&#8217;s forcing it and ignoring the principles.<\/p>\n<p>We might get deeper when we stop trying &#8211; stop building help plans, getting it right, fighting &#8211; using will power &#8211; wanting etc.<\/p>\n<p>These are simple principles &#8211; force versus power.<\/p>\n<p>Power is innate &#8211; it is always plugged in &#8211; all we need to know is, that it works for us 24\/7, when we let it. It also works when we don\u2019t acknowledge it &#8211; it\u2019s life itself unfolding.<\/p>\n<p>The intelligence of &#8220;Mind&#8221; (some call it higher thinking, god, consciousness etc.) &#8211; is not \u201cthinking&#8221; in an intellectual sense &#8211; but\u00a0 is there in the background of stillness with all we ever need to know &#8211; right now to live a good and peaceful life. Thinking and Consciousness are nesssary &#8211; we need consciousness to know we are thinking and Thought to experience life &#8211; no thought no experience or feeling.<\/p>\n<p><b>The good news!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The good news is that The 3 Principles trinity is always working in our life and that all we need to &#8220;do&#8221; is notice this to make major change &#8211; and be who we are with greater ease and more fun!<\/p>\n<p>Photo: @ Chris Nunan<br \/>\n&lt;photo id=&#8221;1&#8243; \/&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some thoughts I had after an on-line meeting recently.. &nbsp; When trying to understand the 3 principles, I have noticed that we want to go\u00a0 &#8220;deeper&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0 then often the opposite happens, we get more superficial or self important. 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