Comments on: The Onlooker http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/the-onlooker-unattachment.htm Listening to The Voice Within Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:28:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Gloria http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/the-onlooker-unattachment.htm#comment-35443 Gloria Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:56:49 +0000 http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/the-onlooker-unattachment.htm#comment-35443 It sounds so obvious -- simply say the truth as it is all the time. No fancy footwork with words. I believe it was Sartre who said that all the troubles of the world come because we do not use a simple speech. There is so much more regard from others and from ourselves when we are simply authentic. I long to be 100% authentic every minute of my life -- and especially not to kid myself about anything. It sounds so obvious — simply say the truth as it is all the time. No fancy footwork with words. I believe it was Sartre who said that all the troubles of the world come because we do not use a simple speech. There is so much more regard from others and from ourselves when we are simply authentic. I long to be 100% authentic every minute of my life — and especially not to kid myself about anything.

]]> By: Jo http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/the-onlooker-unattachment.htm#comment-35380 Jo Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:31:23 +0000 http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/the-onlooker-unattachment.htm#comment-35380 Wow, this "role playing" and "authentic" self territory really hits home for me, too! Definitely you are nothing but authentic when you are Godwriting your gently powerful Heaven Letters, Gloria. However, having met you in person and having conversed with you via this blog, I also know that you are absolutely authentic much of the time! It does seem that increased awareness makes us much less tolerant of our role playing, which seems to stick out like a sore thumb when just a short while ago, we didn't even notice our compliance with the old pattern. Wow, this “role playing” and “authentic” self territory really hits home for me, too! Definitely you are nothing but authentic when you are Godwriting your gently powerful Heaven Letters, Gloria. However, having met you in person and having conversed with you via this blog, I also know that you are absolutely authentic much of the time! It does seem that increased awareness makes us much less tolerant of our role playing, which seems to stick out like a sore thumb when just a short while ago, we didn’t even notice our compliance with the old pattern.

]]> By: Pam (fortheloveofGodde) http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/the-onlooker-unattachment.htm#comment-34895 Pam (fortheloveofGodde) Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:57:29 +0000 http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/the-onlooker-unattachment.htm#comment-34895 Dear Jack, you are a lesson in how to be. I so love your posts. Dear Jack, you are a lesson in how to be. I so love your posts.

]]> By: Jack van Raders http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/the-onlooker-unattachment.htm#comment-34845 Jack van Raders Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:12:38 +0000 http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/the-onlooker-unattachment.htm#comment-34845 Thank you GOD For that I do not have to play a role in my family where we love each other warts and all, Oh we differ of opinions but each is allowed to have their own and all are happy. Know WHY???? Love Reigns!!!! Love you ALL Jack Thank you GOD For that I do not have to play a role in my family where we love each other warts and all, Oh we differ of opinions but each is allowed to have their own and all are happy. Know WHY???? Love Reigns!!!! Love you ALL Jack

]]> By: Gloria http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/the-onlooker-unattachment.htm#comment-34821 Gloria Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:01:02 +0000 http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/the-onlooker-unattachment.htm#comment-34821 And what a great play you are in, Pam! And what a great play you are in, Pam!

]]> By: Pam (fortheloveofGodde) http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/the-onlooker-unattachment.htm#comment-34812 Pam (fortheloveofGodde) Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:35:09 +0000 http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/the-onlooker-unattachment.htm#comment-34812 I think I see where Betty Jean is going ... even though she consciously chooses to live from a state of B.L.I.S.S. (love that, by the way), she finds herself playing roles (living from the ego self) more than she'd like, and feels the effects sooner because of her commitment to staying in consciousness. Berit said, "When certain topics come up in my family, I know and feel that I must pay attention to not slip back in a certain role, even if I know that that is not who I am and who I want to be." Even when we become aware of our higher self, it doesn't mean that those closest to us become aware of our new enlightenmnt, even though we think it's shining from us like a beacon. That, for me, is the hardest time to not slip into my "assigned role" within the family. AND, even when I maintain my own center and do not slip, it is so frustrating for others because, after all, they ARE playing there roles. It's like being in a play and everybody is acting their part to pefection, reading their lines perfectly, but I'm not responding properly to the cues! I'm not only on a different page, I'm in a completely different play. I'm getting much better, but still find myself slipping far too often. Find my way back much quicker too. The "I am as Godde created me" mantra helps immensely (works a lot better than counting to 10 ... LOL) I think I see where Betty Jean is going … even though she consciously chooses to live from a state of B.L.I.S.S. (love that, by the way), she finds herself playing roles (living from the ego self) more than she’d like, and feels the effects sooner because of her commitment to staying in consciousness.

Berit said, “When certain topics come up in my family, I know and feel that I must pay attention to not slip back in a certain role, even if I know that that is not who I am and who I want to be.”

Even when we become aware of our higher self, it doesn’t mean that those closest to us become aware of our new enlightenmnt, even though we think it’s shining from us like a beacon. That, for me, is the hardest time to not slip into my “assigned role” within the family. AND, even when I maintain my own center and do not slip, it is so frustrating for others because, after all, they ARE playing there roles.

It’s like being in a play and everybody is acting their part to pefection, reading their lines perfectly, but I’m not responding properly to the cues! I’m not only on a different page, I’m in a completely different play.

I’m getting much better, but still find myself slipping far too often. Find my way back much quicker too. The “I am as Godde created me” mantra helps immensely (works a lot better than counting to 10 … LOL)

]]> By: Jochen Lehner http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/the-onlooker-unattachment.htm#comment-34796 Jochen Lehner Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:03:22 +0000 http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/the-onlooker-unattachment.htm#comment-34796 I can, dear Betty Jean. Excellent post. I particularly resonate with "Looking for no-thing". No-thing, I call it the unknown and unknowable, started to "turn up" fairly regularly recently and seems to be simply the not of everything I know. It also seems to be the most desirable thing in the world, provided no-thing is something that can be desired. I like to call it "home" since, as Jochen, I'm not just pure spirit, and there is a need for bridges. How does this relate to Gloria's entry on role-playing? For me, the key word in what you write, Gloria, is "authentic": What is the real me among all the roles and games I have played and am playing? We seem to be different in that this particual question has never been a burning one for me. We all seem to have our very personal incentives for starting to wonder and to listen deeply into what our individual experience presents to us. And it appears to me that what we begin to sense and find there one day isn't personal any more and therefore the same for all of us. This does not mean that the questions we have now are irrelevant. I can, dear Betty Jean. Excellent post. I particularly resonate with “Looking for no-thing”. No-thing, I call it the unknown and unknowable, started to “turn up” fairly regularly recently and seems to be simply the not of everything I know. It also seems to be the most desirable thing in the world, provided no-thing is something that can be desired. I like to call it “home” since, as Jochen, I’m not just pure spirit, and there is a need for bridges.

How does this relate to Gloria’s entry on role-playing?

For me, the key word in what you write, Gloria, is “authentic”: What is the real me among all the roles and games I have played and am playing? We seem to be different in that this particual question has never been a burning one for me. We all seem to have our very personal incentives for starting to wonder and to listen deeply into what our individual experience presents to us. And it appears to me that what we begin to sense and find there one day isn’t personal any more and therefore the same for all of us. This does not mean that the questions we have now are irrelevant.

]]> By: Betty Jean http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/the-onlooker-unattachment.htm#comment-34779 Betty Jean Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:41:19 +0000 http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/the-onlooker-unattachment.htm#comment-34779 Aloha, Beloved Gloria! Yes, second-hand just won't do. Actually, if we are really honest with ourselves, and choose to "Be Aware", then we will notice the silence that permeates all. Let me speak for myself here: After so many years of seeking to know God, I am realizing that God is silence, pure potentiality, the Source of it all, that aspect of life that is all and sees all and knows all. It speaks to me. And when I choose to listen, it is magnificent, fulfilling, empowering, natural and effortless - - - from the inside out. I call it B.L.I.S.S. (Being and Living From/Within my Sacred Space). Of course, I am choosing to live from this state at all times. As I am growing daily, I must admit, that I feel outside of this State more than what I would like to feel. At these times, life just doesn't feel so magical and "in order." Looking for no-thing, and asking to be aware of the Bliss at every moment is what I am choosing because I believe, and I know from experience that God just IS right here and right now. Can anyone out there relate to what I'm expressing here? Aloha, Beloved Gloria!

Yes, second-hand just won’t do. Actually, if we are really honest with ourselves, and choose to “Be Aware”, then we will notice the silence that permeates all.

Let me speak for myself here: After so many years of seeking to know God, I am realizing that God is silence, pure potentiality, the Source of it all, that aspect of life that is all and sees all and knows all.

It speaks to me. And when I choose to listen, it is magnificent, fulfilling, empowering, natural and effortless - - - from the inside out. I call it B.L.I.S.S. (Being and Living From/Within my Sacred Space).

Of course, I am choosing to live from this state at all times. As I am growing daily, I must admit, that I feel outside of this State more than what I would like to feel. At these times, life just doesn’t feel so magical and “in order.”

Looking for no-thing, and asking to be aware of the Bliss at every moment is what I am choosing because I believe, and I know from experience that God just IS right here and right now.

Can anyone out there relate to what I’m expressing here?

]]> By: Gloria http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/the-onlooker-unattachment.htm#comment-34764 Gloria Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:12:37 +0000 http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/the-onlooker-unattachment.htm#comment-34764 Beloveds, I feel so the need to understand this for myself and from the hearts of those dear people who post here. There is much good information and interpretations of this experience in many good places. I only seem to want to know your heart and your experience so I can bring it into mine. Right now second-hand, no matter how brilliant, isn't what seems to strike me as being meaningful to me at this time. Does this make sense to anyone what I am trying to say? Beloveds,

I feel so the need to understand this for myself and from the hearts of those dear people who post here.

There is much good information and interpretations of this experience in many good places.

I only seem to want to know your heart and your experience so I can bring it into mine. Right now second-hand, no matter how brilliant, isn’t what seems to strike me as being meaningful to me at this time.

Does this make sense to anyone what I am trying to say?

]]> By: Mary http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/the-onlooker-unattachment.htm#comment-34759 Mary Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:31:22 +0000 http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/the-onlooker-unattachment.htm#comment-34759 There is a very interesting chapter on 'role playing' in 'A New Earth' by Eckart Tolle. There is also a free webcast of 10 x 90 minute interviews between Eckart and Oprah on Oprah.com, which includes 'role playing' and much much more besides. If anyone wants the link, just let me know and I'll post it. Mary :) There is a very interesting chapter on ‘role playing’ in ‘A New Earth’ by Eckart Tolle. There is also a free webcast of 10 x 90 minute interviews between Eckart and Oprah on Oprah.com, which includes ‘role playing’ and much much more besides.

If anyone wants the link, just let me know and I’ll post it.

Mary :)

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