WebsterMark wrote on Yesterday at 07:49:20:



I,m clad you askt.

I would say try not to think for an hour. Then you'll see that it's impossible.
Then try not to be caught up in your thoughts for an hour.
Then you'll see that it's become such a strong habit that you can't do it.
And if you've tried it with all your attention for an hour, what a healing result it produces.
It's not for nothing that Jesus (who was a mystic) taught people to stop thinking and focus their attention completely on the heart.



And for the record, by heart he didn't mean the emotional heart or warm romantic feelings or sentiments.
The heart he was referring to is the neutral, subtle, meditative intelligence that we all are.

Daydreaming and thinking all day long, a person becomes denser and more rigid as they get older.

That's why we say, "Use your imagination."
That's different from being trapped because you believe strongly in your imagination and ideas and becoming a slave to it.

There's still wisdom in our language.
Maybe the mind was always meant to be used, not lived in?

It's really not Trump or his policies that bother you. It's also not the MAGAs you meet.
It's your own attitude and your judgments about them that make you feel this way.
Think about the power you give them over you.

Disgust about someone or something is simply disgust. And it feels the same whether you're looking at Trump or the contents of a bag of vomit. It's the disgust that doesn't feel good. And that's caused by your projection onto that bag or onto Trump.
Just don't project.

The key is unconditional love. And that doesn't mean you always agree with someone. Compassion doesn't mean you always pat someone on the head, but it,s a neutral quality within you that you can anchor in. Once you know that Quality, you work towards not being knocked off course by opinions, judgments, opinions, or any thoughts (projections). That's the work of a healer: to be balanced so that you can bring others into balance. This can be done with needles, but it requires devotion.

Suppose you have an acupuncture practice and a Maga comes in, and you can't put your political preferences aside. Then it's really time to work on yourself. Why don't you start?

The slightest judgment immediately pulls you into isolation. And then you're an outsider. You need to take a good look at why you judge. Because usually, people do that to protect themselves.  And if you're in that neutrality of unconditional love, what is there to protect?

What you don't realize is that you do it all yourself; you create your world. And you are fully responsible for it.
Karma is nothing more than a correcting hand of the life you want to lead back to your natural state. Your discontent points you to this state and nowhere else. It's life that says: you're looking on the wrong shore, cast your nets over the other bow.

If you can remain in unconditional love, then you'll no longer see people as Magas, and they'll no longer see you as a left-wing liberal or whatever identity you adopt. Or maybe they will. Who cares?

If Trump were in unconditional love, he wouldn't necessarily need to be president of America anymore. Or own Greenland.

But why do you ask of him what you don't ask of yourself?
I'd like an honest answer to that.

 It's really not Trump or his policies that bother you.

I disagree.  There are plenty of Trump policies that negatively impact me.

My opinion is that there are plenty of Trump policies that negatively impact me.