Are we open or closed in our minds?
I am dropping beliefs daily at the moment and in its place simply opening up my mind more and more. Dropping beliefs, pivoting on 'I am a Peaceful Person' from §31 of the ebook, simply uncovers what is true in that situation. Any belief just gets in the way.
That puts me at loggerheads with 99% of the world's population, but maybe something new is needed right now. The alternative isn't serving the world.
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Open or closed?
I have an image in my mind which is proving powerful. In it my arms are either open in front of me, or closed (hands nearly touching, out in front).
Most of our reality is closed, in that we believe very precise things; so as soon as we meet anyone outside this reality we feel afraid. For instance, if we live in the West we are told to fear Osama Bin Laden. In recent history we were told to fear God. We are closed much of the time by our own prejudices because of a narrow belief system. For instance, we might refuse to talk to a close relative because of some 'slight' many years ago.
All of this is in the mind; and we can change our minds and therefore change reality.
More than this - we can be open and non-judgemental to any situation. Then we can act like mirrors to others and offer a safe space for people to flourish or blossom. For example, in the film Gandhi hundreds of men walk up to the gates of the salt mine to be beaten with sticks. The women take them away, some dead, all injured. (See discuss section §41 for Youtube). This act changed the mind of the British and led to an Indian led India. I am increasingly dropping my belief system and simply opening up to a situation. Several friends are noticing the change in THEM because of this.
This is a change of MY mind and it hasn't happened overnight. The whole process of this ebook has led to this.
This is still a beginning for me, so language doesn't explain it for now.
The key word that has helped recently is determination. I am sitting every morning for 30 minutes on a scheme called 'A Course in Miracles', which I have had for three years but now the time is right to study it.
