Suffering is Optional
One of the places where a lot of us get caught up is that we think the state of the body-mind is a reflection of our freedom. If freedom is always here, always now, and always has been, then the body-mind has nothing to do with it. A lot of unnecessary suffering comes from judging ourselves because we haven’t perfected the body-mind.
People have made up a whole story about every single disease and what it means about you, and every single pain, where it is in the body and what it means about you. This adds another level of suffering onto the suffering that’s already there. You’re suffering and then you’re suffering because you’re suffering. Most of us are suffering because we’re suffering because we’re suffering because we’re suffering.
Sailor Bob Addison said, “The only difference between one who’s discovered their true nature and one who hasn’t is the one who has knows there’s no difference.” I really agree with that.
When the mind is calibrated to constantly measure and look for differences, it misses that which is always here, always now. Does that mean that there’s no benefit in discovering who you are? If you think not ever suffering is beneficial, then yes, there might be a little benefit in that.
I’ve also noticed that the more you’re self-aware, the more you’re aware of the truth of what you are. The more the body is relaxed, the more it heals itself. It’s not a guarantee – Lester died of cancer; Ramana Maharshi died of cancer; Nisargadatta Maharaj died of cancer.
It doesn’t mean I don’t remember what stories are made up about people who have cancer and what that means about them. Yes, as you release, you are more likely to create whatever you choose in life. Yes, as you release, your relationships straighten out because you’re more fun to be around and you’re not blaming your partner for every feeling you have. Just those two things are enough to heal most relationships.
Also, as you release, because the body-mind is more relaxed, that natural aliveness that you are flows more naturally through the body-mind. Is that a guarantee the body will never get sick? No. The body is still going to run its course. What The Sedona Method does and discovering who you are does, is if the body does get sick, there doesn’t need to be any suffering.
Love,
Hale
This blog is an excerpt from the upcoming Inner Circle 4 Audio program.