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       #Post#: 16192--------------------------------------------------
       Chewing through iron chains
   DIR By: Bobby
       Date: November 14, 2015, 7:35 pm
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       I have been at this for 14 yrs and counting.  I have come very
       close to the door, which, on this side, seems closed.   3
       separate times, always without trying I have found the door.  If
       you know, then you know what door I am speaking of.  Each time I
       was warned not to open that door. The first time I was told that
       if I open the door..."This Universe will end."  The 2nd time I
       was told that 'They would disappear and it would be my fault.'
       The 3rd time which happened 2 months ago, the 'I' which is
       simply a collection of reactions to events which happened while
       I have been..."here" became filled with FEAR and said very
       loudly..."You don't know what will happen when 'WE' cross that
       threshold." The sens of FEAR from 'I' was deeply rooted in no
       longer existing.  Through, heavy digging and painfully deep
       searching, I've come to the understanding, knowledge that there
       is 'ME' which existed before I came into this place and then
       there is 'I' which is rooted in this place and fears greatly the
       absence of 'it's' being.
       Jed spoke of...Chewing one's arm off to get to the TRUTH.  I am
       at that stage now. I am fighting 'me' or 'ME is fighting 'I'.
       the 'I' being nothing more then the ego created to exist in this
       place.  It is a very bloody battle, one I have not yet won.  I
       will, however, continue the fight till I reach the door and no
       longer have the 'I' binding 'ME' in chains of falsehood.
       #Post#: 16193--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Chewing through Iron chains
   DIR By: Bobby
       Date: November 14, 2015, 8:44 pm
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       I am curious... A question to the others here...Is it as painful
       to go through this process as it is for me? I know everyone has
       their own journey, but are there similarities?  I can't find
       peace as long as I am at this stage. Every time, I try and rest,
       short of exhaustion, I can't just peacefully relax.  The itch,
       the burning desire to push forward is fast becoming my whole
       focus.  The really difficult part is that "i" am fighting 'ME'
       and that is a really hard battle to win.  The other aspect of
       this struggle is the fact that the FEAR of the unknown, can at
       times be crippling.  Last but not least the door, which is no
       door, is seemingly out of my conscious grasp.  The harder I
       search for the 'DOOR' the less I am able to locate it.  Only 3
       times have I come face to face with the door which is not a
       door.  Each time I was NOT looking for the door, I sort of just
       stumbled upon it. Truthfully, the 'I' part of me is terrified of
       that door and what it represents. The 'ME' which has existed
       before I came into this world is ready to open that door and
       walk through it.  I have a real sense that there is no door,
       that 'I' is projecting a door where there is none.  How do you
       find something which does not exist, yet is stronger then iron
       and does not want to be found?
       #Post#: 16195--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Chewing through iron chains
   DIR By: Jed McKenna
       Date: November 15, 2015, 1:15 am
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       Hi Bobby:
       Welcome to the forum. So, let me ask you... what would happen if
       you stopped fighting, dropped all your armor and swords, etc.
       and just let everything be what it is, as it is. You have
       invested a huge amount in there being a ''me'' who can fight
       ah... what? another me?
       Perhaps take a deep breath and leg go of all your struggles and
       efforting. Does a rose effort, does a horse effort, does a rock
       effort..  to be what they are? Could you save a great deal of
       energy if you just let go? I don't know .... why not find out
       four yourself.
       Love ya, Jed.
       #Post#: 16214--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Chewing through iron chains
   DIR By: Bobby
       Date: November 15, 2015, 8:06 pm
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       I see what you are saying Jed.  Let me relate this. Earlier this
       year in January after hours of AS I found a moment where there
       was no 'I' or 'ME' everything was separate from anything
       defining me as a separate entity.  I can't quantify nor qualify
       the moment other then to say that I was pure consciousness,
       devoid of any attachments or definitions. What I was at that
       moment was simply a silent observer with no mooring, no point of
       view, no opinions, no chains, no fear, no joy, only being.
       I remember before I came into this world, before my present
       birth into this world. I remember the journey towards this place
       and I remember the conversation and instructions I was given
       before I incarnated into this world.  So, I know that I was
       alive before I came here, I know and have a better clarity of
       who and what is the driver behind the person typing on the
       keyboard presently.  I know that when I leave here my then
       incarnation at which ever level I attain in this life will
       continue onward.
       I can not tell you how uncomfortable I am at this present stage.
       I want/NEED/MUST make the next step in my evolution. I simply
       can not comfortably exist as I am now. I have learned too much,
       I have come so far. The need to go further is like a wild animal
       inside me tearing and ripping trying somehow to get free, to
       break out and be free.
       I am aware on a very deep level that I am not the person looking
       back at me in the mirror. I am not my collective experiences.
       I am not my fears, my worries, my joys, my happiness's, those
       are finite and passing away.  My understanding, which is called
       consciousness, is in the way of my awakening.    "I' am trying
       to get past 'me.'  t      Yet how do I remove the 'I', that
       being, my pure consciousness?
       I do get the notion of...."Get rid of the 'I'."
       Yet, in order to communicate in this dream I must speak from a
       viewpoint.  That point, which is quantified by the 'I.'
       My question... "What is missing in my digging, tearing, ripping
       of myself. I believe I see the outline, yet it is obvious I am
       missing the finer details of the journey to freedom.
       Any pointers will be voraciously consumed, digested, and then
       jettisoned when I no longer need them....Kill the Buddha
       #Post#: 16216--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Chewing through iron chains
   DIR By: Jed McKenna
       Date: November 15, 2015, 10:40 pm
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       Hi Bobby:
       Stop fighting, as I said before. Let everything be. So you have
       a monster inside tearing you apart... who cares? Really, who the
       hell cares. Let it tear you apart, let it eat you alive.
       Resistance is all that's keeping you stuck.
       Love ya, Jed.
       #Post#: 16221--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Chewing through iron chains
   DIR By: Bobby
       Date: November 15, 2015, 11:05 pm
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       Jed, so your saying let the burning desire take it's course? I
       understood this to be a journey of will and focus. Am i just to
       sit back and let this gnawing, burning desire simply eat at me
       daily without application or at the least channeling it's
       energies.  Having reached certain moments of being where I was
       free and totally unencumbered I desire to shed these useless
       vestigial appendages.   The term...Absolute lightness of being
       comes to mind.  To not judge, to not be judged, to not worry,
       fear, or have any lack, to be right EXACTLY where I am at any
       given moment without any intrusions from the past or future
       'What if's.'
       Please let me add, Thank you, for your time and advice
       #Post#: 16224--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Chewing through iron chains
   DIR By: Jed McKenna
       Date: November 16, 2015, 12:08 am
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       I believe you are trying to re-create a past experience. DO NOT
       try that, it will block out what is happening very effectively.
       Just be with what is. if it's not what you want then just be
       with that non-wanting. Don't try to shed anything. See through
       it. Trying to shed it just creates more ''you'' and that's not
       the direct to go. Forget about channeling energies. They will
       channel you... if they want to.
       Love ya, Jed.
       #Post#: 16251--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Chewing through iron chains
   DIR By: Bobby
       Date: November 16, 2015, 11:03 pm
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       Thank you Again Jed:  In your book you said that self
       realization does not just happen, despite what Zen Masters say.
       You said that the SA must be applied till the truth is gotten
       to. (At least that is my current understanding of your
       writing/direction)  So, at the present I am experiencing a
       movement towards freedom or at least the next step in freedom.
       Can that happen subconsciously?  Again, I thought SA was applied
       truth seeking, come what may, helter skelter, and all that.
       Be what is... To define that presently I feel as if my
       mind/Spirit/Soul is trying to break free. It is being
       experienced by myself as an active energy seeking release. It
       often feels like my insides, especially my abdomen is going to
       burst from the pent up energy seeking release. (If that makes
       any sense) It is also feels like I have too much energy for this
       container, as if the container is no longer the right fit for
       this energy.  The energy wants to be free to explode forth, but
       is held in place by something in my past. As if there is a box
       unchecked, a switch that should have been thrown several steps
       back.  I'm always coming back to things which I feel need
       resolution, yet I am too blocked off to reach resolution. Which
       is why I'm being held back at this point. How do I go back and
       flip the switch when it is out of order. I feel like I needed to
       hit these switches in order and since because of trauma I am out
       of order and have missed my chance to effectively transform.
       So, do I go back, the itch of unfished business is driving me
       crazy.  I need to go back but an being blocked by my ego,
       because my ego is very afraid that if I am allowed to go back
       and fix the order then I will be allowed to go forward where the
       go is no longer necessary.    Then, I will have what is needed
       to dissolve the ego and the ego does not want that at all costs,
       thus the blockages, thus the fight, thus the bindings dissolve
       and I am free to go forward.
       Does that make any sense I just typed that with out looking or
       thinking...Just free flow thoughts
       #Post#: 16254--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Chewing through iron chains
   DIR By: Jed McKenna
       Date: November 17, 2015, 12:59 am
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       What if all that was complete b.s.? What if you were just making
       it up. It all is appearing in mind, and your mind is just a
       collect of inclinations and memories, none of which are real. I
       think you are hiding from just doing what might be needed to be
       done. Get on with it or crawl back in your shell, but stop
       fretting about it, that's always a waste of energy which could
       be  put to better use like doing the dishes or taking the dog
       for a walk.
       Love ya, Jed.
       #Post#: 16266--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Chewing through iron chains
   DIR By: Bobby
       Date: November 17, 2015, 11:36 pm
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       Going back is impossible. Once you have glimpsed the truth, you
       can never go backwards and be happy. The truth is so much
       greater then the lie. I must go forward. I'm just not sure how
       to accomplish that.  If all of this is a dream and I am SURE of
       that, the question becomes how do I wake up?
       I've come close to the door, but only by accident. Every time I
       look for the exit it eludes me.  It's like trying to grasp smoke
       in the dark. Something is blocking me from waking/exiting this
       dream. I am sure that something is me. How do I overcome me?
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