We have all felt the sting of rejection before. The conversation with our special guest will help you see the true source of your own feelings rejection. You can listen to the WROAR Radio broadcast of “No One Can Reject You … Except You” with co-hosts JK and Deeone below.
Nothing Can Stop You … Except You
When you let go of the hardened ideas that make you feel inadequate, trying to stop you from succeeding is like trying to stop the wind from blowing – it’s just not going to happen.
This following conversation with a friend motivated me to write this blog:
Student: How do I enjoy the easy life where success comes naturally?
Teacher: The first thing you must do is go through the next couple of days with ‘aware- absence’ of your usual struggling self.
Student: How do I do that?
Teacher: Do not believe that anything you are doing is ‘hard work’. Consider all of it a ‘labor of love’.
Student: How do I do that?
Teacher: Take these steps:
1. Feel yourself being guided by something other than your usual beliefs and decisions that insist that you put your nose to the grind stone.
2. Do not try to identify who is guiding you with a new way of doing things.
3. Simply – quietly follow the guidance.
Student: What happens if I persist with these three steps?
Teacher: After a day or two, a sense of something different comes over you.
Student: In what way do I sense something different coming over me?
Teacher: You begin to abandon the false sense of self that has been pressing you to see things as you always do, that has been misguiding you, that has been insisting that you must pay your dues before you can reap the rewards of a happy, successful life.
Student: What will this feel like?
Teacher: You see things differently, you feel less anxiety because you will feel more awake; you are no longer a follower of the false self’s philosophy that has you feel like you’ve not yet paid your dues. Your nervousness fades as fresh confidence comes over you.
Student: Does this experience change my exterior way of reacting to life?
Teacher: Absolutely, and in a healthy way … because the authentic you (the rich and majestic child of infinite intelligence) is now able to express through you. It expresses in a happy and dynamic fashion that is truly good for you.
What did you get from this dialogue?
What does it have to do with you?
How can you apply it to your life?
You may wonder why you never noticed something about yourself before – what is it that you are now noticing?
By living with ‘aware-absence’ of your usual struggling self, you are able to observe the inner contradictory tyrants that pull you this way and that way. From rigorous observation comes enrichment. With the falling away of false thoughts of unworthiness and struggle comes Atomic Action – inner talents come tumbling out of you like a cascading waterfall. You now have a new aim in life – to become more and more your real self and enjoy incredibly effective action when you make a commitment to complete a project.
Nothing can stop you when you say YES to your own deliverance – delivering yourself to yourself! Remember this! If you don’t like being deceived or getting robbed of your incredible potential, then you cannot afford to go through the next couple of days without ‘aware-absence’ of your usual struggling self.
“When the fight begins within himself, a man’s worth something” – Robert Browning
What say thee to the above conversation?
What interesting comment might you add to Robert Browning’s quote?
What self-rescuing thought might you contribute to this blog?
Thank you and Blessings.
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OMG! LISA!!! what seriously…. you are like a godsend for me. I listened last night and it’s like you we were just chattin it up over a glass of red wine! It is something I’ve struggled with all my life. I just always feel like I don’t belong anywhere. I mean, I think we all have people who love us and accept us no matter what but that gets boring, right!?
That’s why people who are climbers (are you a Capricorn too? 
JK ) are always just looking to expand their comfort zone and meet as many people as possible. Hey, when people like us are out there just being real… I dont think most people can handle that. And if we get rejected just being 110% authentic, who cares!? right. That’s how I cope with rejection these days. I just figure I’ve got to be me. After that, I’m just tired of keeping up appearances and trying to look good. I say what I think, and I do what I want. Who has time to worry about what everyone else wants to hear? OK SOOO… that being said, I think I’ve got social rejection under control. Its just a big fat WHAT EVER, dude! 
But now i have to deal with rejection on a professional level. As Rob knows, I’ve been trying to move my career ahead for like years and years and want to get into marketing. But this has been like a new level of rejection. I feel like a dumb bunny most of the time. I know its hard out there, but when I put all this time and effort Sending resumes and doing interviews and applying for every job that comes up and I don’t hear a word back. I mean what’s up with that. That’s a hard one to deal with. Any tips for that? I mean, on the social scene i got it figured out but I just feel retarded most of the time. Like I have nothing to offer the world and that’s the hardest one to take.
Hi Kara. You are an open vessel with this comment. I love your energy. Once you clearly see what is right, you are wonderfully free from the howling Woes that say “everything is wrong.” You are so leaning in the right direction. It is a sign of psychic awakening. Blessings
You all covered so much ground. Rob, where did you get this wisdom about psychology? This show finally answered a long held question about rejection and put an entirely new viewpoint on it. I often looked at it as a signal to move in one direction or another. Then I saw it as needing to stand in “me” regardless of circumstances. Then I learned to do it with a smile on my face and a willingness to give second and third chances if the time was right and everyone was willing. It frankly never occurred to me what was happening from the other person’s soul. Now that I know this I will never look at interactions in the same way. When I think back on recent rejections I can FEEL it in the other person. The moment that I understood where we all come from and why we choose our families for the purpose of soul growth, I stopped having any interest in “family trees” or ancestry.com. Enjoy and learn from your families and birth circumstances. That’s why they are there. Contrast, polarity, learned beliefs that have to be unlearned. That’s also why we need friends and the families we choose and create – to help us deal with our birth families! Even when we have loving parents, the experience is rife with lessons.
Hi julie. You bring brighter clarity to the conversation. You have a way of giving your point of view with calm command. When you look at humanity, you are able to see incredible promise – because you make it a point to look in the right direction. When you look in the right direction, you cannot fail to see the rising sun, can you. It’s so much fun, isn’t it. Thank you
Man,that is so much to take in, Just wanted to let you know I am following along, Thanks for all your sagacious wisdom! You know who……………. Warm regards my friend!
Hi E-paz. We study esoteric ideas here, and you like what we’re noticing. Thank you for the reinforcement. Give attention and treasure the invisible world that exists inside of you, for it is the cause of all that you experience on this planet. Don’t ever be faithful to acquired ideas just because they are familiar. Be willing to look beyond them and awaken to an entirely new sense of life. Blessings
Hi There Rob. Love the “Rejection” pod cast. It’s funny, social rejection has never bothered me much. I just think there are too many lovely, interesting people out there in the world to worry about being liked by everyone. That’s just a waste of time and energy to me. I just kill everyone with kindness and see who I gel with. My mother always said, “make new friends, but keep the old, some are silver and the others are gold.” I’m just mining for silver and gold. Any chunks of coal can go there own way. My relationship to rejection with my father was a lot different than yours. I was an only child and the princess, in fact I did the rejecting growing up!
Maybe that’s why I have such a different experience with rejection than most. Thanks for sharing all that. Lisa was an awesome addition I hope to hear more from her. Stay up lisa, there is lots of Gold and Silver out there for you! 
Hi Carol Anne. Even deep down in a dark well, we can look up and see the stars, can’t we. That’s what makes life fair. The journey is always toward liberating ourselves from past rejections to greater happiness. It’s an achievable journey for anyone who commits to taking it … like you. Thank you
…”Yes to your own deliverance”… I love this thought (and the possibilities when it is truly lived…
Hi lance. Self-deliverance is always a matter of returning to your true self, isn’t it. We do this when we replace superstitious nonsense with honest intentions. I suspect you’ve been on this journey for a while. Thank you
Hi Rob — I can definitely relate to the feeling that “I haven’t yet paid my dues.” I actually laughed as I was writing that, because one of my practices, when I’m thinking something like that, is to say it out loud. I usually end up laughing, because it’s actually funny to me that there’s a part of me that insists that something like that is true no matter what happens.
Hi Chris. How many have been duped into believing that ‘paying one’s dues’ is necessary before true happiness and success can be ours. When we discover the true nature of things and learn to harmonize with it – we learn that there are no dues to be paid. The flower pays no dues to bud and blossom, nor does the fledgling eagle pay dues to spread his wings and soar. Thank you.
Hi Rob. I’m not sure I totally get the ‘aware-absence’ part, but in my mind I take it to mean to be aware of the false ME that loves to make everything into a struggle. I definitely have a suffering complex. Even when I’m doing something I like, I find myself wanting to get upset over something. For instance, when I am at my kids little league game I find all kinds of things to get annoyed over. Maybe other parents are too pushy, or the game is too slow etc. But the reality is what could be better and more glorious than watching kids play baseball!? For me it’s like that when things get too good, it worries me… almost like I have no worries and all of a sudden that worries me! That’s the way my crazy mind works, but I’m slowly learning to relax and enjoy the fruits of my labor these days. That was a great ROAR show on rejection by the way. Thanks for sharing all that about yourself. My Dad was a hard-ass and I think it ultimately it made me a better Dad. I can see the world through the eyes of a kid who is just scared sh*#less of upsetting his Dad. I made a deal with myself along time ago that I would never put my kids through that. Sure, I’m not a perfect Dad. I think my reaction to my Dad was to be more detached as a father. My problem has never been anger or harshness, but rather to just not get too involved. You know I over compensated on that end!
I’m finding a middle ground these days, but I see my father wanting to come through all the time. I guess, in the end it all comes from a place of love. Thank god for my children, they help me see that there is something out there much bigger than my own pettiness.
Hi Roger. ‘Aware absence’ means to be conscious of the absence of a bad habit, so you can continue to keep it away from you. When you are alert and aware of the absence of something – you have the power to decide whether you want to allow it to express through you or whether you continue to deny it expression through you.
It is an exhilarating feeling to be in ‘aware absence’ of a bad habit. You’re free of it and can remain free of it. Thank you for sharing a bit of your own life-history here, Roger. You offer a gift of enlightenment to others who have similar life-histories. Blessings
Powerful message here! Just look at the comments! (Note to Kara–I’m a Capricorn!) One thing that has helped me move from being a victim to being a victor is switching from “I have to…” to “I get to…” There is so much to ponder here, I have only touched on one small thing. Mainly I want to say that this is clearly such a gift to many people.
hi Galen. simple tips can offer major transformational changes in a person. Thank you for offering tips that help you. Unawareness is the only problem, isn’t it Galen … and awareness is the only solution. Blessings
Good god, man! I don’t know what you are all carrying on for about rejection. What’s the big deal? You all sound like poor little lambs. My perspective is that life is hard and your going to be rejected. It’s like whining about growing old and dying… We are all going to go through it, there is no way around it. As far as rejection goes, I take the perspective that everyone else has to go through it to so why should it be different for me? I’m a bit hard-hearted, I know. But good thick New England skin keeps me moving ahead with what I want to do. Maybe I’m just stubborn and know that I’m going to do whatever I want no matter who naysays or gainsays me. You are all going to get rejected again (and again), but if you know what your up to and who you are, I say it little matters. Well, keep calm and carry on everyone, and for chris’sake REALX!
Interesting perspective…sending hugs…:-)
hi Salty. I like it when you get salty with your comment. It adds zest to the blog. Truth looks down upon human beings and thinks, “If only they would open their minds enough to listen.” You listen! thank you
Hey Brother Man. I gotta admit, underneath my laid back ways I got a bit of a ‘rejection’ complex going on. I try really hard to accept everyone and just be at peace with all the different people out there in the world. There is a part of me that acts that way because I just wanted to be accepted and liked for who I am. If I’m rejected, I would love to be able to say it doesnt bother me one iota, but the truth is it hurts. I try to spread the love to everyone, and if it gets rejected I kind of feel like a kid at school who is told his drawing of a Cat stinks! So I loved what you said, Rob, darn straight “I’m going to take it but I’m not going to take it personally.” I’m not going to pretend I wasnt rejected, but I am going to carry on my Loving spoonfuls no matter who spits em back out!
Hi Rus. You make me smile. You don’t try to create a new world, but rather you allow the real world to reveal itself to you. This is obvious in your comment. Thank you
Incredibly rich show and post, Rob! This is what stuck out the most to me on Thursday’s show. It’s when you said, “If there is no craving for acceptance, there’s no fear to be rejected.” That’s some powerful stuff, mate!
Most of my craving for acceptance came from not being accepted by my parents growing up. My father who I would not discover until I was 16 – would deny me, even though I am a spitting image of him, until I was well out of high school. My mother, who was affected I’m sure from the affair, would only see the mistake she made when she looked at me. Although, I knew she loved me – I felt deeply that she couldn’t love me the way a mother should. I also realize I held her more accountable for the “mistake”, than I did my father. (I now use the word “mistake” very loosely) It would take me years to truly understand that the rejection I felt for them, was the acceptance I sought from other people. It was also that rejection that soiled other areas in my life – and kept me from moving forward with my life. I now realize that the rejection was never holding me back – I was allowing my own struggling self to hold me captive of those feelings of rejection. I am now daily delivering ‘me from me’, and desiring to help others who may have dealt with similar situations.
I can truly relate to what you’ve shared here in the post, as well. This last year has been a incredible journey towards my transformation – it has allowed me to notice my inner contradictory tyrant, for sure. It still surprises me how much I was working against myself – when all I used to do was blame everyone else for the way my life was going. I now know that I am fully responsible for where I am, as well as where I am headed. What Robert Browning so eloquently said – is so very true. There is a fight ongoing within me, but I am certain more than ever, that my struggling self is finally losing the battle.
Thank you for discussing this much needed topic, my friend. This has truly been a Mind Adventure for me. Many Blessings to you, Sir.
Hi Deeone. Every comment you make offers a slice of your life that so many others can identify with. You are a generous soul for being so open. Turning to truth means letting go – even fearfully at first – of our long time beliefs. It’s not easy but it’s wonderfully liberating, isn’t it, Deeone. Thank you
Oh Wow. Deeone. You really stirred my soul. I read your comment I listened back to the podcast a couple times and I can not even begin to imagine what that must feel like. You are doing a wonderful job and are such a student of life. It is inspiring to see how you are moving ahead and staying positive. When I went through my divorce I spent so much time feeling down and sorry for myself. It was like a grieving process I had to go through. There was a ton of rejection involved. All of a sudden my social circles shriveled up and all the people I thought I could rely on just disappeared. That was just as hard to take as the actual divorce. I’m still confused and bitter about that social rejection, so hearing how everyone else handles rejection was incredibly helpful. I didn’t realize how much I suppressed those hurt feelings until I listend to the show. Just addressing the issue has already started me on a road to closure. I was still hanging on to all of those rejections. I love the perspective that I am simply “opening up room for new relationships”. As long as I was holding on to past rejections I would never be able to move ahead. I’m feeling optimistic and excited about rebuilding a social life that supports the new me.
Hi Rob. I’ve been liking this ‘aware absence’ trick. Now that I have so much freedom in my life all my battles are inner battles. I used to be able to distract myself from myself by being too busy with work and family. I don’t have that excuse anymore. There is a tug of war that goes on when I have no one but myself to deal with. It’s turning out to be a greater struggle than I could have imagined. I have yet to hit on something that is having me take “Atomic Action”. I told you, I have lots of fits and starts but nothing seems to develop into something I want to do “all in”. I’ve got to keep going though. There is the voice that wants me to struggle with life and be cranky and ornery. This what I have to be aware of. I really have to fight hard to keep my mind focused on my personal growth and evolution. The good news is, I know its my only real choice. To check out and wear pajamas all day is just not going to happen. Thanks for the dose of awareness today.
Hi Georgie. ‘Aware absence’ is a great way of getting a grip on one’s life. When you are aware of the absence of bad habits, how your world brightens. Now you need only allow your natural self to express in it. Thank you
Yo Im with the Salty dude on this one! HAHA… right on. So many pickle heads just run around bitchn and moanin about being rejected. I tell you what you dont hook up with MAD ladies unless you get your ass rejected OVAH AND OVAH again. I dont care if U r Hugh Hefner, Hugh Grant or Drew Carey (HUGH HUGH DREW – u feel me!! hahahah!
) Yo any way. If you gonna rock out with your you know what out you gots to be prepared for 90% of the ladies to tell ya to put back in yo pizzzzANTS. Thats JUST LIFE. Thats one thing I’ve learned from my DAYs as the Italian stallion out for stud in the land of weak-ass ponies!!!! HAHAHA. Thats just fact. I aint even gonna bother expounding on that one anymore cuz its just so00 obvious that YOU gots to lay in on the line if yo gonna get LAID by LIFE. And I aint talkin jus hookn up. What yo think Trump aint gettin rejected by B-SKOOL fools who think they know waz-up? Or you think the ROots aint playin mad shitty house partys where everyone is hammered and has no idea what is goin on?! Naw son. You got to lay it on the line if you are gonna be anything. Yo check it…. Thats why you cant keep me DOWN SON! I already know this SHIZ! Belive U ME… when my book is rejected by the first 99 publishers I know publisher 100 is gonna cream their tighty whities!!! HAHAHAHHAH. I just gotta write that shiz right form the insiiiide out! If I dio that I cant loose. I dont know man… LUVN this WROAR stuff. Yo… my advice to lisa… throw yo own damn BBQ!!! Make it dope. Cater that shiz if you haftta. Get uself a make-ur-own-Mojito bar and a make-your-own-dessert -bar and see what happens!!!! That SHIZ heals ALL dem wounds and opens up ARMS, MOUTHS and staight up TRUTHINESSS!!!! HAHAHHAHA 
Hi magic. Your present social condition confuses me. Ponder whether there may be higher values than some of the stuff that excites you. The only way to win over the world of delusion is to notice how outer actions cause your inner reactions, and decide not to pledge allegiance to your own neurosis. I gotta say though – You certainly add juice to the conversation. Thank you
I love the Rejection show Rob. You better believe playing in front of an audience is all about wanting to be accepted and liked. Up there on stage I am constantly risking absurdity. I got over my fear of being rejected by audiences by just plugging away and honing my artistic vision. The more clear and comfortable I became with my own artistic integrity, the less I worried what everyone else thought. When I was starting out doing cover songs and trying to look all Rock-nRoll or whatever was the most fearful I was. I was so busy trying to look the part and sound a certain way that it all depended on how much everyone else liked what I was doing. Now I care very little what others think. I find that I have to like it first. That way I can get up there and play my soul out. If I’m giving my best as authentically as I can I feel great. Some people like the show, some don’t. It’s that funny paradox you speak of. Only when I stopped worrying about being rejected was I more and more accepted. It all comes back to my artistic integrity.
Hi John. Your wisdom shines brightly when it comes to rejection and self-integrity. When you raise your level of understanding of rejection, you also raise your level of value to yourself. This is clear about you. thank you
I am in awe these days…it’s that amazing feeling like falling in love. I am finding the same world I’ve always lived in sparkles. I appreciate the sun rising behind the pine tree and the lawyer whose wisdom guides and protects me.
Money, which was for many years the focus of my endeavors flows easily without worry. The answers to my questions are available to me without a committee of others to guide me. I am surrounded by and see the goodness, struggles, and light in the people I encounter. I am patient and kind and accepting and I am learning to cherish myself as a rich an majestic child of infinite intelligence …deserving of all that is good and beautiful.
This moment may pass or it may stay on…it is new to me. I do know that nagging questions that have haunted me are answered without specifics. I do my work with love and confidence that even if I should not be successful I am blessed by the walk.
Rejection, the snake that was always ready to bite and resentment, the tapeworm that burrowed through my relationships have left to ride with the scorpion across the water. For me, I’ll take the walk around a sacred pond.
PS. any way to get a spell checker for the blog??
Hi Sylvia. You’ve become quite the poet! Secret suffering can be understood, and it must be understood if we are to put an end to it … which is what you are up to. Thank you for sharing your journey. Blessings
Oh man. You know me and rejection have become fast friends over the last year! At first it was quite brutal when I decided I wanted to make a concerted effort to meet women. To be honest, it was the first challenge I really took on outside of my comfort zone. Until then most things came relatively easy. School, career etc…. It was kind of all within what I expected of myself and within a certain comfort zone. Being rejected by more than a couple girls who I swore were my soul mates was harsh! I was so confused about how I could be so sure of something, yet they had a completely different opinion! In hindsight it was the lack of control that threw me for a loop. Maybe thats why Lisa gets so uptight about being rejected? I’ve lived my life with tight control of everything. When I became dependent on the approval of others I just didnt know how to handle it! My answer is to bury myself in my career and video games. Thats where I have control. I’m getting back out there but I’ve loosened up a lot. Giving up control over somethings has been the key to my freedom and happiness lately.
Hi Alan. Wow, Alan, you are beginning to understand this ‘rejection thing’. When you know that you do not know what life is all about – you begin to learn what life is all about. You are learning a lot these days. Congratulations
Hi Rob,
Excellent post as usual my friend. We all encounter rejections from time to time. A long time ago, I used to get very upset when I get rejected by someone. If someone disapproves of me or something that I said or done, I would stay dwelling over it for hours. It wasn’t until I started questioning the root cause of the way I felt. I started asking “Why do I always get upset over trivial matters?” After digging deep into my subconscious mind, I found the answer that has helped me stop taking rejection personally and that is “No matter what I do, there will always be someone who will disapprove of what I do or say and their disapproval has nothing to do with me.” The sooner I accepted this fact, the easier it was for me to stop getting bothered by rejection. Each one of us is different and has different life style, different thinking, different view of things etc… I kept reminding myself that “What could be right for me might not be right for someone else, so why should I let rejection bother me?” Then slowly upon changing my mental habits regarding rejection, I got to a point where rejection “usually” doesn’t upset me. In fact, I started viewing rejection as something healthy. Sometime I still “get affected” but when this happens, I take a few minutes to calm my mind and remind myself of what I mentioned above. Thanks for sharing my friend, great post
Hi Dia. There is a need for knowing how to overcome the ‘fear of rejection’, but there is no need to feel proud when you know, is there. If you feel proud, you set yourself up for more rejection, don’t you. Understand this, and you happily understand what life is about. That’s what you’re up to, right Dia? I like you input. Thank you
Hi Rob, you read my mind. Lately Ive been delivering myself to myself. I’ve staying on target and really just doing what comes natural. I’ve stopped forcing myself to live by other peoples standards and I’m all done feeling beholden to others expectations. Doing this has been quite a change. I can’t explain, but for the first time in my life I feel like I’m making up my own mind. When I let the expectations of others tell me what to do I spiral into a world of self-torment and self-sabotage like you wouldnt believe. Those feelings are like drugs. They have an allure that does not completely go away. I find myself wanting to feel sorry for myself so I can stop working so hard at being good and just wallow in that pitty. I don’t know what that is exactly, but just learning about the false self and all that I know I can’t afford to do that anymore. My question is, how can I feel so good and natural one day, and then the next I feel the full on pull of that false self? I just want to be done with it all and wish the day would come when I can be done fighting with myself. Someday… someday…
Hi Richard. Delivering the true self to oneself – that’s the big one, isn’t it Richard. Since the false self is a terrorist, it fears being exposed by your awareness of it. This is what you are doing lately. Nice job, Richard. Blessings
Hi rob,
Life is fun when we have the right attitude. looking at our work (regardless of what it is) as an act of love changes the whole picture. Life becomes fun and exciting. With this attitude everything that we do daily takes on a new understanding.
thanks rob for this great post packed with your wonderful wisdom. I shall continue my day with only acts of love.
Blessings always,
Debbie
hi Debbie. Yes, life is fun. Life is also ‘not fun’ at times, isn’t it. Polarity has a way of proving that to us. Be aware of when life is ‘not fun’, but be interested in what ‘not fun’ is trying to teach us – right Deb? Thank you
Hello Rob,
I hope this week has been a productive one for you.
When I first read this blog post last weekend, I was immediately excited from the title. I love that title because it means that I can win at whatever I set my mind to…it’s in my hands and not someone else’s. It means that as long as I’m breathing, I own what becomes my reality.
In the past, I hated when people told me this because I didn’t want to be accountable. I didn’t want the weight on my shoulders. I wanted to be able to blame others when things didn’t work out, and praise myself for trying.
Thankfully, I’m separating farther and farther from that insane’ness, and adopting more and more the simple genius of being personally accountable for my actions.
Polarity comes into play for me here…it almost makes me laugh to admit this, because it’s funny as I think about things things in hindsight, but sometimes I look around for something or someone to blame when I know there’s no blame. It has become habitual I think. I do it at the oddest times too. Say if I were to drop a cup of water on the floor. My first action is to look around and see what I can blame it on.
My awareness, brings me more awareness. In the past couple of years I’ve been able to really see that the driver seat is waiting for me to sit in it full time. And I’m dedicated to getting there. This post has positioned a new way for me to handle this with ‘aware- absence’; to observe my struggling self.
I say YES to my own deliverance – delivering myself to myself!
I’m looking forward to the show tonight Rob. I’ll speak to you soon.
Thank you
Hi Jk. Your awareness does bring you more awareness, doesn’t it Jk. You’re beginning to sound like me. When you exit a dark cave into the bright sunlight, your eyes blink nervously at first, but comfort soon returns … and you are more aware than you ever were before. That’s what you are noticing, aren’t you Jk. Thank you.
Hi Rob,
My friend, you are absolutely amazing!
What a wonderful post. The conversation between the student and teacher was powerful. What a great way of looking or rather ‘not looking at all’ at that self that holds us back and makes us believe we are weak.
What I love about your posts is, we can practice what we read, right away. So, I’m going to do as you say, and allow the ‘inner sage’ to guide my actions.
I loved the quote by the way. It reminded me of the Bhagavad Gita and what Sri Krishna is saying to Arjuna, when he has become overcome with grief and anxiety at the prospect of fighting his own. However, what is being demonstrated by Arjuna is the war that goes on inside each of us. We all need to take the first step and become fully aware of these inner struggles in an objective manner, and then we can begin to make changes.
Hi Hiten. In the light we see everything right, don’t we Hiten. That’s why the likes of the Bhagavad Gita interest you. Part of our quest is to see that everything that effects us starts from the inside, not from the outside. This is what you are pointing to. Thank you