Dear Sheri -
I am not sure how to get from "here" to "there". My mind is absolutely a control freak. I have been using meditation to work on "stopping the chatter". It is helping, and I can see some increase in my ability to silence my mind. It is slow going, though, and I can feel strong resistance from my mind. At present, I see through the illusion of the story I've created a much smaller percentage of the time than the amount of time I believe the illusions. I have, however, begun to question my stories most of the time. I just seem to lack the absolute faith that the "no-thing" I am is not bound by these beliefs... in addition to the fact that I can feel my mind is terrified of loosing its power and is doing everything it can to keep me believing the stories. I will keep up the battle. I am about a third of the way through "The Complete Idiots Guide to Toltec Wisdom", so am looking forward to what lies ahead. I will certainly try some of the exercises in your book, and will save your email to read again when I need inspiration.
Thanks!
Dear Friend,
The entity that is saying this: "I am just not sure how to get from "here" to 'there" is never going to know. Confront your stories and fear-based beliefs and the rest will fall into place. The "I" that is writing me is never going to have faith in the real you - and why should it? What is involved is seeing the world through the point of view of the real you not your mind. Your mind does not need to have faith in what is already eternal within you. Just stop believing that you are your mind and that the entity that is communicating with me is "you." I can assure you it is not.
Blessings, Sheri
Hi, Sheri -
Let me tell you what I get from reading your response, and please let me know if I have gotten the message correctly.
I feel like I am behind this huge stone wall (my "mind", my "stories") and past the wall is the infinite. I am seeing cracks in the wall, and when I look through the cracks, I can sense that the infinite is there. In my last email, I was asking you how to get through the wall. What you are telling me is that the wall only exists because I believe it does. If I truly realize that the wall is not really there, I will have made the first step.
Thanks so much for your guidance !!
Dear Friend,
YOU ARE THE INFINITE. The fact that you are saying you (the "I") senses cracks in the wall shows exactly what I am talking about. You believe you are your mind and you are taking the point of view of your mind. Your mind perhaps senses the infinite through the cracks in your fog or story. But the way to get from here to there is to use your attention to change your point of view. It is the fact that you believe your stories that has you focusing your attention behind the wall of fog. But by detaching from your stories the fog will dissipate and your mind will be able to expand to meet the infinite that you are.
Love, Sheri
