LOVE RADIANCE INTENTION EXPERIENCE VI---PAINFUL VS PAINFREE
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From: Ram V.
Date: Sunday, April 27, 2008, 6:39 AM
Subject: Love Radiance Intention Experience VI---Painful Vs Painfree
Reply to: 263185
ID: 260614

Dear Kenneth, Constance, Rita, et all,

Thanks you so very much for sharing your live stories authentically, simply and freely. So much to learn from all of you as it touches so much our intrinsic selves. And what a wonderful pointer from Rita's Self- realization to free ourselves from our pain bodies. Vow!, as it is so true. It also bears with what the Buddha had said in this regard (paraphrased):

>>>>"Attachment is the primary cause of misery/sufferng. And Awareness spontaneously brings freedom with it".<<<<

Not a single person is an exception to this simple so true unchangeable wisdom. I am glad at LRIG we have shared "Detached Involvement" and "Ever-Present Awareness" as our primary themes. Maybe they are worth visiting again and again. And making ourselves free; inch by inch, moment by moment. By consistenetly keeping these two LRIG themse (which are not different from the universal truths) in our inner background, we can respond to the mixed situations of pain and freedom and other opposites of life right in front of us in living our lives.

While I am writing my above mentioned response, I am not saying that I am absolutely pain-free. However; I am saying from my full life experience that it is possible to move in the realized direction as shared at LRIG..the essence of almost all the scriptures of all the religions. Let's be consistent in our focus/attention through our unique practical ways in our being one with the Essence as such. And the Nature benevolently opens the doors to Freedom (from pain, anger, fear, ego, attachment,greed and over-indulgence in temporary material attractions.....).....from painful to painfree. How wonderful to realize freedom as such!

Consistently endeavoring to remain aware in embracing these pointers that bring us back to our intrinsic nature of Truth/freedom, awareness and joyfulness. Coming back home. Isn't it?

Love.......Ram

--- On Sat, Apr 26, 2008, in msg263185, Rita Khanna wrote ---

Dear Kenneth and Constance Thank you for sharing your message on the forum and it had a great impact on me. I was touched by your honesty and truthfulness. I truly believe that this is what LRIG is all about where we express ourselves from a place within where our soul speaks and has a true yearning to truly develop and know our intrinsic nature. I have always expressed that this forum is my internet family where we are sharing our wisdom with each other. "God is the giver, I am the Enjoyer" is something I am experiencing more and more which is supported by my personal story that transformed my physical being from "Pain to Pleasure". By acknowledging the ever-presence of the Reality of God and by singing the glories of God, it confirms that every thing that is happening in my life has a greater purpose and there is no accidents in this divine orchestration. As I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis in 1999 and wondered at the time why on earth I got this disease when I did every thing right in my life, practicing and sharing yoga, pranayaam, meditation for many years and looked after my health by eating the right foods and thinking right. Knowing very little at the time that this is the plan of the universe which is taking me towards a deeper understanding. My Rheumatologist put me on anti-inflammatory drugs and on the side I started to explore more about foods and herbs etc. For few years I managed alright. I was told by the Rheumatologist that the nature of this disease is such that it progresses with time and patients become immobile gradually. I started to see more intense symptoms coming with inflamed body with deep physical pains where the immune system attacks the body cells and it was a kind of feeling where body starts to shut down. The quality of life was going down each day. Anti-inflammatory medicines started to have a very little affect on my body. I decided to take the natural route and was under a care of nutritionist for a year who put me on Alkaline diet(with lots of fresh fruits and vegetables and whole foods), with lots of herbal medicines along with different methods of detoxifying the body. All these things were good for the body which I truly believed in doing it but my inflammation and physical pain didn't want to go down. I decided to try the Ayurvedic treatment and flew to India and went through a tough time with the treatment but the physical pain didn't want to go away. My deep conversation with God got intense in all these months while I was taking different treatments. I didn't leave any stone unturned but the physical suffering was not leaving its way. I could feel at the time I was going through intense physical pain that my inner Spirit was untouched and I kept on observing the pain in my body and got really good at this where I could detach the pain from my Self by feeling that I am not the pain, my body is in pain at the same time there was a deep yearning to bring the physical body to this level so I can have a better quality of life. All these years, I had a deep knowing which was always alive in me, telling me so clearly that there is a healer in me, the energy of God who will heal me for sure. So I refuse to accept the physical pain body. I deeply asked God, I have done everything to my knowledge to bring this body to a pain free body and it has to heal now. Please help. In this process of transformation, I could spontaneously relate from my heart and soul to the centuries old reality revealed in Bhagavad Gita which truly works: "Those who take refuge in the All-pervading sustaining Energy that underlies all beings and all things, gain release from the old age, disease and the fear of death. They also come to know Brahman (Universal Consciousness/Energy) as well as about the individual soul/Self. And all about action as well"............The way of Realization 7.29 Today I am pain free and my body has naturally healed without any drugs and I am able to do everything what I used to do. So glad to be part of this group, my internet family. Where instrinsic sharing of individual understandings/realizations; such as I have humbly submitted as above; do help in further transformations. Both individually and collectively. Love you all . Rita

--- On Sat, Apr 26, 2008, in msg263177, Constance Hall-Orman wrote ---

Good Morning Kenneth;-)

Thank you so much for your openness to share the pain and struggle you are experiencing from your past. I can say that I too, am experiencing such pain from my own past experience. Perhaps, there are more than we know, who are collectively experiencing this process of transformation. Every fiber of my being wishes the process of pain and suffering wasn't necessary for this transformation, but it seems to be a way of life. Some move forward and accept the process, others shy away, others ignore it all together...

I agree with you Kenneth, when we know we are not alone, the process goes supported and strengthened. Here complete strangers, that have never formally met become a trusting collective family, extending across our little wonder of the world. Wisdom and love can be nurtured into all things and into all beings, and each of us is here to ensure this happens. Together, as this collective consciousness gets stronger, reaches out further, builds the bridge between the inner and outer reality, within each of us is a Truth, it should not be questioned if it is willed-to good, willed-to right action, willed-to healing, willed-to education/wisdom, willed-to love...

I smile, we don't have to wait for anyone to do this for us. We are the ones to get it done, manifest, create, be the wizard, walk with the christ consciousness, however you like to call it, be it now!

Support is here among us, trust that we encourage together the same dream...a better world for All! Our pure potential is unlimited, there are no boundaries, anything is possible, live what you know within...and your world will change.

This message can't getting any clearer, but it's the most difficult transformation to occur. Think about this...the first time in history, a whole collective transforms into their soul being here on earth. Wow! Makes me take a deep breath...our potential for healing is great.

If this helps any us, as we process through this pain...to know that we are giving birth to soul, let us now be reminded...the earth is now the birthing room...the world is ready and mother earth supports this process too!

I'm not crazy;-)!

LOVE! Thanks again Kenneth!

--- On Sat, Apr 26, 2008, in msg263176, Kenneth Ruby wrote ---

Hello Ram, Constance, LRIG:

I felt a deep response to your messages in this email string.

I am striving, with some success, to get in touch with my Unity Consciousness, through meditation. My "personality" runs thoughts through my head a mile-a-minute, but I manage to quiet them somewhat during my morning meditations.

Since I had a spontaneous "superconsciousness" experience in 1981, I at least have something to aim for.

Memories of trauma and abuse and abandonment are coming to the surface in full force these days, and it is painful indeed. I believe that the "ice cubes" of traumatic memories can be melted in the "warm water" of Unity Consciousness, but it requires time and patience on my part.

One of the things that is so critically important to me at these times is having a community of healing people with whom I can interact. I grew up with a deficit of an experience of an empathic community around me, and it is this painful state of mind that is returning and playing havoc with my mood state. Regularly interacting with a real healing community is the best antidote.

Thank you all for being there. Anyone is welcome to respond.

- Kenneth

--- On Thu, Apr 3, 2008, in msg262910, Constance Hall-Orman wrote ---

Ever-Present Awareness Contemplative View

Ponderings:

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“When I am resting in simple, ever-present awareness, I am resting in the intrinsic spirit that I Am...It doesn't matter in the least what is seen in any moment. Whether you see happiness or sadness or other such pairs of the opposites...it is not those states but the Seer of those states that is already Free... {which matters the most in the living of our lives.}” The Simple Feeling of Being, by Ken Wilber

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“The indwelling spirit in this body is the ever-present witness/awareness, the director, the sustainer and the enjoyer---the great Lord and the Supreme-self.” Bhagvad Gita 13.22

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“As you cross this threshold, notice that your identity does not disappear. Even with no image to look at and no body, you remain what you really are---viewing awareness that stays the same even though the scenery of your life constantly changes. This is your identity as awareness, a lively, wise alchemist who stands unattached, behind the constant show of transformation.” The Way of the Wizard, by Deepak Chopra

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Love Radiance Intention Experience

April 18, 2008 to April 20, 2008

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Dear Love-Radiance Intention Member,

Ram Varma presents our Group Intention Focus Theme:

Ever-Present Awareness

Introduction:

Life is a joyful bundle of experiences if we firmly decide, with full awareness, for this bundle to emerge from the connection with Inner Power of the Self. Remembering, however, that the Enjoyer in us that makes us truly enjoy these experiences is different from the roles we perform. It is also different from the vehicle we use to perform these roles. Hence the key to enjoy our roles is to perform them from the inner connection as directed from the Self within. Also remembering that the inner power of the Self is not different from the infinite sustaining power of the Source that orchestrates the dance of the whole universe. As it exists everywhere like butter in the milk, and whose very nature is the true and pure experiencing of the present moment as Is (not as what it should be).

Ever-Present Awareness:

The first step is to understand the wholesomeness, the lower nature, the higher nature of the Self and its connection to the Universal Self/Energy/God as the sustainer/source of the whole universe. This awareness in itself is self-empowering. It is now a matter of establishing oneself in this mode, performing all one's activities from this connection, enjoying them and freeing oneself from attachments of various outcomes. This is all possible, as shared in the earlier LRIG monthly themes. However, it requires openness, non- judgment, determination and self-effort to keep moving in this direction. Once there is a deep yearning for this fresh start in life, it is the beginning of a new life of truth/freedom, awareness and joyfulness (an experience of love, peace and bliss). All of us are entitled to this new beginning.

Without this working awareness, the worldly situations can drive us crazy. Being in touch with the Higher Nature of the Self automatically makes us keen observers of every situation. As soon as the inner observation is completed, the awareness clicks in. Therefore, it is only a matter of motions that an aware person goes through outwardly in a fashion that people around can understand him/her. With this mode, one can look at the state of the world with amusement.

Practice Points:

There are three reflections as such:

- Manifesting/Co-creating the established goals/aspirations from the inner-connection through one's unique ways such as silent meditation, prayer and surrender, etc. Getting the relevant directions from the Higher Self (spirituality) and using the body-mind-intellect (rationality) as directed from within...unified approach of spirituality and rationality.

- Letting go expectations of the results after doing the level best. Thus offering the Self-inspired actions as one's contributions to the Universal Orchestration of the whole universe. And living in this world without the least trace of the ego-sense.

- Combining one's Present Moment Presence (PMP) with the Presence of the Divine Presence Energy that underlies all beings and all things at all times (PDP). So that PMP and PDP becomes the infinite unified ONE in our day-to-day living of our lives.

Checking the Level of Awareness:

One can check the level of awareness by asking oneself three questions:

1. Are you aware that you have the Inner Power of the Self in you and this power; being a part and parcel of the total creative process; is connected to the Supreme Universal Power that sustains the whole universe?

Just as, on a worldly scene, when an innocent child is connected with the mother, the enhanced co- creative process spontaneously/effortlessly begins to flow with a much bigger energy to make it happen. This connecting energy has so much of divine grace/assistance toward regeneration of the human effort that it is beyond one's intellectual imagination and its literary description as such.

2. Are you aware you are using this individual and universal power in whatever you are involved with?

3. Are you aware that; after doing your level best; you have freed yourself from an attachment to the outcomes you have performed to maintain your own freedom and inherent connection, as such?

Your answers to these questions will guide you toward the areas you need to concentrate for developing the awareness you need. You may like to find them out in your own silent introspection and share your experiences as such with the LRIG members for further authentic dialogues/strengthening, if you so please.

With Love and Best Wishes...Ram

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In Loving Gratitude and Constant Energy Flow, Be Well!

Of The Group, As The Group, As One

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