What Protects You Makes You Weaker
Written by Jerry Stocking
In the olden days, knights wore armor. From what I hear, armor was very hot and very, very heavy. Armor itself got in the way of life; it restricted movement and was terribly difficult to wear.
Your armor is your thinking.
Not your original thinking, but your structured, repetitious, automatic thinking.
Spending your time believing your thoughts has you act like a turtle that has retreated into its shell. While the turtle may think it is safe, it can’t eat and it can’t move around. While turtles live a very long time, they actually don’t spend much of their life hiding in their shells. Life with head and feet exposed make life worth living; living hiding out doesn’t. You hide out too and you might not even be aware of it.
You are a multi-dimensional being; there are a lot of layers to you. Often you are trapped on the surface, reacting to your thoughts as though they were true and living a serious life. You are virtually hiding on that superficial level.
But the surface is turbulent, like the surface of a lake. Any breeze or disturbance influences the surface. Any piece of bad news, a speeding ticket or even a parking ticket upsets you.
Your deeper levels are calm, peaceful and powerful.
First responses keep you in the shallows; later responses reveal your depths. They also invite you into a magical world in which there are no accidents, mistakes, less than productive behaviors or threats to your well being.
What Deepens You Makes You Stronger
Imagine what it would be like if you didn’t have access to things below the surface of Earth. Heck, you would have to live without turnips and peanuts. There would be way less gravel and not much gold either. Diamonds would be even scarcer than they are. I have no idea how you would get around because there would be no oil or gas.
There would be very little metal and no coal. We would have to live in warm climates and walk places. Life would be very different.
I wonder what life would be like if you were able to tap into your own depths. What wonderments you would discover there.? As you tap into your depths, you will discover new and profound resources that will allow play to generate more bountiful results than you have ever produced with work.
The energies in your depths are great – the wisdom dazzling and powerful. Most people don’t, except in brief moments of great tragedy or insight, tap into their depths. Not taking your first response or your second or even your third, makes it much more likely that you will begin to tap into other levels of you, where your real natural resources are.
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About the Author
Jerry Stocking is an explore of human awareness, author and workshop leader for A Choice Experience.
A Choice Experience is a non-profit organization founded with the intent of inspiring positive transformation in the world by assisting people to “wake up” in their lives.
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