I Haven’t Got Time For The Pain
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by cedricj
2y ago
You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens- Rumi The “no time for pain” is what the old pain reliever advertisement told us. I sit here with a pinched nerve in my spine with severe arthritis. The pain radiates up and down the right side of my body. All I can think of is “How do you spell relief?” I will spare you the rest of my “organ” recital. Suffice it to say I’m looking for ways to make the physical discomfort go away be that through a chiropractor, painkillers, or medical marijuana. We live in a culture where pain free living seems to be a sometimes-elusive promise. Depression ..read more
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What’s Your Story?
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by cedricj
2y ago
Storytelling is as natural to us as human beings as breathing. But most of us do not naturally tell good stories. It is crucial that we learn this art because it is the best way to persuade others to embrace your vision, and influence a new strategy, and connect with them through your heart as well as your mind. When we transmit an idea of any sort it is imperative to tell a powerful story that engages listeners at an emotional level.  But isn’t this counterintuitive? Haven’t we all learned that reason is our most powerful persuasive tool? As it turns out, no, storytel ..read more
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Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Heart
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by cedricj
2y ago
This week I witnessed a miracle. I saw the transformative power of love and how it manifested itself despite years of toxic parent/child pain.  My mother in law was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. She no longer recognizes friends and family. Where does one find a miracle in that situation? Kris my wife has had a lifelong convoluted and conflicted relationship with her mother. It had reached the point that the level of toxicity was so high that we could no longer visit the family home. Then came the medical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and the fact that her mother had very few years left t ..read more
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You Have to Keep Breaking Your Heart Until it Opens
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by cedricj
2y ago
Image: Artist Manuel Reyes in Oaxaca Mexico through his poignant sculpture reflects on the aftermath of a heartbreaking experience. (An excerpt from my memoir “The Prodigal’s Progress” at breakframe.wordpress.com) There was a time when I did not feel loved. As a psychologist with years of psychotherapy under my belt I sensed that I had work to do on my emotional heart blockage. My mind told me that I was somehow defective. But then I would zone out in the wake of an emotional eruption. My pain was so pervasive that at the time when I met Kris in 1997 she described me as a ‘bloody mess’. And t ..read more
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My Encounter with Mysticism
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by cedricj
2y ago
(An excerpt from my memoir “The Prodigal’s Progress – Leaving Tribal Beliefs – Waking up to Inner Wisdom” at breakframe.wordpress.com) There is a very thin boundary between this life and the next. I realized this in writing my doctoral dissertation where I interviewed individuals about their ‘direct’ religious experiences. To my surprise, some reported they had had mystical encounters. I discerned their capacity to know the Divine directly. Sufis say, “God longs to be known.” The central experience of mysticism is that God, rather than being “out there” is “in here”. And that st ..read more
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My Ten Imperatives for 2022
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by cedricj
2y ago
To wake up to inner wisdom that speaks in a still small voice To be alert to the teachers who come my way no matter how difficult the lessons they present To respond wisely to what is and not resist what I cannot control To unhook from the delusion of the small self created by the ego To view myself as one with all. I see you in me and me in you To do good as I have opportunity To make the journey inward before I try to move outward To experience my consciousness as eternal and in so doing prepare to die well  To not take myself too seriously  To forgive myself for not perfectly ful ..read more
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Wake Up To The Wisdom Within
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by cedricj
2y ago
We are all storytellers. The key is to discern the difference between narratives that do us a disservice and those that come from a wise place. I am not talking about false news in the political realm but self-assessing voices within vying for our attention. Recently I saw a bumper sticker “Don’t believe your thoughts”. Such skepticism about the thinking mind warrants attention. As a psychologist I know about mental tricks we play on ourselves. As unconscious spinmeisters we shape the image we want to project (“We have a loving and stable family”). Personas (“I’m a no drama type”) are exchang ..read more
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Wake Up From the Dream of “Me”
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by cedricj
2y ago
Do you ever get an intuitive sense that there is a hidden and unexpressed part of yourself that is waiting to be experienced?  Wise teachers describe this as the true self.  That is in direct contrast to what the spiritual teacher Adyashanti describes as, “The dream that is me”. That limited self is an ego-mind construction. It is made up of false identities and personas. We are not our bodies, minds, emotions, o religious dogma. This prompts the question, At the core of my being who am I really? You are not the clouds but the blue sky I once lived in a part of the country where it s ..read more
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Close Encounters of a Mystical Kind
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by cedricj
2y ago
Excerpt from my memoir “The Prodigal’s Progress” at breakframe.wordpress.com Followers of all world religious traditions and people in every culture have stories of how they had mystical encounters beyond. Inspiration came to and through them from another realm. They were literally possessed. Creativity emerged from some unexplored depth or some inexplicable height. These phenomena have been variously described as visions, prayers, creative flow, trances, mystical encounters, or near-death experiences. In the past I would have considered this “Woo Woo” stuff, not aligned with my religious beli ..read more
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Coming Home to Yourself
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by cedricj
2y ago
Home represents an essential and attainable spiritual quest. This prompts the question, At the core of my being who am I really? You are not the clouds but the blue sky I once lived in a part of the country where it seemed to be continually overcast. We rarely saw clear blue sky. Eventually we accepted those weather conditions as normal. That reminds me of how our minds lead us astray from our true personhood (blue sky) by telling us “You are your troubles, or possessions, or professional status, or your turbulent feelings. However, each of those beliefs misses the point. They are the dark clo ..read more
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