The Holistic Care

If you want to change anything or anyone, change them inside yourself.  Inside of you is the only place you can change anything.  That is where everything lives.  You carry the whole world with you wherever you go.  A well known Buddhist tale beautifully illustrates this truth.

Two monks approach a rushing river where there is a beautiful woman stranded, unable to get across.  The monks have vowed not to touch women - yet one of them picks her up, carries her across, and puts her down on the other side of the embankment.  The other monk is very disturbed by this but says nothing.  His disturbance builds and three days later he expresses his upset to the first monk.  "We have vowed not to touch women yet you carried that woman across the river."  The monk hears him to the end, then calmly replies, "I carried her across the river and set her down.  You have been carrying her for three days." 

From time to time you may find yourself feeling angry with people who have upset you in the past.  Some of these people may be dead; others you will probably never see again; still others you say you have forgiven.  The argument has ended; the fight is over; and yet it is still echoing within you.  You are carrying your disturbances within you, and keeping them alive with your energy. 

The Spiritual Warrior learns to let go.  Just let go...

From the book Spiritual Warrior - The art of spiritual living by John Roger

Hope you enjoy!

This is true!!!
A very good example....
Thank you for sharing dear Tanisha!

Namaste! 

Dear Tanisha,
Thats stuff from the top draw.
great story!
Thanks for sharing.
God Bless

Hey Steve, Thanks, sorry I missed your im, I was away from the computer. I am back on if you would like to chat.


Take care.

And Thank you as well Black-ki 

Thanks, for sharing that Tanisha!

readytolearn wrote: The Spiritual Warrior learns to let go.  Just let go...
From the book Spiritual Warrior - The art of spiritual living by John Roger

I don't believe in coincidence and felt as if this had a special message for me, as well as anyone else reading it. Letting go, is one of my life lessons and warrior is a word that has been calling to me for some time. 

I actually inherited some audio tapes of John Rogers from my first teacher, when he passed away nearly 20 years ago. There were so many tapes, I never got around to John Rogers. Still, I never threw them away, either. Maybe NOW is a good time for me to listen to the messages on the tapes, Ya think? 
Thanks again, for the story! 

Love and Peace,
Erin

Dear Erin,

Your quite welcome, I am glad that you enjoyed it.  It is a hard lesson for me as well.  I actually heard it in a movie i was watching the other day, can't remember the movie but it stuck out.    I happened to run across it in a blog yesterday and bells went off. lol. So, I thought it was for me as well, and also was compelled to share it with others.  That is neat that you have the tapes of the author as well. And yes, I believe it is a sign for you to listen to them.  When you do, please share what you have learned, as I would also like to get more knowledge. I will be looking up the author as well.


Take care,

Tanisha

Dear Erin,
Nice to see you back.

Myst wrote: p.s. I may be away for awhile, but I will get back to reading now and then.

I wished you come soon . Thanks to the almighty you are back soon.
God Bless

Hi Steve and Tanisha,

Tanisha, I will let you know what I find on the old John Roger tapes. As I said, these are well over 20 years old and hopefully will still play ok. It will probably be several days/weeks before I get around to them, but hey, that is not bad after 19 years of waiting.

hotice_steve wrote: I wished you come soon . Thanks to the almighty you are back soon.
God Bless

Yes, I am back after several not so wonderful days. I still check my email and surf for a little while, but most of the time I just try to be warm and comfy in my bed until it passes. That is usually 3-4 days.
Each month the pain is getting less and less, so I have no doubt this trial is over/near over.  I am learning that if I just let the pain run/flow, it is almost as if there is NO pain. It is still something I can sense, but it does not torture me. Hard to explain and amazing, I don't quite understand it myself, but it works for awhile anyway. Then, I become drained and it begins again. Still, this is quite an improvement for me. I suppose this is something for me to learn, how to allow pain to flow. Hopefully, I will not have future need of this, but it may be something that will be of help to others. 

Nice to be missed. Love to you both! 

Love and Peace,
Erin

Dear Erin,

Whenever you have the time to get to the tapes is fine with me.  And I will continue send reiki to you.  You will get through this.

Tanisha