Sharing thoughts and feelings

[chris86]

are thoughts personal? are feelings worth sharing? when do we accept appreciation when truly shared?
the walls we walk through, even when there are rules, do we guide others from hitting the wall?
could you be honest and have thoughts and feelings for others while knowing not many take words seriously?

[beatrice]

Hi Chis86,
your words do resonate with me as for some time now I have been reading and learning a lot from all the very learned folk here on this forum. I have been blown away with all the wonderful support that all of you provide here, but I have to admit it has taken me some time to sum up the courage to post, as I am very much on the baby steps stage of spiritual learning and was not sure I would have anything worthy of posting. Well  today has been been one of the most wonderful days, so thought I best jump in.

I was thinking what do I have to say that would resonate with all here, then your post really rings through, that no matter what we want to say, all our words are equally valid and beautifully faultless
Thank you for words, which provided encouragement to a not so young soul, on the start of a wonderful journey ..
Bee  

[sparklekaz]

Dear Bee,

I'm so glad that you are posting. I agree with what you and Chris have said. That everyone has something to share and contribute. And to be honest, I believe that those who are new to expressing their spiritual thoughts and insight are more likely to offer a truly fresh and insightful perspective. I think and I can only speak for myself here. That there is a danger after a time of intense introspection and pondering about life and our spiritual growth; Of becoming stagnant and so fixed in outlook, that we lose that ability to see something in a different way, as if for the first time.

Baby steps are the best steps. There is nothing more beautiful then seeing something through the eyes of a child as it surveys the world for the first time, is there? Having said that though, I doubt very much as if you are a beginner of anything. I sense a very old and beautiful soul. So please, join in, don't worry about it, just jump in.

Love and light
Kaz

[gruntal]

I have recently, due to doddering old age, been privy to some estimations of my worth I did not expect. No body said much of anything in the past and I just assumed the worst. To have your worst fears come back to haunt you is the perennial nightmare and I have had my share and more. But people who were touched by me or what I said or did in a most positive way - years ago - and admitted it - is something I did not expect to happen.

Let's just say I now have access to things beyond even that. But the words and even the logic behind everything is lost to me at this point in time. That I would forget everything and yet be influenced by events long forgotten makes a mockery of the present. Some times I feel like a little kid complaining " I would never do that" when I did only moments ago.

When we grow up our sense of time gets larger and larger; we weigh things by what we experienced over a life time. I have reason to believe there less limits to this then I even imagined. But I dare not say anymore less I get in over my head.

[sparklekaz]

Dear George,

I have often wondered, just how much the past influences the present. And I don't just mean our childhood or formative years. If we are embarked upon a cycle of karmic repetition, does that mean that aside from the choices of profession, spouse and children, everything that happens to us, is dictated by karma? And if that is the case, no wonder so many of us spend time in bewilderment, wondering at the choices we make or the swerving from what seemed such an obvious course of action, onto a new road, that seems littered with challenges and obstacles. Would anyone in their right minds, choose uncertainty over familarity.

As I think about what you have said George, part of me is comforted in a strange way, that everything has its purpose, even if from our current vantage point, we are not sure what it is. Another part of me is disturbed and not a little afraid, and wonder what else lies in store for us, that has it's root in byegone times. How can we prepare ourselves or know whether we do the right thing, or again, get it wrong. Guaranteeing once again, that at some distant time in the future, we must again endure, and see the error of our ways.

Love and light
Kaz

[aceofcups]

Karma to me are living forces with living laws that play out. Always seeking out balance. Some forces we do experience from our past yes, but we are also creating new forces at every moment. It is the interplay of the two forces ( past plus choices in present) which shapes our life to some degree. There are personal karmic forces, but also forces of groups we are connected with, with countries we connect with and with humanity itself playing out.

But at what level of consciousness and awareness an individual receives and works with these forces has a lot to do with how they effect us personally. Sometimes the outside effects are karmically engendered but how we respond can be very different depending where we are in our inner consciousness when receiving the force.

That is why they say the greatest way to deal with karma is to work on oneself, but even working on oneself can be a karmic process also.

[Bartholomew]

Apr 1, 2015 1:13:27 GMT chris86 said:

are thoughts personal? are feelings worth sharing? when do we accept appreciation when truly shared?
the walls we walk through, even when there are rules, do we guide others from hitting the wall?
could you be honest and have thoughts and feelings for others while knowing not many take words seriously?

I have found that, when in doubt, think with the heart instead of the mind.   I received this advice once and consider it to be worth passing along.