hey davey mason

i just wanted to say that i really liked your post about practicing "radical acceptance"

i've been doing that a lot more these past few years
and its been great

it also saves a LOT of time
instead of saying ' i should have done this or that better or this way or that way'

i just say " that was my best and i accept it"

and just move on

it wasn't always like that

but its great that this "radical acceptance" thing is helping

it is truly a lifesaver

i also liked the thing u said recently about not running away from negative stuff

and instead finding something that one is passionate about and just focusing on that

as usual

i enjoy reading your posts

they are always consistently kind and insightful

Thank you La V! You're awesome....and a bright spirit....and always helpful. I hope one day we get to meet....and I get to shake your hand. There's actually a book called 'Radical Acceptance' but I haven't read it yet. People debate about what is good and bad, but it is simple: Those things which are excuses for NOT being grateful for the now moment.....and being present in the now moment are not good.....while ANY excuse to be more in the now....and present....is a good one. For many, their change in diet is a way to become MORE conscious. Some look to change their diet so they can be LESS conscious! Ha! ha!

-I am so grateful and the wonderfully accelerated rate at which consciousness is expanding. People are become so thoughtful....and giving...and knowledgeable and empowered.....and joyful....and you are an example of this!

-David Z. Mason

WWW.RawFoodFarm.com

along those lines....

my favorite quotes

"I'm a lover of reality.
When I argue with What Is, I lose,
but only 100% of the time."

~ Byron Katie ~

"Anything you want to ask a teacher, ask yourself,
and wait for the answer in silence."

~ Byron Katie ~

"The teacher you need
is the person you're living with."

~ Byron Katie ~

"It's not your job to like me
- it's mine."

~ Byron Katie ~

"I am the perpretor of my suffering
- but only all of it."

~ Byron Katie ~

"Do you want to meet the love of your life?
Look in the mirror."

~ Byron Katie ~

"The mind's job is to validate what it thinks."

~ Byron Katie ~

"Placing the blame or judgment on someone else
leaves you powerless to change your experience.
T aking responsability for your beliefs and judgments
gives you the power to change them."

~ Byron Katie ~

"The voice within is what I'm married to.
All marriage is a metaphor for that marriage.
My lover is the place inside me where an honest yes and no come from.
That's my true partner. It's always there.
And to tell you yes when my integrity says no is to divorce that partner.

~ Byron Katie ~

"An uncomfortable feeling is not an enemy.
It’s a gift that says, "Get honest; inquire."
We reach out for alcohol, or television, or credit cards,
so we can focus out there and not have to look at the feeling.
And that's as it should be, because in our innocence we haven't known how.
So now what we can do is reach out for a paper and a pencil,
write thought down, and investigate."

~ Byron Katie ~

"Nothing can cost you someone you love.
The only thing that can cost you your husband is if you believe a thought.
That's how you move away from him.
That's how the marriage ends.
You are one with your husband until you believe the thought
that he should look a certain way, he should give you something,
he should be something other than what he is.
That's how you divorce him.
Right then and there you have lost your marriage.

~ Byron Katie ~

"So, how do you get back to heaven?
To begin with, just notice the thoughts that take you away from it.
You don't have to believe everything your thoughts tell you.
Just become familiar with the particular thoughts you use
to deprive yourself of happiness.
It may seem strange at first to get to know yourself in this way,
but becoming familiar with your stressful thoughts
will show you the way home to everything you need."

~ Byron Katie ~

"The Work always leaves you with less of a story.
Who would you be without your story?
You never know until you inquire.
There is no story that is you or that leads to you.
Every story leads away from you.
Turn it around; undo it.
You are what exists before all stories.
You are what remains when the story is understood. "

~ Byron Katie ~

"You move totally away from reality
when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer."

~ Byron Katie ~

"You don't get to vote on what is.
Have you noticed?"

~ Byron Katie ~

"The world is nothing but my perception of it.
I see only through myself.
I hear only through the filter of my story."

~ Byron Katie ~

"The world is perfect.
As you question your mind, this becomes more and more obvious.
Mind changes, and as a result, the world changes.
A clear mind heals everything that needs to be healed.
It can never be fooled into believing that there is one speck out of order."

~ Byron Katie ~

"Thoughts are just what is.
They appear. They're innocent. They're not personal.
They're like the breeze or the leaves on the trees or the raindrops falling.
Thoughts arise like that, and we can make friends with them.
Would you argue with a raindrop?"

~ Byron Katie ~

"I've heard people say that they cling to their painful thoughts
because they're afraid that without them they wouldn't be activists for peace.
“If I feel peaceful,” they say, “why would I bother taking action at all?”
My answer is “Because that's what love does.”
To think that we need sadness or outrage
to motivate us to do what's right is insane.
As if the clearer and happier you get, the less kind you become.
As if when someone finds freedom, she just sits around all day
with drool running down her chin.
My experience is the opposite.

Love is action."

~ Byron Katie ~

"Personalities don't love.
They want something."

~ Byron Katie ~

"Would you rather be right or free?"

~ Byron Katie ~

"The only time we suffer
is when we believe a thought that argues with what is.
When the mind is perfectly clear, what is is what we want."

~ Byron Katie ~

"The end of suffering happens in this very moment,
whether you're watching a terrorist attack or doing the dishes.
And compassion begins at home.
Because I don't believe my thoughts, sadness can't exist.
That's how I can go to the depths of anyone's suffering,
if they invite me, and take them by the hand and walk them out of it into the sunlight of reality.
I've taken that walk myself."

~ Byron Katie ~

"All sadness is a tantrum."

~ Byron Katie ~

"A teacher of fear can’t bring peace on Earth.
We have been trying to do it that way for thousands of years.
The person who turns inner violence around,
the person who finds peace inside and lives it,
is the one who teaches what true peace is.
We are waiting for just one teacher.
You’re the one."

~ Byron Katie ~

Those thoughts are WONDERFUL Fresh. Very Zen. The problem is that people inherently think....at their core....that they are NOT OK. That they need to DO something in order to be who they are. That they have to tell a better story. In any event, they forget that they are the ONE consciousness.....and forget to act accordingly. Because they do not / cannot accept themselves at the CORE......this means that they cannot accept others....or the world.....or the now moment.

-Combine not accepting yourself at the core.........with not being able to get beyond the 'story self' (done by performing service work)........and you have a formula for an increasingly powerful 'ego'.....with a an inflexible story.....and all the attending suffering and pains that go with it. And you have this increasing/incredible inability to SEE a way out.

-When you see yourself as the ONE consciousness...you see a tremendous necessity and responsibility to be present......and promote peace in the now....regardless of circumstances. You know? The INDIVIDUAL consciousness (or 'ego') feels no desire to do this. LOL.

-David Z. Mason

WWW.RawFoodFarm.com

Would you argue with a raindrop?"

~ Byron Katie ~



fresh, thank you, am going to Google Byron Katie right now.

Thanks fresh for posting your favourite quotes.
A beautiful present.
Printing a copy now!

Hey DZM...

On a totally different subject...I've got these passion flowers that are bearing fruit, are these fruit passion fruits?

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LOL passionflowers... neat dunno DMZ probably does

hey fresh

i read byron katie's "Loving What Is"
and it totally RAWCKED!!!

thanks for going out of your way to post those quotes
luv luv LUV them!!

DMZ

yeah, one consciousness like one water molecule united with all the other water molecules in the ocean of LUV

one ocean

impossible to separate the water molecules

futile

unnecessary

just accept that the consciousness permeates all

that is why people can dream things they have never previously perceived

its the other water molecules permeating
through individual consciousness

F1:

There are a wide variety of vining and herbaceous/bush 'passion flowers' in the Passifloraceae family. The Passiflora Edulis (yellow variety) is apparently what you would want....it's the Passion Fruit variety (don't know if that's what you HAVE....heh...heh). Here's the wiki-scoop to help you ID:

[en.wikipedia.org]

-David Z. Mason

WWW.RawFoodFarm.com

Dave and LaVeronique,

I am reading the book "Power of Now" by Eckart Tolle and loving it. With all that is going on with my family, I see how unconscious I have been... It tells me how I have to remind mself to come back to the present moment and NOT live in the past. I am also trying to fal still and do the meditation... Dave I want to be just like you when I grow up.

Take care
A Iyer

Ha! ha! Awesome Anuiyer7! (and thank you for the kind words / support). Tolle is great (I also love Wayne Dyer...of course...and Chopra). The fact is: even if there WERE a past/future (as evidenced by artifacts and what have you.....the only place that EVER takes place is NOW). And if the ONE consciousness is active within you - then to not be in the now is a real crime...in the sense that any process in a person that does this....for whatever reason (rejects the now moment) is cutting themselves off from the one true source of nourishment and life.....both spiritually and physically.

WWW.RawFoodFarm.com

davidzanemason Wrote:
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> F1:
>
> There are a wide variety of vining and
> herbaceous/bush 'passion flowers' in the
> Passifloraceae family. The Passiflora Edulis
> (yellow variety) is apparently what you would
> want....it's the Passion Fruit variety (don't know
> if that's what you HAVE....heh...heh). Here's the
> wiki-scoop to help you ID:
>
> [en.wikipedia.org]
>
> -David Z. Mason

No I don't have that one....well I'll just have to mother them and see what happens!

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