Ocean of Consciousness, Kara-Leah Interview Part 6 of 6
Karl: Using “I am experiencing” instead of “I am” is a great tool to apply in a difficult situation. I’ve dealt with the sadness, the blues, and depression and when I can take identity out of the equation I’ve been able to let go of the pain a little faster.
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When you say that I am not my physical body, my mind, or my thoughts then what am I? Everything that I know comes from those three things. I understand that I need to let go of what I think I am and just be, but how do I let go of the only things that keep me grounded? I believe it’s a dilemma that the modern world is running into. When someone yells at me for making a mistake I know that I shouldn’t take it personally, but yet I still feel hurt. How does one find a balance between not caring at all and appreciating that life is an experience worth feeling?
Kara-Leah: It’s not that you don’t care… although YOU don’t.
It’s not that you don’t feel… although YOU don’t.
It’s that you KNOW yourself as YOU.
Confused yet?
When you begin to meditate, or do yoga, or any type of awareness experience… you begin the process of watching. Of observing.
So answer this.
When you can observe your feelings, your body, and your thoughts… then WHO are YOU?
Because it is impossible to be BOTH the observer and the observed.
In this way, you move from BEING your body, mind and feelings into BEING the Observer, whoever THAT might be.
So when someone yells at you at work, your body, mind and feelings may experience hurt… but as the observer, YOU do not.
This does not mean you don’t care either. Because when you shift to being the Observer, you are experiencing yourself as Consciousness, and Consciousness is not an individual limited perspective entity, is is part of All that Is.
Think of the Ocean.
Think of a drop of water in the Ocean.
You can separate out a drop from the Ocean but the drop is still ‘Ocean’.
In the same way, we are each drops of consciousness within the great Ocean of Consciousness.
So it is impossible to ‘not care’, if ‘not care’ is to disconnect, because the Observer knows that they are part of All that Is.
You feel others’ pains as your own. Because it is your own.
You ask what it is that grounds us when we realize we are not our bodies, minds or feelings?
This is an important question.
You are not being asked to let go of these things, you are being asked to let go of IDENTIFYING with these things.
You still experience your body, mind and feelings. But you are NOT these things.
To let go completely implies that your Consciousness would float off into the Ether.
And then how would you experience this reality? This is why we HAVE bodies, minds and feelings - to enable us to EXPERIENCE life.
Hurt and all.
Here’s an experiment. The next time you observe feelings of pain or hurt arise in your body or mind… embrace them as if they were joy and happiness. Revel in them, inspect them, wring every last droplet of feeling from them.
And see how that changes your perspective.
This concludes our wonderful interview with Kara-Leah from http://www.klmasina.co.nz/
I want to thank her so much for participating in the discovery of her wonderful mind. I know that Kara-Leah will keep on inspiring many people to find their way to happiness.
LA
May 20th, 2007 at 6:57 amWhen an individual is highly creative and completely open to everything that is going on around them it is very easy to be distracted by the energy and emotions of others and the world. The practice is to learn to focus. Just as when we meditate and we focus on our breath, one can apply the same practice to tasks, work, etc. When we focus, usually excellence exists.
Sometimes a chemical imbalance in our bodies can cause depression, etc. It is very important to be aware of the delicate balance our bodies need to function properly. We must listen to our bodies. They talk to us constantly.
I am also a very sensitive individual and am hurt deeply by the words and actions of others sometimes. The practice is to look at the situation and words clearly and learn from it. Sometimes we have people affecting us that are not good for us, we have to learn to deal with them. They may be acting out because of something that has nothing to do with us. The hardest practice is to walk away from negative individuals when necessary. That doesn’t mean we never talk to these people again or are rude, we just know they aren’t good for us and don’t get pulled into their negativity.
Karl http://karlstaib.com
May 22nd, 2007 at 6:36 pmSensitivity is a good and bad thing. It makes people highly in tuned with others, but can really cause someone to get burned. I think your attitude will work well when dealing with difficult people.
Kara-Leah Masina http://www.klmasina.co.nz
May 23rd, 2007 at 9:12 pmHey Karl,
It was an absolute pleasure to participate in this interview series with you - thank you for the invitation.
Much joy,
Kara-Leah
Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker http://patriciasingleton.blogspot.com
June 27th, 2007 at 1:08 amKarl, I saw a comment that you had left on another site and thought that your name sounded familiar from Kara-Leah’s site. I am so glad that I followed through and checked out your site. I already love Kara-Leah’s being Conscious now site. I just read all 6 messages of this series. It is some of the most profound words I have ever read. Karl, thanks for the questions you asked and Kara-Leah, thanks for your words of wisdom. I know that the answers to my questions are inside of me. The major lesson I have been working on for about 9 years is to listen to my inner teacher because I have all of my answers. We all do. It is always nice to get outside validation sometimes. Kara-Leah, you are a very wise woman/healer. My inner teacher says you are right on and that this is the place that I am reaching for inside of myself. Thanks for helping me to see this so clearly. Patricia
Karl http://karlstaib.com
June 27th, 2007 at 5:38 pmPatricia, I’m glad you enjoyed the interview. It was worth all the effort. Kara-Leah truly has a gift and I hope people continue to recognize her talents.