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Marei-- Thanks for sharing your profound learning. In my experience, I forget
this lesson and have to learn it over and over and over again. The awareness
comes sooner most times in the learning, however. Be Peace --BJ Peters<br>
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Marei Kiele wrote:<br>
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<font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#000000">About letting go and
getting things done, about accepting and learning and about past, future
and Now - I've been thinking a lot these last two days. And Chris, Ted, Alexander,
Lisa, Shay and Harrison - thank you so much for sharing, your thoughts have
been extremely helpful to me. </font><br>
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<font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#000000">With accepting what happened
I find myself doing better and better. But letting go plans and dreams and
visions for the future - this seemed to be not only hard but not even desirable.</font><br>
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<font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#000000">And then today, just by
the way, I recognized two voices in me (kind of arguing). And I want to ask
if any of you knows these voices, too. </font><br>
<font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#000000">One of them saying: If
you are not heading for a better future and not working hard on it (not only
for yourself but for others) - you are just not worth living the life you
live (thanks Lisa for our conversation in Bramstrup). And I decided not to
agree with that voice.</font><br>
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<font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#000000">And the other one was
saying: If you don't concentrate on what you do and on what you're aiming
for and work hard for it you will never reach anything.</font><br>
<font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#000000">And suddenly I realized
that this voice is a relative of those saying, open space will not work because
we always need somebody being in charge and controlling the work. And I said
no to that voice, too.</font><br>
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<font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#000000">The thought popped up
in my mind that perhaps we don't have to plan and concentrate on learning.
Maybe accepting and learning is just ONE thing - not two different. Maybe
when I am open and live with an expanded Now my learning happens by the way.</font><br>
<font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#000000">For example I remember
learning English: In which situation my learning is more fun and even more
sucessful? If I concentrate on my “mistakes” and on what vocabulary I “should”
use next time? Or if I just talk and am open to the impressions around me?
I do remember my English beeing most fluent when I am authentic, not controlling
myself, not controlling the outcome. If I just DO (as Chris sujested) and
go step by step - suddenly I've got things done.</font><br>
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<font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#000000">One of the sentences I
love in “Expanding Our Now” is: “Somewhere along the line we came up with
the absurd notion that if everybody did just what they wanted to, nothing
would get done.” (S.33).</font><br>
<font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#000000">Referring to this I wish
to say: “Somewhere along the line we came up with the absurd notion that
if we accepted what happened, we would never learn.”</font><br>
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<font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#000000">But we do - and better
than ever, don't we?</font><br>
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<font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#000000">Marei</font><br>
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