The Grand Predicament

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Das große Dilemma
--von Nic Askew

Die Angst, nicht dazuzugehören, bestimmt vieles von dem, was wir tun und wie wir sind.
Ohne es zu wissen, kann diese Angst die Erfahrung eines Lebens bestimmen.
Die meisten von uns leben mit dem Gefühl, dass wir nicht genügen.
Und wir gehen davon aus, dass wir erst dann wirklich dazugehören können, wenn wir genügen.

Wir nehmen an, dass wir eine bessere Version von uns selbst werden müssen.
Aber in diesem unerbittlichen Streben nach Zugehörigkeit sind wir nie genug.

Wir sind verloren in einer nie endenden Selbstverbesserung.
Haben wir vielleicht nur nach außen geschaut, obwohl wir die ganze Zeit im Inneren waren?
Vielleicht sind wir schon die Version, nach der wir gesucht haben?

Jenseits des endlosen Spiels, zu reparieren, was scheinbar kaputt ist, gibt es eine tiefe Erfahrung des Wissens, dass es niemanden gibt, den man reparieren muss.
Dass wir genug sind, so wie wir sind. Und dass wir bedingungslos dazugehören.

Doch wir können dies weder suchen noch hoffen, es zu finden. Denn es liegt in seiner Natur, uns zu finden. Und uns ohne Zweifel zu verzehren.

Niemand kann uns das lehren. Wir können es nicht lernen.
In einem Moment der Hingabe. In einem Moment, in dem wir nicht suchen, kann die Erfahrung wieder erkannt werden.

Nichts ändert sich, aber alles ist irgendwie anders.
Und dann beginnt sich alles zu transformieren.
Befreiung, Frieden und alles, was folgt, ist das Werk der Innenschau.

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Kernfragen zum Nachdenken: Was halten Sie von der Vorstellung, dass unsere tiefste Erfahrung in einem Moment der Hingabe und des Nicht-Suchens wiedererkannt werden kann? Können Sie eine persönliche Geschichte über eine tiefe Erfahrung der Zugehörigkeit erzählen, als Sie aufgehört haben zu suchen und sich hingegeben haben? Was hilft Ihnen, in der Innenschau verwurzelt zu bleiben?

Nic Askew ist ein Filmemacher. Auszug von hier.
https://soulbiographies.com/library/the-grand-human-predicament/




Seed Questions for Reflection

How do you relate to the notion that our deepest experience can be re-known in a moment of surrender and non-seeking? Can you share a personal story of a profound experience of belonging when you stopped seeking and surrendered? What helps you stay rooted in the inner view?

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6 Past Reflections
SH
Mar 15, 2023
We are generally unsatisfied with our lives. We are continuously seeking a satisfaction outside of us . We feel we need to become something to feel more satisfied. In the process we have a feeling of lacking something. Not understanding and realising that all the satisfaction is already within us. We have what is needed by us. We need to tap into our inner view . We have to find the contentment with our inner self. All the joy and happiness is contained there.
Many times during our meditation there is this realization of complete contentment and an experience of being fully satisfied with our selves.
When we are rooted in our inner view , that feeling of contentment stays with us.
MA
Manasi Mar 20, 2023
Thank you for articulating this Shyam, it resonates close to home
TE
Mar 10, 2023
My individual ego (like my physical body) is never perfect- there is always some opportunity for growth, healing, and improvement- endlessly... Yet suffering results if an ego says "I am the perfect god, no improvement is possible". Only in the letting go described in this passage can we find the "profound experience of knowing that there is no one to fix". Of course ego then says "let's do that now, I'll kill this ego, and all will be well!"- But of course that is just adding another layer of ego, and an obnoxiously "holier than thou" ego at that! Recognizing within what isn't temporary, and does not come and go helps, allows facing the full emptiness that all of existence is, and has always been...
DD
Mar 10, 2023
I assume "our deepest experience" refers to the experience that we are enough as we are. I definitely believe that can be re-known in a moment of surrender and non-seeking. In my experience, moments of letting go and being are moments of awakening and seeing. Problem is it takes many of us a long time or a profound experience to have such moments. The profound experience for me wasn't of belonging but of realizing I'm okay and realizing it is much more important to me to be than to belong, which ironically resulted in me belonging more. What helps me stay rooted in the inner view is having learned that the stuff most important o me, mainly my truth, my happiness, my real self, is there.
JP
Mar 9, 2023
We are looking for the Reality or the Truth using our outer eyes and feel disappinted or lost. We keep on seraching and seeking for somehing which inside ourselves. It's a futile and and never ending search. When we consciously let go of such seeking and striving and when we look within with inner eyes we instantly and effortlessly find what was already residing in our heart. It is a paradox: by letting go we get it.
There have been times in my life when by surrendering my ego I have experienced profound love, nourishment and fulfillment. I remember what my father used to say, "Look within and you will find what you're for. Look without and you will lose it." As I grew up I could see the wisdom in what he was saying.
I regularly practice meditation to listen to my inner voice. Introspecting, looking within, is also very helpful to me to saty rooted in the inner view.
Namaste.
Jagdish P Dave
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Amy Mar 21, 2023
Amen! Beautifully portrayed! Thank you!
Namaste🌱