Why Can Our Awakening Be So Difficult?

by | Sep 11, 2015 | 6 comments

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Awakening to our true nature requires courage and radical self honesty.

The first thing you will encounter when endeavoring to be more loving, are all the ways that you resist love.

The first thing you will encounter when asked to relax your thoughts are all of your thoughts that resist being relaxed.

The first thing you will encounter when you move toward letting go of your identity is the incredible strength of your ego that is quite attached to the identity it has spent a lifetime constructing.

To be free is to witness with compassion all the ways that you are not yet free.

6 Comments

  1. Michael
    Michael on September 16, 2015 at 7:37 am

    Thank you Chess, lovely

    Reply
    • Chess
      Chess on September 16, 2015 at 8:53 am

      I appreciate you.

      Reply
  2. Christie Harrington
    Christie Harrington on September 16, 2015 at 8:29 am

    Many thanks Chess. Your inspiration helped me to begin my day in a positive light. Bless you.

    Reply
    • Chess
      Chess on September 16, 2015 at 8:52 am

      Wonderful. Such a wonderful journey.

      Reply
  3. Dolph Arnicar
    Dolph Arnicar on September 17, 2015 at 12:49 pm

    Thank you Chess.
    I appreciate your thoughtful words and calm presence.

    Reply
    • Chess
      Chess on September 17, 2015 at 3:08 pm

      I appreciate how your friendship helps me to access that presence. That’s what we do for each other, yes?

      Reply

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