This Barry Long podcast is really long, you might want to listen to it in a couple of chunks. I love what he has to say about honesty. How can I be honest to love? How can I give up my anger? He asks "what are you emotional about?" and challenges us regarding the ignorance in our relationships. We have to be willing to speak to each other with honesty and to examine whether we are loving each other enough. He says 'surrender or quit, don't put up with things once you've scrutinised everything ... it's this thinking everything's all right that ruins people ... be vigilant about our whole life, but we're not vigilant in our love life ... did I love enough or did I live like all the other couples out there ... if she's not my 'beautiful woman' then what the hell am I doing there? And if I'm not 'her beautiful man' then what the hell is she doing with me? ... " Bazza.
I've always been excessively emotional and am realising how destructive it can be. I don't mean that I'm going to get rid of my emotions, but the emotions that run riot and have me waking up at 3am with a fast beating heart ... well ... I am ready to let those go. What am I emotional about? Well, there's the thing. Everything. I'm interpreting everything when all I need to do is speak the truth. Bazza says that in love there is only truth and no 'interpretation'. Something to ponder. Ha. Now I'm going to interpret that.
I'm currently doing a course called The Landmark Forum and am finding it useful. The marketing is pretty intense which puts a lot of people off, but I think it's one of the best things I've ever done. I read some online complaints about it and noticed that none of them applied to my experience, so I can only assume that those running The Landmark Forum have taken notice of those complaints and made changes accordingly. I'm experiencing what I really need with this course; motivation and direction. I am sick of not getting on with things I say I'm going to do and then a year later I still haven't done it. This course is making a huge difference, and I was given it as a gift from a very kind and generous man. The benefits of this course are incredible and yet very simple, experiential rather than learning theory. Anyone who has already meditated, experienced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and done hypnotherapy will recognise why The Landmark Forum works. But don't let your knowledge get in the way. I'm not. ;)
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| Rock Pool at Whanakani from the camping trip I went on with Claire and Peter. |
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