One of my favorite lessons from A Course in Miracles is - "I wish to see things differently. The lesson goes on to claim that the secrects of the unierse would open up to us while viewing a table if we could only drop the lables that we hold of what a table is. This sounds hard to believe and it is hard to believe - and that's because of the notions we hold on tables, and trees, and oceans...and people. Especially ourselves. As the Course tells us, the first step is to want to see things differently. In Zen this is called beginners mind and Christian tradiotions see it as viewing the world with the eyes of a child. Perhaps the best way to approach this is to simply question everything, especially our assumptions on all things. And again - especially ourselves. Author Katie Bryan uses what she calls The Work and it's a series of questions that help strip lables and assumptions. I highly recommend her books and tapes. For me, the most important step is to begin to question the validity of our thoughts. Just because we think a thing does not make it so. Start here - question your thoughts for a few mins, for an hour or for a day - and see if maybe your view if the world clears just a little.
Worth a try.
Peace,
Eric
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