How to use the meditations
1. Find a quiet place where you will not be disturbed.
2. Read through the whole meditation a few times, then put it down.
3. Sit in a position both comfortable and alert.
4. Allow the meditation 10 minutes or so in your imagination. Do not give up before this time; stay with it.
5. Allow another 10 minutes for recording what happened. Allow events to develop as you record. |
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MEDITATION 46
GIVE UP ON GOOD
It's time we gave up trying to be good, and focused on being truthful.
It helps no one to speak of good and bad, because such talk makes people deceitful and liars to themselves. When good and bad are in town, people spend their day sucking up to good; justifying their actions, claiming the moral high ground – and painting themselves in a "good" light.
Nietzsche said: "The most common sort of lie is the one uttered to yourself." And those who need to be good lie the most.
We are called only to be truthful and accurate; which strangely, is the pure and sparkling source of goodness.
Imagine
Imagine a place where there is neither good nor bad; where's there's no one standing over you, saying this is right, or that is wrong.
Where do you find yourself, and how does it feel?
What do you first notice about the way you are?
What else do you notice about yourself?
It can be hard to let go of old ideas of "good" and "bad"; and the deceit they encourage. But here you are, free to be truthful at last.
So who are you here, and how are you?
Is there anything else to notice in your imagined scene?
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