"THERE DO EXIST ENQUIRING MINDS, which long for the truth of the heart, seek it, strive to solve the problems set by life, try to penetrate to the essence of things and phenomena and to penetrate into themselves. If a man reasons and thinks soundly, no matter which path he follows in solving these problems, he must inevitably arrive back at himself, and begin with the solution of the problem of what he is himself and what his place is in the world around him. For without this knowledge, he will have no focal point in his search. Socrates’ words, “Know thyself” remain for all those who seek true knowledge and being."

VIEWS FROM THE REAL WORLD, BY by G.I. Gurdjieff, p 43

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28 July 2015

LAST CHAPTERS ©Slippery Mind

SLIPPERY MIND


©Finding Balance, 2008, Laura Lopez

"Forgetting quickly as it turns from one task to another
... it searches for what it had a grasp of only a moment ago.

This slippery mind is a wonder
... so easily distracted
... so easily forgetting... what?

Let it go, I suggest as the fog rolls in ...
now smiling,

I feel newly born
In awe of each moment of this new reality

Hah!

Slippery mind."

~ From:

©LAST CHAPTERS,

chats with myself about the reality of MY situation

by, Laura Lopez, July 2015

23 February 2014

Personality Disorders: Codependence

The following videos are discussions about various “personality disorders”. I have posted them here for the purpose of sharing information about personality types. Remain objective; do not become identified with and allow yourself to be taken by what you see and hear. Many personality types share many of the same manifestations and habitual ways of being. If what is shared touches a nerve, or starts associations in you, remain centered in yourself. Become aware of your breathing and the soles of the feet on the ground to help you to remain focused while watching and listening. ;-) L.

Wikipedia:
Codependency is defined as a psychological condition or a relationship in which a person is controlled or manipulated by another who is affected with a pathological condition ...... ; and in broader terms, it refers to the dependence on the needs of, or control of, another.^[1] It also often involves placing a lower priority on one's own needs, while being excessively preoccupied with the needs of others.^[2] Codependency can occur in any type of relationship, including family, work, friendship, and also romantic, peer or community relationships.^[2] Codependency may also be characterized by denial, low self-esteem, excessive compliance, or control patterns.^[2] Narcissists are considered to be natural magnets for the codependent.

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Darlene Lancer, author of "Codependency for Dummies" and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, speaks to professionals at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.

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Ross Rosenberg, Author: HumanMagnetSyndrome

THE CONTINUUM OF SELF THEORY. A New Theory About Opposite Attraction: Codependents and Narcissists

WE BECOME CODEPENDENTS IN OUR CHILDHOOD. How and Why We Become a Codependent. The Origins of It

Active vs. Passive Codependents. CODEPENDENCY CATEGORIZED: A New Way of Thinking

4 Stages of Codependency Recovery. 4 Stages of Codependency Treatment

01 January 2013

BE

Know yourself

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Remember yourself, Always & Everywhere ~ G.I. Gurdjieff

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BE

Listening

Sensing body

Breathing In

Listening

Sensing body

Breathing out

Listening

Sensing body

Listening
Letting Go

Sensing body

Listening

Sensing body

Repeat Repeat Repeat

~ L.L. 2012

07 October 2011

Artwork: "The Evolution Series ~ 2008"

In all there are 41 pieces in this series of drawings of individual and collective octaves.

The series evolved as I intentionally tried to remain aware of each movement of the hand and practiced self observation for a designated period of time or during lulls in business each day while working as a receptionist in a very busy engineering office for several months. I was wishing to be consciously aware of self as a living breathing organism as much as possible and not be taken by the outer ebb and flow of the energy in the office.

I have been posting one drawing each week on the weekly work page. So far I have posted three. Each is a direct result of my experiences of the day it was drawn. If you sense yourself in time and space as your eyes try to follow the continuous lines without losing contact with yourself, you may be able to hear the story of each octave - not my story - but your own.

... to be continued

24 September 2011

TODAY

Today is today,
not yesterday, not tomorrow.

What is on the agenda for today?
Can I Be completely where I am in any given moment today?

Or will I be satisfied with being taken by the usual illusions and imaginings?

What do I want in this moment, and this moment and this moment?

I Wish to Be.

Can I see what takes me at least?

LL.

Useful Books

A Course in Miracles
A Journey of Souls ~ Dr. Michael Newton
A New Earth ~ Eckhardt Tolle
Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson ~ G.I. Gurdjieff
Delicious Laughter (and anything else written by) ~ Rumi
In Search of the Miraculous ~ P.D. Ouspensky
Life Is Real Only Then When I AM ~ G.I. Gurdjieff
Meetings With Remarkable Men ~ Gurdjieff
Practicing Presence ~ Tolle
Psychological Commentaries On the Teaching of G.I. Gurdjieff and P.D. Ouspensky ~ Maurice Nicoll
Stillness Speaks ~ Eckhardt Tolle
The Divine Pymander of Hermes Trismegistus
The Philokalia
The Power of Now ~ Tolle
The Psychology of Human Evolution ~ P.D. Ouspensky
The Reality of Being ~ Mme. Jeanne de Salzmann
The Way of Illumination ~ Hazrat Inayat Khan

"The Reality of Being"

A Nostalgia for Being: "Man remains a mystery to himself. He has a nostalgia for Being, a longing for duration, for permanence, for absoluteness—a longing to be. Yet everything that constitutes his life is temporary, ephemeral, limited. He aspires to another order, another life, a world that is beyond him. He senses that he is meant to participate in it. He searches for an idea, an inspiration, that could move him in this direction. It arises as a question: "Who am I—who am I in this world?" If this question becomes sufficiently alive, it could direct the course of his life. He cannot answer. He has nothing with which to answer—no knowledge of himself to face this question, no knowledge of his own. But he feels he must welcome it. He asks himself what he is. This is the first step on the way. He wants to open his eyes. He wants to wake up, to awaken." ~ Madam Jeanne de Salzmann

Hazrat Inayat Khan

"I have loved in life and I have been loved. I have drunk the bowl of poison from the hands of love as nectar, and have been raised above life's joy and sorrow. My heart, aflame in love, set afire every heart that came in touch with it. My heart has been rent and joined again; My heart has been broken and again made whole; My heart has been wounded and healed again; A thousand deaths my heart has died, and thanks be to love, it lives yet. I went through hell and saw there love's raging fire, and I entered heaven illumined with the light of love. I wept in love and made all weep with me; I mourned in love and pierced the hearts of men; And when my fiery glance fell on the rocks, the rocks burst forth as volcanoes. The whole world sank in the flood caused by my one tear; With my deep sigh the earth trembled, and when I cried aloud the name of my beloved, I shook the throne of God in heaven. I bowed my head low in humility, and on my knees I begged of love, "Disclose to me, I pray thee, O love, thy secret." She took me gently by my arms and lifted me above the earth, and spoke softly in my ear, "My dear one, thou thyself art love, art lover, and thyself art the beloved whom thou hast adored."