The life most of us live is just one big distraction.
me
I truly believe that the lives most of us build and live, no matter how "grand" or how "pitiful, are distractions. Distractions from what? Distractions from the truth of our inner worlds, distractions from reality.
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Most of us spend these magnificent lives distracting from that which we stuffed and stored. We are constantly distracting from the discomfort that the samskara heavy beings, that we are, experience.
"If you have to do things to be okay, that means you are not okay."
Most of us spend these amazing lives we are here to experience creating personalities, life events, roles, and images that make us feel semi-okay inside. These external things and actions are merely distractions from having to deal with what is inside. That becomes the life we are living. It is not, however, the Life that is.
We have decided somewhere along the way that the Life that is is too challenging so we set out to fix it, control it, make it better and more suitable to our insides. We set out to manipulate life so it doesn't disturb our insides by selecting what we allow in and what we keep out. Everything we "do" to create that thing becomes a distraction from experiencing Life for what it is.
In order to truly experience Life we need to learn to let it all pass through us. To let it all pass through means we need to clean out the blockages (samskaras) from the inside so it can blow through. To clean out we need to be willing to look inside and release what is there. To do that we must be willing to go through some pain.
Sigh! Opening to Life is a process and it begins with learning to relax into what is.
The following is a first attempt at a deep yogic relaxation exercise based on what I learned about relaxation over the years through psychology, yoga, and "self-hypnosis" (which is merely a deep relaxation that allows the unconscious mind take over for a while. I have been studying this for many years but recently rekindled this interest and read one of McKenna's books referenced below.) Though it doesn't address the "uncomfortable" it does take us inward beyond the messy psyche to the part of us that is always open, relaxed, and undisturbed. Accessing that, I believe, can allow us to find the peace we need to deal with whatever Life gives us...including the challenging process of samskara release.
Not perfect but you are welcome to listen:
All is well!
Paul McKenna (2023) Freedom From Anxiety. Wellbeck: London
Michael A. Singer ( July 19, 2025) Relax, Release, and Rise: The Real Work of Spiritual Growth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5vOdH_e9cY&list=PLyOuAoSmZkKoESr2acNWwhznusbBkKXsT&index=2
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