By Dr Charles Leyman Kachitsa
Those who could have stood the ground, quickly sat down in awe of the power before them that nature unleashed without prediction. There is always arguments as to whether man can control the weather. The protagonists of the view that man can control the weather have always backed it with mention of recent manmade inventions, the mobile phone technology being one of them. Even in remote areas of the earth there has always been the belief that within their communities there would be some people with the power to affect weather patterns.
The antagonist on the other hand back up their assertions in mentioning that the world phenomenon is beyond man’s capabilities otherwise if man was able to control natural occurrences like weather, we could have all been destroyed by now. They point to the appetite that man has always exhibited since creation, that of wanting to destroy self. Examples given are how man has advanced in making weapons, warfare weapons that when released has devastating consequences in the air man uses for breathing.
The other group apart from the two above, base their foundation on faith. Faith that man is the only animal that was made to have full control of other creatures, at least very true before his disgrace. However, the Creator purposed man to be in charge for preservation of the beauty that is mother earth and not be master in destroying it, all true until in enjoying the freedom of choice, man chose to destroy self.
The quotes this week are a continuation of extractions from a book that advocates self appraisal and letting go if one has to live a fulfilled life. I am sure the few selected quotations below from this book, will enlighten you to one or two life lessons. Read and enjoy:
LETTING GO – THE PATHWAY OF SURRENDER by David R. Hawkins. M.D., Ph.D.
“Grief can be precipitated by the loss of a belief system, a relationship, a capacity or role, a hope about ourselves, or an overall attitude toward our life, external circumstances, or institutions. It’s the feeling: ‘I’ll never get over this. This one is too difficult. I tried, but nothing helps.’ There is a feeling of vulnerability to pain and suffering, and so we see a great deal of it in the external world to reinforce and justify our own inner feeling. There is a crying for someone to help because we can’t do anything about it, and we feel that maybe someone else can do it for us. This is in contradistinction to apathy, where there is a feeling that no one can help.”
“One excellent experiment is to let go of the fear of fear itself. When we stop being afraid of fear, we notice that it is just a feeling. In fact, fear is far more tolerable than depression. Surprisingly, to a person who has been in bad depression, the re-emergence of fear is welcomed. It is better to feel scared than hopeless.”
“There is often a lack of understanding of the function of wanting and desire. The main illusion is seen in the statement, ‘The only way that I’ll get what I want is by desiring it; if I let go of my desire, then I won’t get what I want.’ Actually, the opposite is true. Desire, especially strong desire (e.g., cravingness), frequently blocks our getting what we want.”
“There is a lot of energy in anger, therefore, we may actually feel energized when we are irritated or angry. One of the tricks people learn is to move up quickly from apathy and grief into anger, and then to jump from anger to pride, and then on into courage. In anger, there is the energy for action. This results in doingness in the world. When the ‘have-nots’ of the world become energized by desire and move up to anger over what they lack, that anger moves them into the action necessary to fulfill their dreams for a better life.”
