What do I do when I am pausing?
Pausing is not "doing nothing". Constant mental and physical motion creates quantity of life but not necessarily Quality. The egoic principals
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- "When I get There, then I will be happy"
- "When I get That, then I will be happy"
- "When They do That, then I will be happy",
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are the fundamental sources of suffering. When agitated or doubtful, I find I am pursuing one of those aims. When I am rushing around and deep in the "linear thinker", I miss tapping into the intuition. More importantly, I am out of the Presence of God. When I Pause, I am most successful when I stop the "actor" and the "thinker" & "the mind made little me" - the constant conversation in the head. I turn on my awareness of the Now, become conscious of my surroundings, observe without naming or judging the Wonder that is Life. In this space intuitive and spiritual inspiration occurs. My course is halted, redirected, refined or confirmed after a time.
EXAMPLE
From a comment to the website. "When faced with a decision or dilemma of any kind ...my nature was to react without thinking. If I have made any progress at all, it is in the area of delaying the reaction a little and taking some time to think it through. I am the result of certain genes, plus training and education by parents, teachers, role models and others, and the experiences I have had in my lifetime thus far. From these three sources come my perception of what is the right thing to do, what is the wrong thing to do and when it is best to do nothing. My spiritual belief is that someone or something keeps reminding me, sometimes even before I need reminding, of what is right, what is wrong and what should be left alone. I have to keep it simple, not because I'm stupid, but because there is no time to waste, and no room for doubt or confusion when I need direction or help."