Barefoot Doctor Bit: When Should You Decide to Settle for Less?
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Barefoot Doctor: “It’s not that you have to settle for second best at any time. You have to trust that what manifests for you is the best on offer at that time and while it may fall short of long-held dreams, accept it graciously as a step along the way to their fulfillment.
Barefoot Doctor Bit; How Can You Learn to Let Go of Vanity?
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Barefoot Doctor : “Everyone has a narcissistic side – it’s not only intrinsic but essential to the human condition – the look-at-me, look-at-me aspect of the psyche, that part of us that wants to impress. We need it to make a face for ourselves so we can make a contribution to the world.
But as time goes by, you get to realize that what gives your life value and meaning is not how good others think you look, neither in the way you appear nor the way you behave, but from the quality of the love you’re injecting into the collective mix in any given moment. And of course from the quality of the love you’re receiving in return.
Because ultimately, that’s what everybody wants, what everybody needs: love. That’s why everyone wants to look good, and to look like they know what they’re doing. That’s why people want to impress others. They want love.
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“There is a need to be aware an almighty storm is on the way and so do what you can to lash yourself down as securely as possible until it passes and the rebuild operation gets underway.”
Though Taoist teacher (and regular Skrufff contributor) Barefoot Doctor is more than a little apocalyptic in his new book The Message he’s characteristically optimistic despite his warning.
“We have reached a crisis point in human history,” he continues, “The indication is for collapse rather than destruction – the sort of collapse that leads to the discovery of a necessary jewel that might have otherwise been left undiscovered.”
Barefoot Doctor Bit: What’s the Best Way to Handle a Lying Rival?
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What’s the Best Way to Handle a Lying Rival?
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Barefoot Doctor: “One way is to sprinkle itching powder in their underwear though if you are unable to get close then visualising them surrounded in an invisible egg of immobilizing white light is an effective means of neutralising them.
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It’s also important to remind yourself that the Great Way (the natural flow of events) will always swing round your way sooner or later, providing you operate with integrity and honour. Life and its events comprise an ongoing, unfolding theatre, in which sometimes you’re required to play one role, sometimes another, so when you find yourself being the victim of slander trust that in the next phase, justice will be yours.
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To do this successfully you’ll need to trust in the essential benign nature of reality and have patience to ride out the discomfort but in time others will instinctually know you’ve been a victim of slander and your reputation will remain intact or even improve as a result.
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The best way to accelerate this karmic process is to actually (internally) thank the perpetrator for providing you a meaty bit of life-lesson learning, to see them as the Buddha in disguise. By doing that you neutralize negative energy and so enables the positive force to grow in the dynamic with less obstruction.
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Barefoot Doctor’s new book, THE MESSAGE, vision for a new world, is now available in all formats
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Barefoot Doctor Bit: Is It OK To Be Disappointed When Let Down Unexpectedly?
Barefoot Doctor: “Of course it’s OK to feel disappointed, it’s inevitable to feel disappointed and to momentarily lose your faith in the benign nature of the path you’re on.
What would not be OK would be to go into denial about it, as that would produce stress, which depletes vital reserves and you’d be needing those to rally yourself and get back in the game, with plan B.
So you acknowledge the hurt and let yourself feel it in a physical sense in the chest and belly, then you breathe a little slower and deeper and use your mind to get that area to relax, in order to disperse it.
Once it releases from your body, it starts dissipating in your mind too and then you remind yourself that you are not that which feels the pangs of momentary local disappointment but are something far greater and limitless. And as such you are on a wondrous path to goodness knows where and that into the vacuum created by the let-down, something more appropriate to your healthy growth in the long run, will soon come to fill it.
Rallying yourself and returning to a state of balance and positivity doesn’t preclude feeling the hurt, however. It’s perfectly OK and healthy to feel the hurt and still be positive and optimistic at the same time.
It’s also important to always remember that the actions of others are never really meant personally, even when it looks that way – they are simply doing the best they can acting out their processes under the circumstances and according to their current stage of personal evolution.
Recalling this makes it easier to forgive them and move on, as there’s no point carrying the weight of a grudge around. Forgiving them doesn’t mean forgetting their transgression, just in case you fall into the same trap with them in future- the bastards!”
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