I have been reading a book for the past 2 years (slowly on Audible) called, Letting Go, The Pathway to Surrender by David R. Hawkins, MD, PhD. I like to go through it until my brain saturates each chapter because letting go is such a huge part of this chronic illness journey for me. When i resist, i suffer more. Letting go of the life i imagined, letting go of cooking for myself, letting go of standing, letting go of showering or bathing in a bathroom, letting go of the emotions and reactions of others in response to my situation, letting go of walking, letting go of my expectations of others along this journey, letting go of most desires. Existing in this constant state of flux has made me get creative, like so many of you. So, i share this excerpt for us. This is a dense book with immense gold in almost every chapter but this one i share because it connects what so many have relayed to me on this journey that this illness, although decimating so many portions of their lives, simultaneously brought them to spiritual journeys, they otherwise wouldn't have traversed.
I can say that has been part of my reality.
From the chapter, Surrender to Ultimate Reality:
"the medium, the mystic and the physicist..leading among these researchers are neuroscientist, Karl Pribram of Stanford University and the late physicist David Bohm, of the University of London, whose theories can be summarized. Our brains mathematically construct concrete reality by interpreting frequencies from another dimension, a realm of meaningful, patterned primary reality that transcends time and space. The brain is a hologram determining therefore a holographic universe. It is interesting that the theories of advanced theoretical physics which are a product of so called left brain activity, now require a new context in order to be comprehended. The context that is evolving from these left brain scientific researchers matches reality as witnessed by the mystic, who represents right brain function thus whichever side of the mountain we choose to climb we end up at the same point, the peak. A third way up the mountain is through the mechanism of surrender and each of us, therefore has the opportunity to verify for ourselves the ultimate nature of reality itself. Which is the same as that revealed to the mystic or the physicist. We can envision with each and every surrender, we take another step up the side of the mountain. Some of us will ascend until the view gets better and choose to stop there. Others will go still higher and then there will be those of us that will not be satisfied until we reach the very peak and verified it for ourselves. Although, at that point there is no longer an individual person to verify anything for it has been surrendered completely."
I can say that has been part of my reality.
From the chapter, Surrender to Ultimate Reality:
"the medium, the mystic and the physicist..leading among these researchers are neuroscientist, Karl Pribram of Stanford University and the late physicist David Bohm, of the University of London, whose theories can be summarized. Our brains mathematically construct concrete reality by interpreting frequencies from another dimension, a realm of meaningful, patterned primary reality that transcends time and space. The brain is a hologram determining therefore a holographic universe. It is interesting that the theories of advanced theoretical physics which are a product of so called left brain activity, now require a new context in order to be comprehended. The context that is evolving from these left brain scientific researchers matches reality as witnessed by the mystic, who represents right brain function thus whichever side of the mountain we choose to climb we end up at the same point, the peak. A third way up the mountain is through the mechanism of surrender and each of us, therefore has the opportunity to verify for ourselves the ultimate nature of reality itself. Which is the same as that revealed to the mystic or the physicist. We can envision with each and every surrender, we take another step up the side of the mountain. Some of us will ascend until the view gets better and choose to stop there. Others will go still higher and then there will be those of us that will not be satisfied until we reach the very peak and verified it for ourselves. Although, at that point there is no longer an individual person to verify anything for it has been surrendered completely."
