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  David May 13, 2010 at 4:49am

  What is the past except how we view it, in relation to how one views the world in the present? For example, a person who has been the focus of hardships all their life, could view the past as a terrible experience. In this way the negative frequencies attached to past memories affect your decision making in the present, by resonating with a negative outlook of life.
  So the guy who sees the past as terrible, is really living in fear of past experiences, whether they realize it or not. This low frequency overshadows every encounter that person has in the present. Free will is a beautiful thing. We have the ability to change our frequency, we just have to make the decision to think positive. It takes a while of practice but you will start to see things differently, brighter.
  Once we make the free will decision to raise our thought patterns we can then turn to our past with new eyes. We can then discern the truth that everything that has come against you has made you strong. In this way our loss becomes victory and the past then affects us differently in the present. We know how strong we are and we are better prepared for the drama that will come in the future.
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  Don Baaska May 12, 2010 at 8:08am

  What shapes experience?
  
  It depends on what level of awareness you are operating from.
  
  From the level of creator/observer your experience what you believe.
  
  From the level of the matrix you believe what you experience.
  
  Love, B
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  Cedric May 6, 2010 at 10:17am

  Nice quote and i agree.
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  Vagelis4VP May 4, 2010 at 12:02am

  i think this is not a matter of free will..this is a matter of how your past actions shape your now, or how your current situation reflects based on your past actions...the question is, can you stop your past from directing, or shaping the events of your present ???...and how u can do this???
  As far as free will, i believe in personal choices and our behavior, we have free will...
  but in more practical matters..i think we dont... our free will of choices for practical matters, goes as far as our purchasing power goes... maybe many people like to travel all around the world, but not everybody can do it, in the same extent...
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    Amelia > Vagelis4VP May 4, 2010 at 12:19am

    I like the way Krishnamurti describes letting go of this past-control as letting go of the image of oneself as having a "center." A center implies that there is an edge and a boundary. He describes a view of the universe as a single, seamless thing, without a center. If you are no longer separate from the field of reality-- i.e.: the observer becomes the observed-- then there is no past "you" to make judgments on what "you" are or should be. You simply are. It is just a different way of visualizing how to live in the present. He also advises against the making of "images." An image is any pre-agreed upon idea of whatever it is you are observing. Your husband or wife, for example. Or a tree. Try to observe these every day things as if you have no pre-conditioned response to them. Just get rid of the past! Live in the new forever!
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      Vagelis4VP > Amelia May 4, 2010 at 3:22am

      Amelia, i agree with all these u say, or Krishnamurti says about how we need to perceive our present,
      but usually in our current situations we have to deal with other people who are involved with us
      in the past, and they hold an "image" about us, even though we maybe not hold any "images" for ourselves or the others...
      and actions we have done to others in the past, determine how the others view us, and in result
      how they behave to us...
      our friends, co-workers or family for example...they all have an "image" of ourselves, so we deal in this context...in a way, they shape our current experience..the smart thing now that we have to do, is how we chose to respond to this experience...and this is where i agree, that not clinging on any "image", and be flexible, is the best way to deal with the situations that arise...
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      Cedric > Amelia May 4, 2010 at 1:12am

      I have read his work and yes we can do all this...but still it does not come eazy just because you want it. Some do it fast others mutch slower. Me i get all the way into something and not always with a plan on how to get out....lol
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        Amelia > Cedric May 4, 2010 at 2:16am

        Of course.
        
        But then again, philosophy always deals in ideals.
        
        Actually, wait... no, that's ethics...
        
        Wait....
        
        Philosophy can SOMETIMES deal in ideals quite a bit.
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          Cedric > Amelia May 4, 2010 at 1:44pm

          I have come a long way, and i have read all kinds of books. But to be able to live my life i had to get all the negative stuff that was rammed into me out. I have realised that the body and mind have a memory, and that when you take a negative thing out of your life it will come out with the same force and pain as it has gone in. If i wanted to live and not kill myself i had to do what i did. I am this way with everything, i need to do things, thinking and pondering does not do it for me. This Re-birth came spontaniously and was verry similar to the ones Leonard Orr practiced. In one Re-birth sesion i was able to get the biggest stuff out and then with the help of therapists i balanced myself. This Re-birthing also trigered my kundalini awakening. This has opened my chakras and has given me the oportunity to live my life the way it is meant to be. I still have a long way to go but at least i do it my way and not like a robotic shadow of my past indoctrinations. This is just my way, everybody has his own travelling to do and doing things the way they think is right for them. I only contribute my experiences here.
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  Cedric May 3, 2010 at 10:58pm

  It shure will change it might even be confusing and come to a stop. Try to change even one smal habbit you made yourself confortable with and see what happens when you throw it out the window. First there is relief, then expectation then comes remorse and wishing you could get it back. And this goes for every litlle thing in your life. This is why people go through Re-Births, would not advise doing it without proper guidance. Because of the emptyness that comes along with it it might fill up with strange stuff afterwards.