Reality Check (Part 4): Loving What Is | Jake Haber

As we close out our series "Reality Check", we look at how words like "should" and "supposed to" are beliefs that keep us trapped in how we want things to be. What would it be like to come to terms with - and even embrace - the way things are? 

 

Quotes: 

 

Lao Tzu:

"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow.”

 

Byron Katie

“When you argue with reality, you lose, but only 100% of the time.”

“I am a lover of what is, not because I'm a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality.”

“When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless.”

 

Genesis 32:24-30:

"but Jacob stayed behind, left alone in his distress and doubt. In the twilight of his anguish, an

unknown man wrestled with him until daybreak.* When the man saw he was not winning the battle with Jacob, he

struck him on the hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was thrown out of joint as he continued to wrestle with him. Man:

Let me go; the dawn is breaking. Jacob: I will not let you go unless you bless me. Man: What’s your name? Jacob:Jacob. Man: You will no longer go by the name Jacob. From now on, your name will be Israel because you have wrestled with God and humanity, and you have prevailed.

 

Eckhart Tolle:

"Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at the moment."

 

Peter Crone:

“What happened, happened and couldn’t have happened in any other way… because it didn’t.”

 

Thich Nhat Hanh:

"Jesus Christ knew that to truly embrace reality, one must accept both the suffering and the joy. His life was a testament to saying 'yes' to the fullness of existence.”

 

Matthew Fox:

"Christ's message is about embracing the whole of creation, saying yes to life in all its forms, and finding the divine spark within each moment."

 

Ram Dass: 

"Everywhere you are attached, you will find a hook to pull you into suffering. Whatever you are attached to, that is where you will be asked to let go. Wherever you are stuck, that is where you are not free.”