Michael Tamura: “Now, with neutrality, you can disengage from the gears of resistance such as…the turmoil of the emotions that drive them.”
This goes with what I learned from Dr John Sarno that all pain is caused by oxygen depletion. Furthermore, from experience, I have learned that repressed emotions can cause oxygen depletion by constricting the blood vessels and/or the muscles. It could also be that the constriction could cause oxygen depletion and therefore cause turmoil of the emotions.
“Every time we invest our energy in REACTION we give away our inherent neutrality.” (Tamura)
“We must bring the focus of our attention away from others as ’cause’ and back into our own inner being and purpose.” (Tamura)
“Fulfillment comes when you can love yourself with respect to what happened in the cycle of the act.” (Tamura)
“The less you love some aspect of yourself, the more you will depend on others to fulfill your need for love and the more you will project your needs in them. You’ll get stuck in the rut till you learn to LOVE YOURSELF.”
“Looking past our customary answers can be disconcerting at first, confusing, or even painful, but it allows us to open to our actual experiences and see what’s really there.” (“Zen Body”
I grew up with a litany of rules and responsibilities. I lived in a culture of salvation, struggle, guilt etc. Esther Hicks, Neale Walsch, Sylvia Boorstein, Gill Edwards, Mike Dooley, etc have liberated me.