In It Together: The Beautiful Struggle Uniting Us All
Table of Contents
Dedication
Opening Quote by Ram Dass
Opening Letter: A force of unbelievable love and goodness...
Opening Question
Introduction: A Common Struggle
A World of Problems
Why We Don't Help Them, They That Seem to Suffer Most
We Can't Help Starving Children Because We Can't Help Ourselves
Why We Can't Help Ourselves: The Two Yous
You have a human body, but you are not human.
Your Clothes, Figurative or Otherwise
You are not your literal clothes.
You are not your figurative clothes either.
You are not your name.
You are not your money.
You are not your degrees or certificates.
You are not your job.
You are not your social security number.
You are not your eye color, eye size, or eye shape.
You are not your hair color, hair style, or hair volume.
You are not your gender.
You are not your skin tone or skin color.
You are not your credit score.
You are not your ego, whether it's big, small, proud, or ashamed.
You are not your ego's egotistical thoughts, feelings, or urges.
You are not your reputation or what other people think of you.
You are not the specific collection of atoms and molecules in your body.
You are not your memories.
You are not really your body at all.
Humpty Dumpty: Let's Put You Back Together Again
Temporal Unity of Selves: Loving Yourself Over Time
The Three Relationship Types Between Temporal Selves (i.e. Your Past and Future Selves)
(Type 1) Temporal Selfishness or Psychopathy
(Type 2) Temporal Enabling or Codependency (Abusive or Toxic Pseudo-Love)
(Type 3) True Conscious Love: Consciousnesses Recognizing Consciousness
The Two-Way Street of True Conscious Love and Conscious Empathy
Spatial Unity of Selves: Loving Yourselves Across Space
The Three Relationship Parameters Between Spatial Selves
(Type 1) Spatial Selfishness
(Type 2) Spatial Enabling or Codependency (Toxic Pseudo-Love or Abuse)
(Type 3) True Conscious Love (a.k.a. divine love)
Material Unification: The Whole Universe As Our Shared Body
The role of faith and religion in material unification
You, the real you, are consciousness itself: Pure beautiful spirit.
A line cutting through the heart of every person... (The relationship between the Two Yous)
To find inner peace, simply stop fighting.
The Opposite of Temptation
There is no problem of evil.
How to free your spirit and manifest your love
Suggestion One - Be Honest. Let go of denial, delusion, and self-deceit.
Suggestion Two - Let go of trying. Accept the unchangeable.
Suggestion Three - Let go of fighting that sacrifices inner peace. Surrender to truth.
Suggestion Four - Let go of moralizing or similarly judgmental language.
Suggestion Five - Let go of resentment, hate, and unforgiveness towards others, including your past self. Accept their choices, and accept them as they are.
Suggestion Six - Let go of possessiveness.
Suggestion Seven - Let go of the false idolization of positivity and superficial happiness. Accept the shadow of all things including yourself.
Suggestion Eight - Embrace discomfort. Let go of comfort addiction.
Suggestion Nine - Let go of future idolization. Embrace the present.
Suggestion Ten - Let go of restlessness and overcommitment. Do less, better.
The Karmic Payoff of Doing Less Better
Suggestion Eleven - Just Love Everything and Everyone
The Choice is Yours
I Love You
Thank you for reading
Gratitude to Street Team