For those of you saturated with Dr. Sarno and ready to move to another level, I recommend picking up Oprah Winfrey's book club selection, Eckhart Tolle's, 'A New Earth, Awakening to Your Life's Purpose'. This book is not about healing pain per se, but rather about healing your life. Like Sarno, he makes reference to the 'Ego' but Eckhart's concept is that the essence of who we are is not defined by the 'Ego'. Our essence is our 'consciousness'...the observer to who can see the Ego within us at work, as it desparately trys to reinforce and sustain itself at the expense of ourselves and others.
This is some heavy thinking and consciousness 'shifting', so you might also want to sign up for the 10 week online class conducted by Oprah and Eckhart starting March 10. Just go to her website and sign up...then read the book in advance. I am going to be there!
From my perspective, here is what Eckhart's ideas has to do with SD...once again, it is about what we focus on (the constant internal dialogue) and how this impacts our emotions and our bodies. There was a time when I identified myself as a person with SD. This 'SD identity' defined who I was, how I interacted with people, decisions I made, etc. Every time my internal dialoge reinforced this SD identity, it reverberated throughout my body and 'like a ripple of water' throughout the universe. This self perpetuating story about who I am is generated by the Ego. But I am not my Ego. I am my consciousness and am aware of the Ego and what is going on.
OK...after re-reading this post I think it best to leave it for now and simply encourage you to read his book. He does a much better job explaining his concepts than I can. But I will post any insights I gain as I continue reading and attend the online class.
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