Dear Catherine
The noted US spiritual teacher, social activist, column writer and close friend of Eckhart Tolle, Catherine Ingram, is scheduled to give a special satsang at Gurukula on Tuesday, May 12th, at 7.30pm. She will also be speaking at other meetings in Perth. This will be an evening not to be missed.
Here’s a sample of her advice column for an Oregon body/mind/spirit paper.
Dear Catherine,
In your teaching sessions, I have tasted the freedom that you call “resting in pure presence.”; However, the trauma of a divorce last year has overwhelmed that taste in favor of obsessive thoughts about my marriage and divorce. How can I stop obsessing?
GJ
Dear GJ,
What we call obsessive thoughts are actually thoughts that swirl around a subject that is of interest to us. All thoughts dissolve as soon as they arise but due to our interest in a particular subject, similar thoughts on the subject will arise again and can seem to form a steady stream.
A traumatic event, such as a divorce, will naturally be a subject of interest for some time — and this is normal. But if the obsessive thoughts are going on for what seems an unnaturally long time and well beyond any reasonable insight ensuing from all that rumination, then look more deeply at why this subject is holding your interest.
Sometimes we stay focused on a relationship that has ended as a misguided way of keeping the relationship alive — if not in reality, then at least in our minds. Letting go of the interest in those thoughts can induce a sense of finality to the relationship itself. Yet, holding on to that interest dims one’s life and makes one unavailable for other relationships. You must begin to deconstruct your interest in the subject itself.
Catherine
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