Letting God Handle Things!!

[doggie]

:hugon:fishy's:hugoff Well I have made a decision :shy.....I'm not going to worry about my ED for a while but work on my relationship with God instead and just trust that He/She will heal me and all will be well in it's own time..........Let's let God show His/Her love and take the wheel.....:peace & :love :dog

[Simone]

Doggie,

Gee, you just purloined part of my next post!

In yoga, there are niyamas which are the moral and ethical do's.

One is Isvara-pranidhana, which is self-surrender. If worked for the great Indian sage Patanjali (the father of yoga) then why not for you?

I admire you a lot. Be well.

:flower

[fefa]

:hugon doggie :hugoff

You are so right :comb, just give it to God, give to God hands, but of course we need here to do somethings too, like eat, and nurture our sould! You take care of yourself and be good!!

[doggie]

:hugonSimone:hugoff Sorry for the purloined letter :winky.....I have been reading the sufi master Pir Murshid Inyalat Khan and am learning that clearing my mind and using meditation to listen is the natural way to wellness:happy....I will be led in the right direction by God's will if I leave my soul bare to it........:peace to you and thanks for the wonderful insights:love :dog

:hugonfefa:hugoff Thanks for your support and friendship, you take care of you and accept the path your life is meant to take at this time. God will show us the way if we just listen closely enough.....:love :dog

[tessi]

I sure wish I could do better at this--letting God handle things! Why do I feel such a need to be at the helm? I know from experience God does a much better job than I do when I turn the reigns over to Him. Control is definately one of my most challenging areas...and my eating disorder plays into that perfectly. When things in my life seem out of my control, I control the one thing I can--my weight...the scale...bother! Tessi

[doggie]

:hugontessi:hugoff It's so hard to do this isn't it? It just somehow seems weak or something to turn the reins over to someone else even if they are all powerful and all knowing. I am just taking a stab at it finally at only fifty years old :reallymad....I have been trying to run the show my whole life and all I have managed to do is run my self esteem down, over and over again by failing one more time. Now I hope to be strong enough and wise enough to leave it in more capable hands and accept that whatever path He/She puts me on is the one I'm meant to travel......Scary :scared stuff eh? Wish me luck....:love :dog

[purple_tao]

:angel :fishy..........

:love :dog :love....or should I use the :cousinit?? HAHAHAH :supergrin. Anyhoo, YES! Instead of "working" on my ED, I'm going to work on my relationship with my Creator. And try to figure out God's purpose for me. I usually meditate in the morning and I LOVE that feeling of peace, but throughout the day, those feeling dissipate. I'm going to try REALLY HARD to keep those feelings and listen to God more throughout the day. LET GO AND LET GOD. :peace doggy
..........thanks for admitting your age. hehehehehe YOU GO GIRL :cousinit

:love fefa :love....Yes, we need to take care of these beautifully crafted bodies we have been given. Nourish not only the physical but also the spiritual :peace fefa

:love tessi :love..... Hey!! Welcome to the :bowl! Always refreshing to see a new :fishy. I am so like you; not wanting to give up the reigns and lose control. But we need to focus on what we "think" we're "controlling". Obviously not our physical self: denying food or b/p? (I'm bulimic) To control our physical self, we need to give our bodies proper nourishment. How about control of our spiritual life? By ignoring God? By thinking "I can do this myself?" Nope, this ISN'T control, it's denial. We will gain control when we give all to God and let Him give back to us what He KNOWS we can handle. Yup, it's hard to give up control because that's our human nature. We feel like we're in a tailspin if WE arent' in control. I'm trying (albiet slowly) to do it. One little piece at a time. One day at a time. God must have more patience than me :grin !! :peace tessi

:love Simone :love.....Yes, Ishvara-Pranidhana involves devotion. To focus on the divine, whatever that means to you. It is an observance that works beautifully with any religion. Whether you believe in God, Buddha, anything or anyone, this niyama reminds you to relinquish your ego and center on your highest idea. This positive energy will flow from the divine to all areas of your life. :peace Simone

So, like :dog said, let's give up this ED and take control of our spiritual life instead!! :grin

Wow, I have goosebumps from this wonderful thread :bounce

:peace
:love

[fefa]

:hugon kieran :hugoff

Yesterday i was thinking about where were you! Glad to see you around here!! Maybe you can start meditate in the afternoon too! You have GROWN so much :supergrin!! And yes, God give us what he thinks we can handle and somethimes, we just need to say "I give it to you"cause somethimes we think we can handle everything, but there is nothing to do!! So let's trust him, and be good to OURSELVES!!
:hugon doggie :hugoff! Here is me again :bounce :hairy
:love

[tessi]

Thanks, Friends...
You have some great ideas! I think with me the control thing is an illusion...I THINK I am in control by controling my eating and weight, but the anorexia is actually controling ME! I am more powerless to IT the longer it goes on. I have climbed out of this before--only with God's help--I am determined to do it again!
Thanks!
Tessi

[doggie]

:hugon :angel :fishy's :hugoff Like you :hugonKieran:hugoff I am almost teary each time I read all our replies to this thread :happy......Could it be that we are finally finding our way home? I sure hope so cause it's been a very bumpy ride for me:winky.....:hugontessi:hugoff, you will make it up over the next hill, as will we all as long as we have God's breath under our wings......:hugonfefa:hugoff, here is me:cousinit.....:hugonSimone:hugoff, could you tell us more about niyamas which I have never heard of:shy.....Let's all allow ourselves to live our days under the watchfull eye of our Creator and find :peace, at last.....:love :dog