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		<title>&#8216;Self-discipline&#8217; &#8211; do we really need it?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucy Lopez</dc:creator>
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No words&#8230;just quiet awe&#8230;Pictures from my friend Kwesi.
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<p>Ok, here&#8217;s the story.  I was writing the post below when I received these pictures.  How could I resist sharing them with you?  I couldn&#8217;t.  But more importantly, I didn&#8217;t want to.</p>
<p>Which therefore leaves me with this somewhat odd post of things seemingly unrelated.  But are they?  Mmmm&#8230;I&#8217;ll [...]<p>a</p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No words&#8230;just quiet awe&#8230;Pictures from my friend Kwesi.</div>
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<p>.</p>
<p>Ok, here&#8217;s the story.  I was writing the post below when I received these pictures.  How could I resist sharing them with you?  I couldn&#8217;t.  But more importantly, I didn&#8217;t want to.</p>
<p>Which therefore leaves me with this somewhat odd post of things seemingly unrelated.  But are they?  Mmmm&#8230;I&#8217;ll leave you decide&#8230; :)</p>
<p>Discipline.  Or self-discipline.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ve heard of it.  You may have recoiled in disgust.  Or you may have applauded its merits.  And most, if not all, of us equate it with &#8216;hard work&#8217;.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s take a look, shall we?  A really good look.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s begin by why some of us at least regard it a good thing and consider it necessary.  In other words, let&#8217;s examine what we believe its merits are.</p>
<p>Most of us think that with self-discipline, we&#8217;re more likely to do what we should do, avoid what we shouldn&#8217;t and therefore remain stable, secure and safe.</p>
<p>Fine.  So, what exactly are the threats to our stability, security and safety?  Or, if you prefer, to our wellbeing?</p>
<p>Is it greed or gluttony?  Is it promiscuity, whether sexual, intellectual or sensual?</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s what I think:  The only threat to our wellbeing, to our stability, security and safety is&#8230;.</p>
<p>Ignorance.</p>
<p>Ignorance, you say?</p>
<p>Yes, ignorance.</p>
<p>Of what?</p>
<p>Of who and what we truly and naturally are.<br />
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In my experience, when I am in touch with my naturally free, uninhibited, creative, joyous, abundant, powerful SELF, flowing seamlessly in it, as it, I am unencumbered.</p>
<p>The so-called &#8216;merits&#8217; or effects of  &#8217;self-discipline&#8217; are naturally what I am &#8211; stable, secure and safe &#8211; not by any conventional standards but by the unconventional, unrivalled, unparalleled, unconditional, immeasurable nature of love.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll simply have to try it for yourself.</p>
<p>Blessings,</p>
<p>Lucy</p>
<p><em>Awakening to Happiness, Prosperity and Freedom!</em></p>
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