I’ve named my ego Susanne.
God she’s cheeky.
Thought I had her and that kind of confidence is exactly why I was dealt some humble pie.
Right on queue.
Suffering is hard yakka BUT it does have a purpose.
And it is a very noble purpose, might I add.
We need it to evolve.
One must say yes to suffering in order to transcend it.
Sadistic. Ha ha joking!
How goods coming out the other side tho!
Let go of identification with your mind, of who you think you are, of who you think your people think you are & who you really are emerges.
Then you simply just are, blissfully observant of what is before you & what’s flows through you.
If you make time & space for presence, you’ll find that your ego won’t have such power of you & your sense of self won’t be so shakeable.
You won’t need all these rules to feel spiffy because your nature will become curious instead of attatched.
Let presence be more than a concept in your brain.
Practice.
Make it fun!
Be the experiment.
The mission is to be so invite the practice in.
Time and time again, invite it in.
See its significance and dedicate yourself to it.
Then watch what flowers.
Whenever you notice the first whispers of a negative headspace rearing its little head, PROPERLY NOTICE IT.
Sorry that was loud but if you catch it, you’re basically in the right lane, headed south with nothing but clear skies & cranking waves on the menu.
You cannot lose.
And it actually becomes fun/funny if you let it.
Notice that there is something in you that wants to cling to negativity.
You cultivate it.
If there wasn’t, we’d all be coasting instead of creating barriers, pain & disease with thought alone.
Maybe you’re thinking “what part of me would ever derive pleasure from that level of discomfort”?
The thing is, negativity isn’t intelligent & it is always of the ego.
You may feel like it’s all beyond your control or like you can’t handle it because it’s so damn uncomfortable.
But you can, you just have to be dedicated.
Why cling when you can trust that what ever is meant for you will stay?
Believe that it all serves a purpose & you’re becoming aware of the ego directly!
Your identity is now shifting from ego to awareness.
This means the ego is shrinking & the awareness is growing!
The mental chatter looooves momentum.
Adores it. Fizzzzzzes over it
So stop it.
You can.
With breathe, with always choosing to revert back to presence and with patience & practice.
We can create a lot with thought.
The choice is yours!
You are your only real limitation.
With enough practice, you’re set to open up infinite possibilities which come as the awareness builds.
Take aways:
- Doing is never enough if you neglect being.
- Notice what is recurring & spend time with it. Maybe you’re due to suffer in order to re emerge.
- Blame past situations & feel sorry for yourself then stop blaming past situations & feeling sorry for yourself.
- You parents did their best with the tools they had. It’s on you now.
- What ever it is, you can handle it.
LOVE!