Imaginary Enemy

No one can make me feel anything that I don't already feel somewhere deep inside. If someone tells me I'm too tall, it doesn't bother me. If someone says I'm too short, I might feel a little hurt because at times in my past I have felt short. If someone has a judgment about me, I only care if I have that same judgment. We are all mirrors of one another showing us where we need to be more self-accepting. Now when a button of mine gets pushed and I feel even the slightest bit reactive, I know there is some aspect of me I'm not loving. Understanding this, I can say thank you and get to work rather that going to war with an imaginary enemy.

Peace is a Gift

Everything I feel is my own creation. If what I'm feeling is not enjoyable and causing me discomfort, I can ask myself, "Why would I want to entertain and cultivate this creation of mine, which feels bad?" Or I can just realize that it is the nature of the ego to find faults and justifications for the faults, in an attempt to stay in control. With this realization, I can just drop the issue and return to peace of mind. Personal peace of mind is a gift to the world.

The Need For Attention

Harmony is my true nature. Yet harmony is threatening to my ego. When I am in harmony, my ego tries to find ways to get my attention and regain control. If I stay aware and watch it's strategies, trying to find fault with this or that, having opinions about this and that, I can recognize it as the child it is. When I forget and slip into distraction, it can grab a hold and whip me around. Now when I find myself in the grip of my ego and behaving from a less than harmonious state and resisting what is, I can smile and remember, harmony is my true nature, all else is just an illusion created by a child in need of attention.

Aural Gift

As a meditation, when I expand my awareness to include all the sounds I hear in the distance and I merge mentally out into it, the experience feels expansive and free.
Every sounds has a gift in it. Can I find it?

Authenticity

Worrying about what other people think of me is a waste of time and truly none of my business. I can never know what is going on in the mind of another. What anyone thinks of me is filtered through a lifetime of their conditioning of which, I have no control over. When I let go of the desire to please or control what another thinks, and act from a place of authenticity, I please my inner self and that is my business. When I can trust myself to be authentic, others can trust me.

Do I Want To Be Right or Happy?

Holding on to a position keeps me stuck in an identity, which limits my freedom and keeps me separated from others. When I relax and release my need to be right, I realize greater joy. Do I want to be right or happy? Right is relative and dependent on a point of view. Happiness is a just a choice I can make no matter what.

Letting Go

What can I let go of today to make myself lighter? Perhaps a judgment of myself or another? Ah, I found one!