What a strange and interesting time this seems to be in our
world. I cannot begin to scratch the
surface of all of the happenings of this world without wanting to brush it all
away and dig right down deeply into the core of what seems to ail all of humanity. It seems to me, at the heart of all of our
woes lies this insidious subtle and often blatantly active fear. Fear seems to be at the heart of everything
going seemingly wrong today. But what on
Earth can we do? Honestly, nothing. As weird, heartless or oblivious as that may
seem, there isn’t really anything to fix “out there.”
If we want to get to the heart of what ails humanity at this
time, we need look no further than our own backyards. For there, we will find a
rich universe from which we may draw our own conclusions about where we are,
and why we are and what we might do with significant impact. Translated simply – we can fix ourselves but
we can’t really fix anyone or anything else.
I’ve written often before of the path of understanding as the mechanism
through which we can at least learn to hold compassion for ourselves and
compassion for each other no matter what state or place we find ourselves in.
We are plagued with this life-preserving ability to compare,
contrast and quickly discern all that is seemingly bad around us. It really does help us make decisions in a
moment about what we should stick closer to and what we should move ourselves
very far away from. But, what if we
judge wrongly even in our own perception at a time where any form of truth is
truly obscured? This would be the case
in terms of undetected negative environmental psychology that truly dictates
the bulk of our perception of our many experiences in this world. I’m learning of late that there just is no
way for us to transcend our psychology. We
cannot fix the core of who we are. We
just aren’t able and besides that, there isn’t anything to fix. We can come to greater understanding of all
that triggers us and if we can at least become aware of the fact that our
thoughts, emotions and reactions in any given moment are just that – triggers – what an amazing and monumental leap
on our own personal journey does that bring us.
Better yet, diving into the deep and endless pool of those triggers to
better understand, deeply love and infinitely appreciate our truest self is
beyond amazing.
Our very lives these days are so interlaced with psychology,
superficial understanding coupled with time honored traditions in human
behavior that it is difficult at best to realize who is reacting versus who is
intentionally responding to whatever it is they face in a moment. Reaction and response may seem like two
things of the same core motivational essence but that couldn’t be any more
over-simplified. I write much about this
topic in so many different ways and in so many different perspectives. Why?
Well, it is hard to discern the space we are reacting from in earnest. In mindfulness we learn that our human nature
is to think thoughts incessantly, ascribe emotions to those thoughts and that
triggers us into reaction. But, what if
we truly could learn to allow all those thoughts and their associated emotions
and just let them be without judging them or ascribing further insult to
seeming injury?
Well, we can do that.
But, if you want to do that in order to release yourself from states of
too much worry, too much pain and too much unhappiness, you really need to
learn what mindfulness is and you need to be open to embracing higher
understanding. Again, translating simply
– awareness through understanding is key to relieving you of all that mentally
ails you. This you can do if only you
opened your mind, heart and soul to it.
But on the other side of this very complex coin of human
existence, we have a very rich, seemingly unreachable aspect of our being…some
call it Spirit or Soul, some consider it mind or consciousness. The deeper aspects of our being begs greater
understanding for there we can grasp the essence of the impetus for our
manifestation in this frame, within this beautiful and endless seeming
dream. We are, at best, what we most
chose to be and how we most wish to embrace it – whatever “it” is. There is truly nothing to do to “fix” or save
ourselves or each other from in life.
Life is as it is and it is only our lack of understanding that drives us
to our territorial desire for the many and varied manifestations of suffering
hidden by our own design. When you
understand you free yourselves a little and then a little more to move through
this conscious dream awake and ever more aware.
So, we need not worry so much about the state of things. It is better yet to remain ever curious, ever
hopeful and ever compassionate with self and the whole of life. Take heart this dream – your life – has purpose. You matter.
This dream matters. Take the
lessons to heart and love yourselves even more deeply. Blessings for higher love and greater
understanding.
© 2016 Jaie Hart
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