Yesterday was a bit difficult; but I was blessed with blissful sleep; thank you god.
Coming back to seeing the mind through the eyes of intelligence...I'm reminded of Ashish Mr.Joses' teenage son, who one day was standing cautiously as though ready to flee at the slightest hint of danger. This happened once when I was called to fix some issue related to cooking gas at their home.
His error was easy to recognize ...he had some knowledge of the potential danger when dealing with LPG (he probably heard some stories that are in his memory); however that there are risks doesn't mean one has to be on stressfully high alert/tension levels whenever one is around a cylinder. But apparently this was what was happening in his case. And I see the same thing happening in with me but with ideas rather than a cylinder.
The discomfort of panic has the following sources:
My heart sees clearly that the story woven by a panicking mind seems more visible merely on account of its density and darkness rather than on account of the quality of facts or rationality.
Coming back to seeing the mind through the eyes of intelligence...I'm reminded of Ashish Mr.Joses' teenage son, who one day was standing cautiously as though ready to flee at the slightest hint of danger. This happened once when I was called to fix some issue related to cooking gas at their home.
His error was easy to recognize ...he had some knowledge of the potential danger when dealing with LPG (he probably heard some stories that are in his memory); however that there are risks doesn't mean one has to be on stressfully high alert/tension levels whenever one is around a cylinder. But apparently this was what was happening in his case. And I see the same thing happening in with me but with ideas rather than a cylinder.
The discomfort of panic has the following sources:
- Heightened Self Concern: This is probably the starting point. It results in a propensity to be on hyper alert - constantly going back ad fourth and checking the idea/thought/sensation etc.. probably because of wanting to be really sure that nothing is indeed wrong. It triggers thoughts such as: "Am I sure there is nothing indeed wrong? Something was wrong, let me check again...etc
- Judgement- The moment something/anything is spotted, the mind goes, "see I told you so, something is dreadfully wrong". Judgement forces us to take decisions at the drop of a hat without clear consideration or understanding.
- Impatience: If we are truly interested in gaining the right understanding of something, we cannot by-pass the skill of patience and unbiased observation. Impatience causes frustration - like a child throwing a tantrum.
- Bias: The mind tends to make a mountain out of its fears and negative thoughts while often forgetting that even during days of confusion/fear/uncertainty there were many occasions when the mind was able to see the very same confusions without being perturbed and with a happy positive heart.
My heart sees clearly that the story woven by a panicking mind seems more visible merely on account of its density and darkness rather than on account of the quality of facts or rationality.
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