“No one has ever been able to control his thinking, although people may tell
the story of how they have. I don’t let go of my thoughts—I meet them with
understanding. Then they let go of me.” ~Byron Katie
Controlling Your Thoughts?
I have spent so long believing that I was me, that I have forgotten that I am you.
Life is whatever you say it is
I often hear people describe life. “Life is kind” “Life is cruel” “Life is a challenge” “Life is tricky” “Life is honest” “Life is not fair” etc. . .etc . . etc.
We have probably all heard these or a variation of them. Which ones are correct and which ones are not? And of course the answer (as if you didn’t see it coming) is that Life is whatever you say. Whichever one you choose, this is the truth for that moment when you believe it. The moment you stop believing it, Life becomes whatever else you believe or don’t believe.
Overall, it is important for us to realize this so that we stop developing the habit of judgment. Once life is something that we can easily conceptualize, then everything contained within this Life experience becomes easily conceptualized and thus easily judged. In reality, you don’t know anything about Life – and you never will. The moment you believe you have it down, it will change on you. In reality you don’t anything about anyone and you never will – no one really is the way you perceive them to be, nor will they stay that way to you.
If it were the opposite and life was something that we could judge or create a solid opinion about, we’d all be in big trouble. Why? Well maybe we wouldn’t be in big trouble, but we certainly would not exist.
Forgetting Ourselves
Each moment, we place our self into the bodies, minds, and souls of all external beings, especially humans so as to forget who we really are. so long as we turn our attention towards them, we can continue deluding ourselves that we are not fully complete. Once we remember, game over – this may be our greatest fear.
