Let's talk about energies. No, my life is not perfect. I don't want it to be perfect either, it would bore me. Although perfection could be approached also in terms of energy. But what can I tell you about this... that you are responsible for everything that happens to you in life. No one else but you.
I am certain of that. But imagine, I'm 44 years old, I'm going to be 45 very soon. And throughout my life others have planted misconceptions in my mind. From people close to me, to others not so close but known to me, even teachers... all kinds of limiting beliefs and it has not been for evil, it has been to protect me or to teach me according to a teaching method that was validated a long time ago. Today I understand that people have a very strange way of protecting themselves and others... it is valid and I appreciate it, but there comes a time when you have to wake up. And I wish my awakening was earlier.
Please help me, think about those phrases you repeat every day. Use the comments section to let off steam! 😁
Just yesterday I was thinking about one: ‘Behind the laughter comes the crying’.
Maybe they meant that not everything in life is sweetness, that bitter moments will come... but do you know how much that phrase hurt me? It was like enjoying something very good and at the same time knowing that I would lose all that happiness in one fell swoop. And that's just how it happened. Every moment, every happiness turned into a nightmare or suffering. In my present time, erasing that idea from my mind has been a priority. I have many such priorities. And I find them (those preconceived ideas) in my moments of meditation. Or simply in the conscious observation of the attitudes of others. I have many people around me who are study manuals. And well, I won't deny you, I am my own manual.
The other day I said to my neighbour at the very moment she mentioned sickness and cold from bathing in the freezing water at the shore... hey, hey, hey.... wait there! Water is life, this is sea water which is beneficial and look at the smile and happiness you have, why should you get sick?
Nobody caught a cold there!
About the dangers in the street, vandalism, murders and robberies there are thousands of phrases every day... ideas that people who esteem you or just people who know you, and see you every day, and who enjoy to wallow in these stories, are ready to place in your mind to alert you to such dangers, to remind you that you need to protect yourself. This would prevent me from deciding to go for a bike ride at night (again with destination unknown) and ending up in Havana's Chinatown.
This happened on 17 March - https://www.strava.com/athletes/128810688
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I was euphoric that day. I had a dentist appointment first and then I went with the boys on that bike ride. What did you do, do you remember?
Oh, yummy, I would have missed these little Chinese butterflies!
Or this Chocolate Ice Cream Milkshake!
Live and improve yourself, that's what I repeat to myself day after day.
The body needs to be exercised.
But the mind must be kept light... focused, clear... all problems that arise will find a solution not because you fight or kick at every door you see looking for solutions, that would only hurt you. Keeping calm is crucial, breathing, meditating, get some distance from what is tormenting you and looking at things in perspective helps a lot. Solutions come when you manage to make space and free up loads and bottlenecks.
I see it here on a daily basis. Few take time to admire the little things in life... moments that bring great learning. They are busy kicking and kicking over difficulties. Sometimes I find myself like that, in that state, pitiful... deplorable... and I stop.
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