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Post date: 4 months ago
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This is a short but sweet deadpost that sums up a really important point that I think we often leave out of our understanding of the world. It had a few nice comments but I was hoping it would reach more people. I may write a more in depth post on the topic if I feel the need to do so in the future
Whenever I find myself dwelling on the "negative" I try to step outside of my own perspectives. I ask myself what a rock or a tree would think of this. "Nothing" you might think, and that's the point. They wouldn't feel the need to define it, they just are. There is no reason we can't be the same, or at least imagine from that perspective. From that perspective we can see all occurrences as equally beautiful and inspiring. When we see those occurrences as beautiful, we are able to move around them much more easily.
Our ideas of good and bad come from society, from religion and especially from our self interests. They come from a limited perspective and are full of bias. By being able to detach from them, we develop a fluidity about us. We can move more effortlessly through whatever is thrown at us.
This doesn't mean we should stop defining things as good or bad. In fact, I would argue that defining things as good and bad is one of our jobs here in life, to define what kind of world we want to live in and what kind of people we want to be. But we find that harmony will lead us to greater pleasure then dissonance, and so to be able to remove ourself from our own perspective becomes a valuable tool for finding that harmony in a chaotic world.
I still define what I want to define as good or bad, but I recognize that my views are limited, and when I get stuck in them, I let go for a while to recollect and find that harmony in between the cracks of my daily life, as it exists everywhere around us if we are willing to see it.
Anyway, have a great day.
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