Here our brain, which is programmed for looking for trouble to keep us safe – will default to a negative judgment. And if we believe that judgment and form a narrative around it, it can make life very uncomfortable.
Eckhart Tolle and others refer to this propensity for always seeking more, or something else, as the Ego. It is not who or what we are – it is a set of conditioned beliefs that begin during early childhood.
Eckhart recounts a time when his own set of beliefs led him to consider suicide. “I can’t stand my life” he recounts thinking frequently.
This led to his big epiphany and to his writing “The Power of Now.” Somehow the insight came to him that he doesn’t have a Life – Life is what he is, and it is always experienced in the present moment.
He noticed that when he stopped trying to explain, understand or “account” for life, but just live, circumstances improved and he was able to “take things lightly.” (Something I am trying to emulate.)
A big shift can happen when one begins to consider this perspective and adopts a feeling of gratitude for the blessings one DOES have, rather than a continuous sense of lack or being “less than” others – or who one was conditioned to believe one must be....<<<Read More>>>...