We are attached and addicted to our 'Story', which is a self-defense system that protects who we 'think' we are. We are not the story, the story is not a physical thing and is not alive, it is just a story! It is important but it does not run the show, we do. We are always looking to either enhance our story, weaken our story, or reject from out story. If it runs the show, the afflictions that you may know as the seven deadly sins arise. If things go your way or not your way, you will experience the following (not limited to):
- Jealousy
- Vanity
- Offense
- Greed
- Lust
- Self-Sabotage
- Fear
- Hate
- Pride
- Revenge
- Apathy
- Worry
- Fear
- Impatience
- Victim of your story
- Addiction
Examples of further actions we do to others because of 'my Story':
- making another feel guilty of their story because of their background, religion, color of skin, country born in, etc
- murdering in order to stop another's story
The post Duality & Desire explains these further.
It does not make sense to believe you are your actual story because you are right here. Your story is not alive, you are. For example if you believe you were something that happened to you when you were a child, then you would also believe you were something that you experienced yesterday morning. But this is just information that you collected in your brain. How can you be the same person you were just 5 seconds ago or to where you were years ago. Even your body changes. Even your emotional thoughts. The story is just reflections that appear in your thinking mind's eye and you are putting an emotional story together when you see the reflection. It is just a reflection. Reflections are not 'bad', it is not alive. There are only GOOD reflections. It's like you looking into a mirror or lake but you are believing the reflection is actually you, it is not ALIVE! It is just information. You are not any of this. Your story only reveals how you got here in the present (be they good choices or 'bad' choices). The present is what dictates what happens in the next moment. You are right here, we must accept the only reality which exists -- which is right now. This is difficult to grasp because you have always thought you are your story. Your story is JUST the result of what you experienced. Observe this well with sincerity to connect the logic. So it is only the past that can REVEAL your actual story, you can't know what will happen in the future. If you think you are your story this will send you down a path full of chaotic decisions.
- Jealousy
- Vanity
- Offense
- Greed
- Lust
- Self-Sabotage
- Fear
- Hate
- Pride
- Revenge
- Apathy
- Worry
- Fear
- Impatience
- Victim of your story
- Addiction
Examples of further actions we do to others because of 'my Story':
- making another feel guilty of their story because of their background, religion, color of skin, country born in, etc
- murdering in order to stop another's story
The post Duality & Desire explains these further.
It does not make sense to believe you are your actual story because you are right here. Your story is not alive, you are. For example if you believe you were something that happened to you when you were a child, then you would also believe you were something that you experienced yesterday morning. But this is just information that you collected in your brain. How can you be the same person you were just 5 seconds ago or to where you were years ago. Even your body changes. Even your emotional thoughts. The story is just reflections that appear in your thinking mind's eye and you are putting an emotional story together when you see the reflection. It is just a reflection. Reflections are not 'bad', it is not alive. There are only GOOD reflections. It's like you looking into a mirror or lake but you are believing the reflection is actually you, it is not ALIVE! It is just information. You are not any of this. Your story only reveals how you got here in the present (be they good choices or 'bad' choices). The present is what dictates what happens in the next moment. You are right here, we must accept the only reality which exists -- which is right now. This is difficult to grasp because you have always thought you are your story. Your story is JUST the result of what you experienced. Observe this well with sincerity to connect the logic. So it is only the past that can REVEAL your actual story, you can't know what will happen in the future. If you think you are your story this will send you down a path full of chaotic decisions.
“If depressed, you are living in the past. If anxious, you are living in the future. If at peace, you are living in the present.”
- Lao Tzu
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