This activity took the form of concerned thoughts about "me" that generated emotional reactions - mostly fear, anger, withdrawing. This casue and effect happened very fast, nearly instantaneously.
The main theme of these thoughts was that "I" wasn't safe in some way shape or form. There was an imminent threat, or I was already in trouble and needed to get out of it.
I saw that these thoughts were "world generating" thoughts. I call them that because - if I believed them - they would generate a world in which I wasn't safe and I would then have to react accordingly.
The thought, "I am not safe." generates an emotion and provokes a reaction where "I" must be and act a certain way.
The thought, "They are mad at me." generates an emotion and provokes a reaction to act a certain way.
To see all this in operation is to see the endless futility of the ego. To see this is to see the reason behind all of human suffering and conflict.
To see all this in operation is to be out of the cycle of unconsciousness. Something else is looking. Other questions that have nothing to do with self-concern begin to arise. Questions that move vertically instead of laterally, questions that go deeper into reality.
It isn't about "more", which dissipates energy.
It is about "depth", which intensifies energy.
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