Thursday, January 18, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It may seem like whatever is happening feels like it\u2019s happening to<\/em> you, but it doesn\u2019t have to be personal. Nothing is happening to you, as if the events of your existence are pushing you around, causing you to stumble, or even promoting or elevating you. Events are happening, but whether you cause them or are caused by them isn\u2019t the point. They unfold. You unfold. Do you accept that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n I shake off the idea that happenings are the cause of my troubles or joys. I shake off the idea that I am the cause of my happenings. I can respond to, ignore, or like or dislike a happening. I can just watch too. Very little of it is about me. I am not the event, and the event is not me. I maintain space and innocence, and I touch it as lightly as I can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Is the event\u2019s content that<\/em> important? Or is it more about the observation, the awareness of the happenings that is the miracle of life? For without my ability to observe, I\u2019d have no ability to judge, to feel, or to participate. The part of you that interprets, feels, and\/or responds is nifty; but the part of you that knows<\/em> that you interpret, feel and respond – that\u2019s even niftier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Is it the experience, or that you get to participate in the experience that makes life amazing? You\u2019re being allowed to experience, and that\u2019s what makes all experiences significant. Whether or not those experiences are \u201ccaused\u201d by you or that they \u201ccause\u201d you to feel, respond, or interpret isn\u2019t the point. The point is that you experience. Touch it lightly, and it\u2019s likely not to burn as much. Keep some space, and it\u2019s likely not to suck you into its tempting vortex. Watch and observe. Appreciate from a distance. That\u2019s the miracle of peaceful existence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thursday, January 18, 2024 It may seem like whatever is happening feels like it\u2019s happening to you, but it doesn\u2019t have to be personal. Nothing is happening to you, as if the events of your existence are pushing you around, causing you to stumble, or even promoting or elevating you. Events are happening, but whether […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-morning-motivation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t