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#2: Acknowledge Negative I's
This week give your attention to your negative emotions and try to separate from them. Try to be aware of the demanding, violent, jealous, overanxious I's that give you a negative way of feeling and reacting to events in life. We all have I's that lie and twist the truth, complain, show off or feel they're not properly treated. Note the I's that are irritable and disregard what others think. Observe the I's filled with their own importance that are always upset when others don't measure up to the standards set.
Whenever you feel a negative reaction in yourself stand back from it, look at it, observe it. If you can do this it will give you detachment. In the midst of the negative emotion try to step into a quiet place in yourself. Try to give it the light touch and not get too heavy-handed with yourself for being negative. Simply acknowledge the negative I's without judgment.
You might imagine you're a scientist conducting a test on a subject and note each negative reaction the subject has to the test events of life. Quietly sit in your observation room and take notes.
Whenever you feel a negative reaction in yourself stand back from it, look at it, observe it. If you can do this it will give you detachment. In the midst of the negative emotion try to step into a quiet place in yourself. Try to give it the light touch and not get too heavy-handed with yourself for being negative. Simply acknowledge the negative I's without judgment.
You might imagine you're a scientist conducting a test on a subject and note each negative reaction the subject has to the test events of life. Quietly sit in your observation room and take notes.
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Permalink Reply by Bodhi Greenman on -
I have started to notice subtle differences in my being. Just little things, the argument in my head when I get up for meditation at sunrise seems easier to dismiss, I am more willing, I feel lighter, dare I say Happy.
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Permalink Reply by James Parkinson on -
Sure, you dare say it. I'm not superstitious. It won't evaporate just because you said it. It will evaporate because we are not one and some other I will gain control sooner or later. I'm glad to see the beginning signs of transformation though. Poco a poco se anda lejos. This Work works.
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