Experience vs. Circumstance

Why "worry" about what you can't see?

More often than not, the greatest things are unseen. Every major event that has happened in your past, nine times out of ten, you did not see coming. Your sight is only a projection of your mind which really means, what you think is what you see, and what you see is what you get! it's interesting because 99% of the things that happen to us are often off the grid. Judging or trying to figure out the whole picture based on that 1% that you actually do see, can be a bit frustrating because of this.

That late train that you are complaining about may lead you to the love of your life. You getting fired can lead you to a more purposeful opportunity. Circumstances outside of us seem to have a "flow by nature" kind of design to it and that design is created partly through our perception. Nothing is truly negative or positive, therefore it is only us who assign emotion, value, belief and direction to what is happening to us outwardly.

Logically we would assume this order:

circumstance + reaction = reality (Surfaced level and less personal accountablity)

What I believe the natural equation is:

inward reality + belief = circumstance

(Builds an innate sense of self awareness and leads to personal growth)

Circumstance is almost always a direct reflection of the world that exists inside of us. So when we are "reacting" to a situation or circumstance, in actuality, we are really reacting to ourselves.

Dealing with anxious feelings

What works for me is to acknowledge and say to myself, "I am where I am. Everything I am experiencing is ever changing, ever moving and ever passing." I say this to myself when I start feeling jittery or anxious and it actually makes me feel a whole lot better because it centers me. Before I start projecting my own fears, insecurities and biased frustrations on what's happening outside of me, I simply start asking myself questions like, How do you feel right now? Does this feeling benefit your well being? If not, how can you make yourself feel better? Doing this helps me properly align myself with the current moment allowing me see the value in growth taking place in this moment. Even the darkest moments can feel better with just a slight acknowledgement of a good feeling, if we give ourselves permission to feel it.

Emotions are good!

There is a time and place for every range of emotion. As humans, we have a right to FEEL and we should certainly exercise that right. I believe the message to be positive all of the time in order to live a positive life is just half of it. Although there is truth to this, we can't just ignore or resist the other ranges of emotions that exist within us. I remember listening to Kevin Trodeau on audio and one of the things that stuck out was him saying that the goal at the top of our list for the day should always be "feel better now." If I happen to experience an emotion that does not make me feel good, here's what I choose to practice in order to get to a better feeling:

1. Feel it

2. Acknowlege it

3. Transform it

Energy cannot be created nor destroyed but it can certainlty evolve. If you hold on to a low vibrating energy allowing it to fester, the ego grabs it up projecting false images creating a hightened illusionary experience. Ego does not care about truth, it cares about it's role in protecting your "image" and proving itself right by any means necessary. Once you've become a master of energy transformation, it grants you freedom of super ego, circumstance or situation while also giving you a simultaneous sense of "in the moment" living.

The deception of our 5 senses

Your 5 senses are not 100% reliable as you think they are. I read that if we never went beyond our 5 senses, we would be terrified to fly in airplanes because our senses tell us that steel is heavier than air. We would believe that the sun physically moves to rise and set or that the world is flat. Those 5 senses can be knowingly deceiving once you acutally know better.

The airplane analogy was something I read in "The Book of Secrets" by Deeak Chopra. Another interesting point was the acknowledgement of different roles played in the same flight experience such as:

• The terrified passenger

• The pilot

• The designer of the aircraft.

Each role has it's own perception of flying all based upon their level of knowingness and awareness. Understand that the flight (circumstance) is the same yet each person plays a different role based on their perception. To one person flying may be scary and to the next, it may be the most amazing experience ever. Take control of what your role is in any situation and make it uniquley yours.

Living is experiential, not circumstantial. In other words, life is what you make it!

You are not in the world, the world is in you. [The Matrix]

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