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If you can like or hate Donald Trump and can recognise that some people ‘like’ him and some 'dislike' him. Therefor it would be possible to gain the other perspective if you really tried, no matter how hard that would be.
You can view your thoughts in a similar notion. One side thinks they are you, one side can see them as thoughts and be free from internal judgement.
Just as you identify with hating or loving trump, you can choose to love or hate your thoughts. It just takes a lot of work…
Think of how much you disagree with trump? The amount of effort it takes to respect what he has to say, is the same amount of effort it takes to love yourself fully, thoughts and all.
Again, I'm not here to side with trump, I'm simply illustrating how hard it is to truly view thoughts as thoughts, and not let them take over. To see that, yeah people have different and valid opinions of trump, maybe its possible for me to have different and valid thoughts on myself? Or maybe the strength to identify as the space that all thoughts and identifications are appearing.
AfterSchool has a beautiful graphic collaboration with Mike Rashid that represents this:
Your thoughts are not your opinions. You can discern between them and gain other perspectives that are always present.
Now I'm not here to say wether Trump is a good man or not. What I am here to say is that choosing Love over Fear is one of the most difficult things to do. Speaking from experience...
Fear is always trying to protect us, always trying to keep us safe. Wanting to keep things as they are, as familiarity is more predictable than the new path.
But to create something new, to embark on a new path, one must look fear directly in the face and choose to face it. "Fuck it".
This then leads to the repetition of things that cause a fear response, which like anything else, makes it easier to deal with. As Karen White (a New York Times bestselling American author) says:
Assuming you keep showing up for yourself...
To bring this all the way back to the initial point, choosing Love over Fear. To feel the fear and do it anyway. But as we know, its extremely difficult to shape our fixed perspectives and fears. However meditation is a useful tool to assist that. As through practice we can learn to identify as the space in which thoughts appear, rather than identification with thought.
Give the WakingUp app a try for free (30 days): https://dynamic.wakingup.com/shareOpenAccess/SCE6F1C10
I'm not claiming to have all the answers, all I know is what's helping me and meditation is the foundation. I still struggle to apply it all, but each day seems a little lighter.
I encourage you to face your fears, whatever they may look like. And realise that behind all of the stories, all of the fear, is a place of openness to be found.
Love/Fear.
Lets get Every Last Drop from this one chance!
Thanks for stopping by.
Much love 💜
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