Vasily Ivanovich Surikov
Few desires are needed to be happy. Then why do we seem so needy? Life has suffering, we wither and die so we fear. C-PTSD people have a low self image from childhood, we fear we are flawed and others will notice.
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I have found that I need so much less without following my ego’s desires. Being present in the space of no judgments frees me from desire. I can just be, letting things and people exist on their own. My life releases the grip of control over my mind.
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Healing and improvement arrived with acceptance of my fear, control and thoughts. Thoughts and feelings do not control me now. They fade quickly with the focus on the breathing track. In fact a thoughts last less than a minute in my consciousness. Then it is gone without influence or concern for now.
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Can you develop focus on the breathing track for a minute? Then you can apply this skill and stop fueling trauma and start integrating,
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Posted by kaitlots on June 20, 2012 at 3:25 pm
Thanks for the reminder! I need to not follow (or at least recognize) ego desires!
Posted by Marty on June 20, 2012 at 3:59 pm
Hey Kaity. Yes, we think happiness is in impermanen things and base them.
Happiness is not in the past or future, I know that. IT is not in things, possessions, food, status, or emotions and definitely to in thought.
We base things hat array loss. OK to want but we expect try to control lif, people and situations with emotional and thought.
It never works but we try the same way over and over.
Posted by Shakti Ghosal on June 21, 2012 at 6:40 pm
A very astute post and one that resonated with me. Awhile back, I had mused on this concept in a somewhat different way and I take this opportunity to point you there.
http://esgeemusings.com/2012/03/15/happiness-and-the-theory-of-relativity/
Hope you like it.
Cheers
Shakti