I was highly upset a few days ago, HIGHLY EMOTIONAL. I felt physically unsafe ... until my best friend said,
"Its incredible isn't it? How the brain returns to its previous processes, its previous ways so easily? This isn't the first or last time you'll lose your mind over a quarrel." - Andre <3
I literally stopped mid-tear, and pondered.
It struck me with such awareness. How could I have ever forgotten this VALUABLE information from previous states of awareness? That's how the mind works, drifting in and out of awareness.
As the breath: inflow and out, as do awareness: comes and goes.
It is absolutely incredible how the body, the BRAIN, works extremely hard for you, WORKS HARD TO LIVE, WORKS HARD TO PROTECT YOU, WORKS HARD TO SURVIVE.
Take a moment and really think about it...
Think about what you feed your body. Whether you exercise or not. Think about the stress you place upon the body, and no matter how much you tax it, it fights hard for you! It fights to survive through every circumstance, through every experience you go through.
Your body is ALWAYS on your side, no matter how unloving you may be towards it. It never gives up. Even when it gets sick, it's telling you, "Hey, I'm sick because you are making choices that are stressing me and the only way I can speak to you is through getting sick and showing symptoms. I need your help now."
How often do we ignore this, and ignore the signs? How often do we repeat behaviors that do not serve us, and berate ourselves for doing so?
The BRAIN, and I emphasis the BRAIN, and not the mind, is JUST DOING ITS JOB! How can you be mad when your brain is just trying to protect you as part of it's function.
***(The mind is just a term we have created to categorize the functions of the brain as processes, memory, conditioning, association, and so forth. Thus the mind is not OUR MIND, it is simply just the brain's functions. Does that make sense?)***
Therefore, we cannot be angry or take any of this personally. THE BRAIN IS JUST DOING IT'S JOB. It is remembering for you, making associations to protect you, and trying to survive.
Could we not offer the body a simple THANK YOU? Thank you for always fighting for me, protecting me, and always being on my side. THANK YOU.
Your body deserves gratitude and so much more. Think how hard it tries to survive FOR YOU ....
And with this amount of awareness, any negative emotion drifted away. I was no longer angry at myself, nor angry with anyone in the present or the past. I simply was in awe of my body, how complex it is. There is no reason for me to be mad at my brain for carrying out it's biological function. Does that make sense????
Without the BRAIN, I wouldn't have memory recollection to pass my exams! I wouldn't have the sensory mechanisms that allow me to see through my eyes, or to experience anything beautiful in this world. YOU HAVE TO BE THANKFUL FOR YOUR BRAIN/ BODY!
You simply cannot be mad at it for doing it's job ...
OH MAN .... this is powerful and I hope it finds you the same incredible peace .. of greater understanding ....
:)
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