Being Mindful in a World filled with Trauma!
Do you feel you are swimming upstream without a paddle when disaster or problems strike? Well you are not alone for most of us do. We all struggle to find the common ground and try to cope with stress and life's lessons.
Would you like to take control and be in charge of the outcome of your life? Of course you would. Learning to be in “control” is of course what we all strive for so we have some structure in our daily lives and we can have something to cling to when the bottom seems to fall out from underneath us.
An "awakening" is a moment of clarity in which a new insight or understanding is gained. With this new awareness the experience of life is seen differently, and new possibilities are opened. Changes in patterns of thought, emotions, and behavior occur. An awakening allows the possibility of growth to new levels of psychological and spiritual maturity.
Although I do not believe you are responsible for everything in life that happens to you I do believe you are responsible for how you react to the events that occur randomly and without reason. When you learn to control how you react then you will be experiencing a true awakening from patterns that have controlled you for a lifetime.
When bad things happen to good people we automatically ask ourselves "how does God allow that?" Well he doesn't. We are the catalyst of our lives and we are responsible for how we deal with the lessons that life sends us. You are always responsible for your attitude towards the situation in which you find yourself. Your attitude is your reaction to what life hands you. It is under your control and can be changed as need be. With the correct attitude you can be a resilient person.
By paying attention to what you think means that you practice the process of self-observation. You should try and catch that inner voice as it speaks to you. What is it saying to you? Is it helpful or not? Learn to recognize the critical voice and silence it. If you are observant and listening you will catch that negative voice before it becomes persistent and speaking to you for a long time. You may be severely criticizing yourself and be unaware for a time because you do not listen for that voice.
You will know you are making progress with controlling your inner criticism when you catch the voice the first time it says something like "see you are losing it again" or "you should know better than that" or "you always fail when you do that"!
That inner criticism comes from years of negative programming that you have responded to without realizing it. When you get control of what you think you can squelch that negative dialogue before it becomes dominant.
When you catch yourself saying internally "You are about to do it again" you are really making progress because you are stopping the dialogue even before you take the action you intended to do.
You are becoming mindful and that is what you want to strive for. Being mindful of what you think is your first step towards true enlightenment.
We are what we think!
It is as simple as that in the long view of life. When you can recognize and stop the negative dialogue within and replace it with a more positive meaningful dialogue you are in the process of rewriting your programmed blueprint that you have outgrown and no longer need. By being more mindful you are catching yourself sooner and sooner and getting control of that negative voice.
You are in the process of shaping your reaction to life events.
Eventually, with a lot of hard work, you will begin to hear, "Look out. You are about to do it one more time." At this point you choose not to proceed. You don’t begin the negative dialogue in your head but intentionally begin a positive one. You might say, "Mistakes are good. Now you can learn. Let’s try it again and see what happens." You are now getting out of the negative pattern and consciously shaping your reaction to life events.
Remember that your attitude and how you react to your inner voice is the key to resiliency.
Listening and observing will help you change patterns of behavior that you have cultivated over time that no longer serve you well.
When traumatic events happen in your life by self analysis you can begin to observe your reactions and take steps to improve how you deal with those particular problems.
We all have upsets in life and not all stress can be avoided but by being mindful of that inner voice and having some good dialogue to use in place of the negatives you can be a positive creator for good in your life. This is the first step to true enlightenment. Taking back your life and creating a process that will serve you well in the future when events unfold that you must use your own good judgment to deal with them.
Many blessings and joy to you this day!
Rosie
Tags: Metaphysical Counseling Psychic
