There are 3 main things happening in any given moment:
1.) Our experience
2.) Our awareness of our experience
3.) The story we tell ourselves about our experience
Recognizing these 3 layers is crucial for living a more intentional and peaceful life.
So, let's break it down:
1.) Our experience
2.) Our awareness of our experience
3.) The story we tell ourselves about our experience
Recognizing these 3 layers is crucial for living a more intentional and peaceful life.
So, let's break it down:
Our experience can be anything we perceive through our five senses or in our minds. I see a red rose. I feel tension in my shoulders. I smell smoke. I’m thinking about my childhood. Pretty straightforward.
Awareness is the part of us that knows what is happening as it’s happening.
Your awareness of your fear is not fearful. Your awareness of your pain is not in pain. And your awareness of your thoughts is not thinking.
Your awareness of your fear is not fearful. Your awareness of your pain is not in pain. And your awareness of your thoughts is not thinking.
For instance: Try thinking the thought "I love jellybeans."
As you recite that in your mind, how do you know you’re thinking about jellybeans?
Do you have to think, “Oh, now I’m thinking ‘I love jelly
beans’” to know you’re thinking about jelly beans?
The short answer: No.
As you recite that in your mind, how do you know you’re thinking about jellybeans?
Do you have to think, “Oh, now I’m thinking ‘I love jelly
beans’” to know you’re thinking about jelly beans?
The short answer: No.
If you’re not sure, try thinking it ten times in a row, and as you do, notice the part of you that is watching you recite the thought “I love jelly beans.”
Do you see that there is some deeper awareness that just KNOWS
you’re thinking?
Do you see that there is some deeper awareness that just KNOWS
you’re thinking?
There's a deeper “knowing" that lingers in the background of your experience.
Psychologists often refer to it as metacognition.
The hippies refer to it as the higher self.
Others refer to it as spirit.
For simplicity's sake, we'll just call it "Awareness."
Psychologists often refer to it as metacognition.
The hippies refer to it as the higher self.
Others refer to it as spirit.
For simplicity's sake, we'll just call it "Awareness."
Between our experience, and our awareness of our experience, there is a STORY we tell ourselves about what's happening.
We see a dog (experience), we know we see a dog (awareness), and we think dogs are cute (story).
We’re sad (experience), we know we’re sad (awareness), and we believe being sad is weak (story).
We’re sad (experience), we know we’re sad (awareness), and we believe being sad is weak (story).
Most of us are not living in our experience.
We’re living in our STORY of our experience.
We’re living in our STORY of our experience.
Our story about our experience is what conditions our stress.
When we view our experience in its most basic form, we often see that it's less of a catastrophe than our mind is making it out to be.
When we view our experience in its most basic form, we often see that it's less of a catastrophe than our mind is making it out to be.
When going through a stressful event, try breaking it down into these 3 layers:
1.) What's the direct experience?
2.) Can I sense my awareness of this experience?
3.) What is the story I'm telling about this experience?
Oftentimes, if you drop the story, you drop the stress.
1.) What's the direct experience?
2.) Can I sense my awareness of this experience?
3.) What is the story I'm telling about this experience?
Oftentimes, if you drop the story, you drop the stress.
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