Here's a few minutes to reconnect with truth from a three principles perspective.
I often talk about the inner critic.
And the inner critic is a voice that thrives on expectation.
It builds up the idea that things are supposed to be a certain way.
It flings about the word should all over the place.
It brings a heaviness to situations that could be much lighter.
It's like there's a gap between what is and what we think should be.
And the inner critic fills that gap with its rantings and ravings.
The great thing is that your body will let you know when that's happening.
When you feel that pressure in your body,
I wonder what expectation feels like to you.
To me,
It feels like the sense that somebody's sitting on my shoulders,
Pressing down.
It really does feel like a pressing down,
Like a pressure.
But that's your clever,
Clever system,
Just letting you know that you're believing thoughts that are not true.
That pressure you're feeling is just thought.
And you're hurting yourself by believing it.
Thoughts that are laced with expectation are really heavy.
The thing is,
Your body does respond to that expectation as if it's real.
That's why it feels so unpleasant in the body.
It's like the body really thinks there is some kind of danger intertwined with the expectations.
But when you see all of that as just thought,
The body really does begin to soften,
Begins to feel lighter and more relaxed.
Of course,
Some days we're going to catch this easily,
And other days we're going to stay caught up in it a little longer.
But every time we see it,
There's a little more light and a little more space.
And of course,
When we don't see it,
The most important thing is to be compassionate to ourselves.
Let's not wrap expectations about our ability to not get caught up in expectations.
The thing to see here is that we're not any kind of story.
We're not all their stories that we tell ourselves about how things are supposed to be.
The shoulds.
We are the awareness in which all of that appears.
And as you begin to see that,
You find yourself settling so much more of the time.
I hope this little reminder of three principles,
Truth,
Has been helpful.
Take care.
Lots of love.
