Everything we perceive,
That is,
Everything we see,
Hear,
Touch,
Taste,
Feel is often filtered,
Heavily filtered by whether or not we are present to it and by our past beliefs and conditionings So right now,
Whatever I am speaking and whatever I am hearing is not what you are hearing and that's a very important truth to understand the thick veil of thoughts,
Feelings and beliefs the tendency to escape into your thinking about something random heavily interferes with what we perceive I am sure you have checked out in meetings,
In discussions with people or your friends and I am sure you have been at the receiving end where somebody has checked out while you are speaking maybe they are quote on quote multitasking on their phone or they are plain outright lost in thinking and you can sense it These beliefs,
This thick veil that surrounds us filters,
Colors everything we perceive veils everything that is into a process of categorization,
Assembly line labeling as good,
Bad,
Right,
Wrong,
I agree,
I disagree or not even being present to it and the mind is so cunning that after you miss a few minutes you try to weave a story,
Oh yeah that's what was said based on a few words that you heard the mind kind of wove a story and you believe that being present to everything is not really necessary because you kind of got the gist and this belief system has become like a second skin you might be able to relate to what I am describing as a concept but for most of us it has become such a deep part of our life that the experience of it is alien to give you a little example in my house I have yellow light in the bathroom,
In my bedroom but the previous owners had also put in a red light in my bathroom and at night I turn on the red light so as not to bother my eyes much but when I look at myself in the bathroom mirror in that red light I realize that my clothes are no longer looking like the color that I had worn them yellow looks different,
Green looks different,
Everything looks different which only means that even perception of color is an outcome of what is the ambient light and if I only live in red light those will be my colors,
Those will be my way of experiencing my second skin so to speak and for that it is important that I step out of the house just like that I am inviting you here to step out of your house and to recognize the pond in which you have been assuming that this is the entire world this is the entire reality,
This is the entire spectrum of perception because if you are working off of incomplete information partial perceptions because you are busy escaping into thinking all your actions,
All your entire experience of life is substandard although your mind is giving you the impression that this is it,
I am living my life fully but you might be in an echo chamber that's why it's important to find a place where truth is expounded fearlessly even if you and your mind doesn't like it so that for a moment the veils are lifted and you can be present you can see the true colors in white light,
In yellow light instead of red light your relationships,
Your work your friendships the quality of your work,
The quality of your relationships the depth of your relationships is all a function of how present you are to your perceptions we are constantly being triggered by our conditioning even if we try to be present feelings get triggered because of the various buttons that have been put in place by our life experiences this word,
This sentence,
This topic,
This person is enough to trigger us and then no matter what is happening outside,
We are busy braving a storm that is going on inside storm of anger,
Frustration frustration,
Fear,
Jealousy so we might not be lost in thoughts,
We might be very well braving an emotional storm all because of our beliefs and the triggers from the past that have become like a third skin if you may I am sure you know people who will lose it the moment you bring up a topic or utter a word,
Especially our loved ones our friends same is true about you too if we are constantly wrapped in second and third skin of thinking,
Feeling or second skin of beliefs and third skin of triggers are we really experiencing life fully?
Can we step out of this drama and be naked without any skin do we have the courage to face reality and truth naked otherwise we are not living,
We are merely escaping not even surviving to be honest all you have to do is just take a step back as counterintuitive as counterintuitive this instruction is for the mind for you and your heart this is the only instruction to take a step back you got to see this straight jacket that you have been wrapped in and that has been running your life unbeknownst to you although it is not running your life without your permission the permission is tacit,
Implicit taking a step back makes it a conscious explicit decision whether to remain that way or not don't get me wrong this is not only a question of how fully we live life the more we are wrapped in straight jacket the more we suffer and the more we spread the suffering it's not like when you are triggered you don't trigger others oh,
We distribute our hurts very generously the untruth of being lost in thoughts is reflected as suffering too because our relationships are not that deep with our spouses,
With our kids,
With our work with our parents,
With our friends not only are we not present to our current experience we are living a life dictated by our past by all the wrongs other people have done by all the wrongs that you have done all your soft spots mentally,
Physically,
Emotionally that's why it's very important to have clarity and courage on this path of seeking truth,
Seeking peace and happiness it's not for the faint hearted you need a lion's heart to walk towards peace and happiness and that's why most people settle for scraps of peace and happiness pleasure and excitement that is when we take a step back we are not trying to solve our past it's already solved we are just letting go letting go of it controlling us and we taking responsibility of our life your past doesn't need to be solved maybe in some situations you need answers you need closure but most of your triggers,
Most of your beliefs are not unresolved,
They are just there unnoticed yet operative in this moment we all have a choice whether to act from the past or be open to the now just because something has been operative in the past doesn't make it a helpless endeavor in the present yes,
It will be difficult and that's why you need courage courage to endure courage to not be tempted courage to stand by your decision to do something or not to do something today can be the first day of you living a free life,
An intentional,
Purposeful life not by planning but by being present in every moment and letting the moment tell you what to do or what not to do what to be,
What not to be what to lean into and what to let go just because the mind says that this has been a gift from the past and I shall,
I will have to take it and live with it it's just a sneaky way out out of courage into convenience your suffering is trying to get your attention because every time you suffer you suffer from your past,
Because of your past I invite you to verify the truth of these words and to live an intentional life
