I was in the grocery store last week doing some food shopping with my son. At times, I have a tendency to get irritated by people not being aware of how much space they take up in the aisles. Having a logical understanding that 100% of everything is coming from me has helped me to change this experience, but I do not have it mastered yet....
There was a woman who turned down the aisle I was headed toward and cut me off. Instantly I was filled with dislike for her. She then stood in front of the exact section I needed and did not move. I stood there trying to be patient, but inside my blood was boiling. It was like a cartoon picture appeared in front of me and she was standing there with her arms spread out wide and laughing, deliberately blocking me. I then started to think she may not even notice me which immediately got me even more irritated. She finally moved, I got my peanut butter, and continued shopping.
Throughout my trip I saw her a few more times. Every time something inside me would cringe and I would change my direction so to not have to be in the same aisle with her. In between the sightings I started to think that there was nothing this woman did that I should have such irritation towards her. I saw her later with her elderly Father and immediately thought how she was someones' daughter and she deserves to be happy, loved, and continue on her journey safely. As I thought further it was interesting to see that this woman probably thought nothing of me and here I was hurting only myself by having such an unpleasant experience.
Practicing flipping my label of her from unpleasant to pleasant helped me to create the causes for a perfect paradise. Because my perspective is blank not only can I learn to see her differently, I can literally become whomever I want to be.
She is not the label and neither am I. As I left the store I had a softer place in my heart for this stranger. Wanting her to be happy and safe is a much sweeter way to live than being irritated and annoyed. (Thank you Michael Hewitt)
As I got home I thought further about this stranger. She deliberately cut me off. She doesn't see me or have respect for me. She has no awareness of the people around her and what they are looking for.
Where could this come from? I deliberately cut people off. I don't see others or have respect for them. I have no awareness of the people around me and what their needs are.
We deliberately cut people off, We do not have respect for others, We have no awareness of the people around us and what their needs are.
If everything is a mirror then what I was seeing was me. Not me all the time, but me at a time in the past. I then had to get honest with myself and think about all the times I am self absorbed and unaware of those around me. Not present to be able to help fulfill their needs and make their dreams come true. When these things happen, you see how your world will change by catching yourself in these moments. Be honest about who you are, take 100% responsibility for your present world, and choose to react differently to literally create a perfect world for you.
Michael Hewitt- "There are as many different universes in this room as there are people." All of you who read this plus me= how many different Shannons' there are. Everything is blank so everything is pure potential.
Happiness is not gaining anything, it is a cessation of our mental afflictions. Stop looking at things ignorantly, and you will create your Heaven right here on Earth.
There was a woman who turned down the aisle I was headed toward and cut me off. Instantly I was filled with dislike for her. She then stood in front of the exact section I needed and did not move. I stood there trying to be patient, but inside my blood was boiling. It was like a cartoon picture appeared in front of me and she was standing there with her arms spread out wide and laughing, deliberately blocking me. I then started to think she may not even notice me which immediately got me even more irritated. She finally moved, I got my peanut butter, and continued shopping.
Throughout my trip I saw her a few more times. Every time something inside me would cringe and I would change my direction so to not have to be in the same aisle with her. In between the sightings I started to think that there was nothing this woman did that I should have such irritation towards her. I saw her later with her elderly Father and immediately thought how she was someones' daughter and she deserves to be happy, loved, and continue on her journey safely. As I thought further it was interesting to see that this woman probably thought nothing of me and here I was hurting only myself by having such an unpleasant experience.
Practicing flipping my label of her from unpleasant to pleasant helped me to create the causes for a perfect paradise. Because my perspective is blank not only can I learn to see her differently, I can literally become whomever I want to be.
She is not the label and neither am I. As I left the store I had a softer place in my heart for this stranger. Wanting her to be happy and safe is a much sweeter way to live than being irritated and annoyed. (Thank you Michael Hewitt)
As I got home I thought further about this stranger. She deliberately cut me off. She doesn't see me or have respect for me. She has no awareness of the people around her and what they are looking for.
Where could this come from? I deliberately cut people off. I don't see others or have respect for them. I have no awareness of the people around me and what their needs are.
We deliberately cut people off, We do not have respect for others, We have no awareness of the people around us and what their needs are.
If everything is a mirror then what I was seeing was me. Not me all the time, but me at a time in the past. I then had to get honest with myself and think about all the times I am self absorbed and unaware of those around me. Not present to be able to help fulfill their needs and make their dreams come true. When these things happen, you see how your world will change by catching yourself in these moments. Be honest about who you are, take 100% responsibility for your present world, and choose to react differently to literally create a perfect world for you.
Michael Hewitt- "There are as many different universes in this room as there are people." All of you who read this plus me= how many different Shannons' there are. Everything is blank so everything is pure potential.
Happiness is not gaining anything, it is a cessation of our mental afflictions. Stop looking at things ignorantly, and you will create your Heaven right here on Earth.
Thank you Kelly Morris and Michael Hewitt for sharing the teachings and such amazing wisdom this past week!
Isn't the grocery store a perfect place to see the winds of our side channels in action! There on the shelves are all the things we grasp for thinking they will make us happy. Raga. And the annoying people in our way, preventing us from being happy. Dvesa.
ReplyDeleteI am having a fantasy of a Karmic grocery store where we arrive with a cart full of everything we need to help other people - the aisles are stocked with suffering people and we go up and down the aisles giving and helping others. When we leave the Karmic grocery store our cart is empty and our heart is full.
I have been feeling this perspective of blank for awhile now, but could not get past what I was doing. I felt myself having no views and just wanting to see whats there at times and project kindness when I am in public no matter what happens. I believe others will benefit from me being kind. I know I do when I get home and am thankful I met a nice person that day.
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