Triggers, Crashing Plates and Stubbed Toes- The Common Path
I wanted to share this with all of you - as I think you will get this too. We are all in this togetherš This above ground, you've got a heartbeat thing - now what?
Yes I think we can agree, just about everyone is imperfect to some degree. Rather than living in deficit and discontenance with ourselveses of this "imperfection", we can just own it, and reframe this "life" as not an issue but, as our personal humaness which we have the good fortune to just keep chipping away at.
For instance, I bike about 10 hours per week on my eMTB. Clears my head and keeps my body primed for anything - but I am in Bali and no bikeā¦ grrrh. So, I have to adapt- every morning itās 1 push up for each year (74) that starts the motor with some serious work; however its only a few minutes and ā¦ even I canāt find any excuses not to do it.
Then, as a result of this little structured part of a bigger day - I also am improving in my push ups and that is rewarding - bonus! Next comes the squats, and the deep stretches that follow. Then its coffee time (reward), Later in the day I will either surf š or walk with Gayel for at least a hourā¦. Since I am not moving 10+ hours per weekā¦. At the same intensity, I need to be more careful about how much I eat also. I am happy with thisš Adapitng to my/your enviornment is the key.
A Buddhist monk once told me "not to take Buddhaās teachings to seriously!" Prove them wrong actually. They were just ideas about how to tackle your own demons/triggers, and if you are on a path, you will need to write your own āPuga or Bible" book of verses which focus on you, or what ever lets you see you - for what you are. š³ Not to deep here.
I think most of us are incredible and moving forward taking on most of all the challenges in our path. My demons, are just to make sure I honour mine work first and not try to fix others instead of. Then, I can still be on the planet to do whatever else it is I get to do. Hopefully with passion and gratitude among friends.
What I am trying to say is these "triggers" will always be there because as the Buddha said -
"Life is suffering - everyone is in the club (first noble truth).
However, there is an end to suffering (second Noble truth), and it is
Understanding the causes of suffering which we usually create easliy ourselves - but not always (third Noble truth) - usually all in our minds BTW, and to just let them go.
Then followed by the eight fold path that gets more specific. Good advise.
But you got to do it your way - at least I do, so after five or six decades I flipped to the easier path - hopefully forward?
I think we do not have to "work on triggers as a personal imperfections", just smile and say -ā I will come back and visit you tomorrow - if its really important, I am sure it will be there for me to work on.ā Triggers are blessings, how we learn; - the stubbed toes of walking down the street of life! Eventually, we know every brick, rock or crack in the road and go months and years go by without stubbing our toe again.. and thenā¦ distraction - the human condition (laugh here).
Anyway, just wanted to let you know we are not alone on this journey, and each of you you have learned so much in a short period of time. Like being a first year juggler, just out of circus school.... You are gonna drop a few plates!
Life is it!
All blessings š
Patterson
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