Dear Trevor, what a wonderful post :-) Many people assume that their way of thinking about and feeling a situation corresponds to reality. This is not the case. One's emotions are reactions to one's personal experiences and are not accurate measures of what is going on. Every generation has a kind of monoculture, a dominant pattern or belief system that it unconsciously accepts as truth. They usually revolve around what we should live for. And they make us stand in our own way as we try to move forward. Meditation is a wonderful mindfulness tool to fully align yourself with the present...
Dear Trevor, what a wonderful post :-) Many people assume that their way of thinking about and feeling a situation corresponds to reality. This is not the case. One's emotions are reactions to one's personal experiences and are not accurate measures of what is going on. Every generation has a kind of monoculture, a dominant pattern or belief system that it unconsciously accepts as truth. They usually revolve around what we should live for. And they make us stand in our own way as we try to move forward. Meditation is a wonderful mindfulness tool to fully align yourself with the present...
That is beautifully said. I like the idea of a monoculture, how it affects our lives so tremendously..