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How does one let go of preconceived ideas ...of what parenting should look like... what a friendship should look like... How clean my house should look(my favorite), etc.?
Whenever we are resisting what is ... whenever we notice judgment entering consciousness ... whenever we are wishing things will be better in the future... and most other times of conventional thinking, we are working with thoughts that have been developed by previous thinking or passed onto us as part of our training and life experience. The particular life situation does not matter. The dynamics are the same...
Consequently, most ordinary everyday conventional thinking is preconceived in some form and is at the root of the various emotional reactions we have in a specific life situation. The "preconceived" ideas will always be part of our ordinary thinking process. Awareness gives us a choice. As we see the judgments, negativity, and reactions enter our present awareness... as we notice the contents of the flow of thoughts and emotions, we are no longer identified with them. Awareness brings disidentification from all that is not pure being and awareness...
It is from this spaciousness that we can see 'what is' and choose any action. Being aware and accepting 'what is' does not mean we do not make choices or changes... It means we see, we realize the situation, we realize we are not the situation, but rather part of the Beingness that is Life... and from this space in consciousness, we respond ... more clearly and 'centered'...
Then, we can choose to let go of preconceived ideas, or see more clearly why those ideas may be or are relevant.
- JH - Sept. 17, 2010
Consequently, most ordinary everyday conventional thinking is preconceived in some form and is at the root of the various emotional reactions we have in a specific life situation. The "preconceived" ideas will always be part of our ordinary thinking process. Awareness gives us a choice. As we see the judgments, negativity, and reactions enter our present awareness... as we notice the contents of the flow of thoughts and emotions, we are no longer identified with them. Awareness brings disidentification from all that is not pure being and awareness...
It is from this spaciousness that we can see 'what is' and choose any action. Being aware and accepting 'what is' does not mean we do not make choices or changes... It means we see, we realize the situation, we realize we are not the situation, but rather part of the Beingness that is Life... and from this space in consciousness, we respond ... more clearly and 'centered'...
Then, we can choose to let go of preconceived ideas, or see more clearly why those ideas may be or are relevant.
- JH - Sept. 17, 2010
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