Hi there, Fellow Meditation Sitters:
I am as usual passing along a weekly meditation email from our friend Pragito Dove of Mill Valley, California. If you would like to receive these emails directly, why not contact Pragito at info@pragito.com and sign up for the email newsletter.
Weekly Meditation: Respond Instead of React
Reaction comes from the past; response is always in the present. Ordinarily we react- somebody is doing something and we react as if a button has been pushed. Somebody insults us and we become angry.
When we take a moment of waiting, of watching, of disidentification, three possibilities open up.
1. The person who is insulting us may be right. Take a look. If they are right, then it is a gift.
2. They may be wrong.Take a look. Then you can laugh at the whole ridiculousness of it.
3. Or the person is mean and that is their way. They are like this with everybody. It is not about you, it is their personality.
Watch yourself, watch others. Be alert, step back, disidentify. Much will be revealed to you. And you will find more joy in each moment.
----------------------- Pragito Dove Founder Live a Rich Life - Discover Meditation
P.O.Box 2144 Mill Valley CA 94942 Office Tel: 415.925.9533 Website: http://www.pragito.com/ Email: info@pragito.com
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