It is human to expect that we live to a ripe old age, with a loving partner and healthy children and grandchildren, having been recognized and rewarded for our professional skills and contributions ...
It doesn't always work that way, does it.
My May newsletter column offered some ways to cope with disappointments great and small. You can access that column on my website: www.ahigherperspective.com.
The Buddhist perspective, as I understand it) would be that it is our attachment to things being a certain way that leads to our suffering when they aren't. Written out like that, it sounds so simple and makes so much sense. Letting go of that attachment is a different story.
Letting go of these core attachments is not a big-picture issue but a moment-by-moment practice. Again, easier said than done. Sometimes there's some cleaning up of the past that needs to take place before we can clearly focus on the now.
A daily handwriting practice can help with both aspects. EFT can help with dissolving old resentments and bitterness. Hypnotherapy can help to create positive new channels of thinking and behaving. A spiritual practice of some sort can reinforce the infinite nature of our being and give us much-needed perspective.
What works for you?
Friday, April 30, 2010
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