Things are not what it seems

A lot of our time, our mind forms an image on an immediate response.  When there is an action , there is a fast re-action.  So, when our eyes see, we mind re-acts , prompting our lips to unleash out the words or our hands giving out the relevant gestures.  But , most of the time, there is a wrong perception and wrong words are uttered  and wrong actions are done. It is too late and we attempt a damage control.

If we stop awhile to think and analyse what we see and let our mind go through the events again, then we maybe clearer in our vision and perception and the right words and action can be carried out.  This happens only with a trained mind.  Our mind often re-acts to what we see or hear and indeed, it is wrongy perceived most of the time.

One wrong words or action is been done, it is very difficult to pull back the hurts or damages which we have unleashed. It will take years to recover or maybe it the hurts remained in the rest of our life.
But despite the severe consequences , yet most of the time , these wrongful actions  have been done or wrong words have been used.

Another factor is our big ,big ego. we cannot be wronged and we have to defend ourselves as fast as possible and to seek revenge for the wrongful things or words which have hurt us to our core. We our strike when we are strike no matter what is right or wrong.  You hurt me , I will hurt you back whether the hurt is done intentionally or not. I am always right and I am invincible and I can do no wrong. This is the basic untrained nature of human beings.

But if we are aware of the severe consequences and we can slow down to think , then things will be clearer than the first time we see or hear the words. Things are often not what it means or seen. I have a yoga friend who tattooed the word " awareness" on his left arm. I asked him why he has this tattoo and he told me that we wants to be aware of his mind  ie what he sees and what he hear and he also want to be aware of ego and to slow down his response until he is clear of the situation and then he will decide what he want to do or say. Yes, awareness is the answer to all of troubles arising from wrong interpretation or perception.

So, we have to slow down our response to give time for our awareness to work and we will stay out from a lot of troubles.

Namaste.