When we think, what is actually happening? Whats going on within ourselves? The thoughts that we have, can be good for us, or bad for us. But Either way, they can help us figure ourselves out. If thoughts Are putting us down, they Are not good for us, if our thoughts Are uplifting, they Are good for us. But some times, if we have hurt someone in some way, like, said something we should not, or something else. Our thoughts can put us down after. With that, telling us, we were not our best selves in that moment. Enabeling us to try to change, and do better next time. That is a positive thing about a thought that could otherwise have been bad. Because it teaches us to be better than what we were, in that moment of that mistake. But it is of no help to put ourselves way down, going into shame, and a spiral of putting oneself down. But thinking, okay then, I did that, and that was not good for that person. Going on further, having learned that, that was not a good experience for either of You. Trying to do better next time around. Then You have navigated through that experience regarding Your thoughts about what happened then. So bad thoughts, like that, can definetelly learn us something.
Otherwise thoughts can pop up, out of the blue, or they can be thought about through wondering. The first one, I would define as something that come from Your brain processing things. Or they can come up through association. And these thoughts Are not allways good. For me they have been tremendously bad in fact. I know I have written about it before. But these kinds of thoughts, needs to be discerned. So what I did, was that I discerned them like this; this is not me, it is not what I want for myself or others, and these thoughts, do not define me as a person. Because I know who I am.
If You, like me, have these kinds of thoughts, bad ones, that bruteforces themselves into Your inner vision. Dont make them Your own. Because know this, Your brain actually processes all kinds of stuff. Anything from whatever You have watched on tv, to what people talk about around You, Your prior experiences, what Your future might hold, what You Are fearful of, what might happen in moments of, whatever You Are currently thinking about. And it is all happening in Your subconscious. Which answer Your thoughts with throwing associations at You. They can be good or they can be bad. But either way, my point here is, that Your brain is doing a tonn of work without You even realizing it. And, it has been programmed, through Your entire Life, up until this point of where You Are in Your Life. And if Your brain has been programmed, through Your entire Life, to be for example fearful, You might see danger everywhere, having dangerous scenarious thrown at You, all of the time. So, to give an example, using myself as one. When I drive my car, I sometimes see myself driving over someone. But I can assure You, I do not want to do this to anyone. Its my rooted fear of danger, that makes me see this in my head. And seeing such things, can be Worse than that, or milder than that. But it is still the same thing. It is something in me, which is fear of danger, which makes me seeing all of this, what I am seeing.
My point is, that all of our thoughts, enables us to figure ourselves out, by us, talking a stand to them. Like, do we agree with what we just thought of? If its bad, we should not agree with it, or entertain it, or make it our own or nurture the thoughts further. And right now I am talking about thoughts that Are of hurting others. Or thoughts that Are of harm, of others. If we have thoughts about harming others, we should disengage ourselves from them. Look at them, and discern, is this who I am as a being? And the answer, should be no. Because no-one is actually like that. We Are not born with malevoulence in us. We grow as Humans. From being Kids, into Youths, then becoming grown ups and then becoming elders. Throughout all of this we have our own thoughts and feelings regarding our own experiences here in Life. And we learn from our experiences by having thoughts about them. And our thoughts can be of great help, or they can be of great disturbance to us. As we grow our selves. Its like being equipped with tools to handle ourselves, when we have thoughts about things and learn from our experiences. We learn to handle ourselves, our emotions, our Life, others around us and all of the rest that follows being, a being existing here on this Planet. Sometimes, by discerning our thoughts and learning from it in a bad way, that will give us a worse tool to handle our selves. Like, if we learn, that by hurting others, we are not hurt ourselves and we are the one in power. That is not a good tool to be having/using in Life. Because it robs us, from having an experience of being an equal Being to another. To have an experience, where we are appreciated by another Being, being seen by another Being. Being equally Respected, as we show our Respect, because we are both equals. In a relation, where one is "superior" to another, there is no room for both equally being seen. For an equal Union between them. And that I would say, is one of the most Beautiful things. That is why we should nurture the Good in us. Being Good to one another. Because an equal, Respectful union, is having the Respect that You are giving, given back to You. It's Beatiful.
So by discerning our thoughts, we are able to build our selves, into our best selves. So that we can experience equality with others. Because we are all Beings. Equal to one another. I will be writing more about this in another blog post. But for now..
When we actually think for ourselves, when we wonder and ponder, we might figure out a whole lot about ourselves. And it is in this space, we are able to build ourselves. Thoughts can still just appear here, so just discern again. But do try to think, who do I want to be? Without the bad stuff, that has possibly been going on in our lives. Daydream for a bit. Who am I, without my my anger for things, for example. Who am I, without the fear I might have, for the Healing that is available to me? Who am I, as a Healed and Peaceful being? Now, envision it, for a bit. And try, to take the first step, towards that. Say, I am not who I thought I was. I am a Peaceful and Safe, being. Breathe, five seconds in, hold for five seconds, breathe five seconds out, hold for five seconds, and repeat this, for as long as You need. This will bring You into a Safe state. Repeat it whenever You need it.
I Hope that all of this is of help to whoever needed to read it.
Thank You for reading this.
With Unconditional Love and Gratitude
Elisabeth Hjerte
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