Jakki wrote:
Edna3362 wrote:
The angel on my shoulder is like a separate mental monologue that mostly spouts nonjudgmental patient and forgiving reasonings whenever I felt like I had to hit myself over...
.. Before it encourages me to get over my pride, be brave enough to cry or be humbled, don't resist so that it'll upset me or bottle it up.
Far, far removed from my escalating thoughts that tries to justify what I did as perceived wrong.
And far removed from the rigid mindset that may espouse denial or even my usual patterns of finding 'reasons why they did XYZ' as an attempt to 'forgive'.
Also, it does not 'conflict' against my processes.
Because if that were the case, I'd be overwhelmed in a sense that will make my head spin internally strongly enough to end up fogged and numbed due to overwork and overthink.
The weirdest thing is that...
... If someone else says the same things, or if I read it elsewhere even if it's me from another time, it just doesn't feel the same.
I'd end up judging that it's just them and what they'd do -- and not me. And end up doing the opposite or worse.
But not these thoughts.
I cannot simply judge that it is imposed by someone else's standards, else's biases, beliefs, perception, etc.
It came from my head after all.
More especially during such state.
Very good .. just the ability to step back from yourself or situation...can be a very advanced point of veiw,i (imho)
It is a 'higher point of view' alright.
It's like... I don't know, a sage constantly whispering whenever I inquire of anything of any thought or feeling I go through.
Sometimes it argues back when I bug it;
"Go entertain yourself. You're bored. You've already known what you're asking yourself and you don't need further validation. You already had enough 'quiet time' and you're just spinning the same concepts with your mind with repeated inquiries. Or learn new things that you already don't know."
It doesn't validate my ego.
It makes my ego seen no matter how flattered or shamed.
My feelings and thoughts, known or denied, seen, not entertained or judged but questioned or inquire itself if rationally reflects facts or if it helps.
It is weird.
Because it's always there within reach regardless of what I feel or think.
I don't understand how it is not there when I was younger... It's not like I willed it or had a practice. It just pops up as an idea one day and then --
there.
It's meta.
It goes meta -- and in meta I reach out on instead of a helpless observer of thought and emotion, no longer a pinball bouncing over the bumps that is triggers and supplements grounding.
I think the first step is...
It looked and feel like a paradox; to remove all pressures yet not be complacent.
Like 'do your best, forgive self if not attained standards, take responsibility to any outcomes and learn from any mistakes known' made total sense
in practice than some saying.
But seriously.
I really don't understand why I did not have it sooner.
Was it immaturity? Lack of readiness? A form of 'deafness' in thought? Internal self-bias? Louder pride and ego?
Is it normal in a sense it already exists as a function, more accessible to anyone of a healthier upbringing and I'm just wording it weirdly?
Or is it a product of a certain amount of experience in a person, and it unlocks an aspect of the mind in a developmental sense?
It doesn't feel like a 'skill'. But it encourages skill.
It's not even a 'mindset'. But it alters mindset in certain ways.
It's not even a 'perspective flip'. But it provides one or more.