Resent. A most unusual part of this existence…the mental action of holding onto bad energy because of someone…while simultaneously knowing it makes us less happy.
Peace is something each one of us has the opportunity to feel in this existence. Peace is a withdrawal from unnecessary emotional stress and negativity. Peace is letting go of all resent, anger and frustrations. True peace is freedom. Freedom from lusts, cravings and fears.
In comes this little devil “resent”, who smothers our peace and well-being. Oddly, we know who he is, but have absolutely no issue in keeping the door wide open for him to walk right in. In fact, most of us don’t even recognize him until it’s too late. How often do you look back on something someone did, realizing that this little devil has been harassing you for weeks? or months? or years? He loves to quietly walk right into your mental house and take a comfortable seat next to you. Why do we leave the door open to someone whom we know is toxic, rude and stabs our peace?
We feel we are justified in feeling angry towards someone else for their actions or words. They did something bad to you, so you must be upset about this, and your perception must create frustrations even when they’re not around. In other words, we are saying that we are justified in being less happy. Let that truly sink in for me. We feel we are justified in being less peaceful, calm and content. How weird, irrational and illogical can we be? not only are we openly fine with being less peaceful…but we are quite literally allowing this to happen. Imagine getting burned by a hot stove, then actively sitting on it with your arms crossed?
You have to look at this logically with me. Independent of someone’s bad behavior and justification…you are less peaceful with resent. Really…think about this with me. When someone questions your negativity towards someone, you immediately begin giving justification on why you should be upset. In fact, most people are justified when they are upset about something someone did to them. They stole from you, unauthentic towards you, slandered you etc… but the reality is, it truly does not MATTER. You are less happy and peaceful. This is all you need to be focusing on. The goal for each one of us is to optimize our overall emotional well-being…at all times. Our unhappiness is entirely our own faults. Why? because our entire subjective experience is formed almost entirely in the mind, not in the world. Peace and happiness are formed behind your eyes, and we control it.
We have to look at this existence with less emotion and more rationality. our peace doesn’t care about what you “feel” or “think.” It just is. Therefore, you must look at your own personal peace apart from everything and everyone. independent of bad behavior. Independent of solid justification. Just look at it and do what is needed to be happier and more peaceful.
Are we responsible for someone else’s bad behavior? The answer is an obvious NO. So why are we contradicting ourselves?
-take note
-Jarom
NO ATTACHMENT IS FREEDOM 