I had a passing thought this morning which I'm fairly sure springs from the Ken Keyes quote I read months ago; i.e., "More suffering comes into the world by people taking offense than by people intending to give offense." That spoke truth to me, and it just tucked itself away in my mind. I ponder it when the spirit moves me.
The spirit moved me this morning with the thought...what if all resistance were simply resistance to our own thoughts? Our own perceptions? Our own interpretations? If so, would that mean all we need do to get over our feeling of being slighted, snubbed and/or put-down is change our interpretation of that perception?
Once I started paying attention to others' responses...and to my own for that matter...I was amazed at how often most of us respond negatively to passing remarks. Either in anger or in hurt.
A remark is made, we interpret it in mid-air, personalize it within a breath, and react in kind to our own interpretation. And, depending almost entirely on our spiritual condition, a war is either started or avoided. If we are spiritually fit at that moment, we remember we have given up fighting everything and everybody, and we find a way to change our mind. If we're not spiritually fit, we fight.
I'm going to ponder this.
Thank You.
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