Tag: deny

Flow with the stream

Posted on by philipdodson

We spend a great deal of energy and time swimming against the tide of life…resisting what is and seeking better than we perceive now to be. It is all negative and causes suffering from fighting and denying what is.

If let go, and float with the flow of life, stop trying to swim upstream against the current, then we allow the adventure of life to unfold as is and we release ourselves from all the negative energy. We feel peace and just allow things to happen that we can not control anyway, there is no fight.

Flow with the stream and see where it takes us, we’ll discover so much more than staying stuck trying to swim upstream.

I have unhappiness within

Posted on by philipdodson

The idea of being happy all the time is an illusion and actually is counter-productive.

The denial of unhappiness is not healthy. The denial of ‘what is’ will lead to suffering.

Just gritting our teeth with a fake smile to the outside world and saying ‘I’m great’ when asked ‘how are you?’ is not going to do anything other than make you less happy within. The fakeness to protect the fragile ego works for a fleeting moment, but then it is gone.

Labelling ourselves within the mind as ‘unhappy’ is not good either. This is conditioning us to choose that current circumstances are bad and is setting us up to look at things in a gloomy and negative way.

If we choose to observe our current state and accept that there may be unhappiness within, then we can accept, choose to take action now, if needed, and be at peace with where we are. We are not saying that we are unhappy, we are recognising a temporary unhappiness within which we can alter now.

Denying what is, is the greatest cause of suffering within and is caused when we ignore or resist and fight our current situation or inner state. No amount of outward facade of smiling and faking will relieve the inner state, it will only worsen it by the denial.

When we accept it, then the fight subsides and peace arises. Constantly seeking happiness will make you as miserable, as it is not possible and denies unhappiness.