Other people are not what our mind wants us to believe.
When we see others through the filters and judgements of our mind, then we do not see them at all, we see only what’s in our mind.
Then we act or form further beliefs and judgments based on the story playing in our own head.
If we choose not to be absorbed by our thoughts and we choose to be present, then we see others as they truly are and act from our true essence and not from biases.
Equally, we become our true self too, no longer dominated by our thoughts.
We are not our mind and others aren’t either. Stop the mind and start seeing.
However, what is mostly missing from those books, podcasts and blogs is one thing.
Success is not a generic thing that is measured by societal status and wealth.
If that’s the measure of success then we are all going to be disappointed in our lack of success, as there will always be someone with greater wealth and status.
It’s a bit like perfection, totally unreachable which leads to suffering.
Success comes from the inside instead of the normal ego-driven exterior measurement.
Success is uniquely personal to us and it is achieved by reaching a state of acceptance of what is and peace with it. It is the state of just being. That brings deep rooted inner joy, not the fleeting emotion of happiness that comes with external success of status.
Status is, like all things in the exterior world of form, a temporary state. One that like our own ego is very fragile, easily broken and a source of drama and suffering.
True inner peace, the state of being conscious and present in this now moment and in a state of acceptance is true success.
Our primary purpose is to be. Just be and to be the consciousness of the universe.
It’s not easy to just be as we are consumed by our conditioning to constantly be striving for status success in the exterior unconscious mind-obsessed state that we see as ‘normal’ life.
Philip Dodson 