The idea for today is another step in learning that the thoughts which give rise to what you see are never neutral or unimportant. It also emphasizes the idea that minds are joined, which will be given increasing stress later on.
We do pick up an each other’s energy. The other day I was in one a pissy mood. I mean a really pissy mood! We have a faulty dryer that requires being turned on a kazillion times in order to get one load of clothes dry. We invariably end up with mountains of laundry and clothes that need to be soaked in vinegar because they are left wet in the washing machine too long thanks to clothes not drying in the dryer.
Our dryer is upstairs which makes it extra difficult for me because I have trouble going up and down the stairs on my crappy ankle. My teenagers aren’t particularly responsible when it comes to taking care of their clothes, especially my son!!! So yesterday, I decided to do stuff upstairs so I could get on top of some of the mountains of laundry. I’d been turning it on over and over and over again for hours and was cussing every time I had to get up and turn it on again (something like every 10-15 minutes). When it came time to fold clothes, I broke down in tears at the sight of my husband’s socks. Apparently, he had been putting them aside for me to sort and I HATE sorting his socks. I’ve been doing it for 20 years, for God’s sake. He came upstairs and I told him I wasn’t going to sort his socks anymore because I HATE his socks.
This could have blown into something ugly had he responded ugly. But he didn’t. He asked me what his socks had ever done to me and told me his socks loved me. They were really sad that I said I hated them and their feelings were hurt. He pulled out his drawer and started sorting them himself while dancing and periodically mimicking a kiss to his socks while apologizing to them for what I had said . I went from crying to laughing so hard I could barely stand it.
Apparently, even my husbands socks are involved in the effects of my seeing.
Today’s idea does not refer to what you see as much as to how you see it. Therefore, the exercises for today emphasize this aspect of your perception.
- I am not alone in experiencing the effects of how I see my husband’s socks.
- I am not alone in experiencing the effects of how I see the dryer.
- I am not alone in experiencing how I see the effects of my the mountains of laundry.
- I am not alone in experiencing how I see the effects of my dancing husband.
I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my seeing.