One of the big challenges to deal with is facing the negative conditioning related to expectations versus frustrations. It is time to realise suffering quicks in by the front door the moment we get not prepared to the fact we have no control about anything outside the self, which includes future events that we may expect to happen. It is easy to get disturbed if we grasp on our expectations and we get nothing that we have waiting for. Embracing the hot and cold exchange between expectations and frustrations is what could induce an unconscious mind to step into a period of suffering. The moment we realise how to create expectations but not be consumed by them, it is the moment we understand how to get the most benefits to the self in every situation we experience.
There is a huge difference between what we expect and what we experience in the present moment. Expectations are fabrications of our mind to feed the self about something we are waiting for in a future moment we have no control about. It is good to have dreams, to create expectations about anything in life, keeping the self in a joyful personal space that would like to experience just wonderful moments. However, as we have full control just about the self, it is time to realise and understand the most dangerous weak points that could be used to disturb the unconscious mind: our own expectations. If we grasp on our expectations too much, we would end up getting frustrated every single moment in our life, as what we experience is usually not exactly what we have expected.
Let us take time to observe, analyse, and understand our own breaking points between the hot and cold exchange separating expectations and frustrations. Let us look deep in the self to understand happiness is generated from the inside out, which means it is not from the outside that we would produce it properly. The negative conditioning, which represents the hidden protocol that could make the unconscious mind step into a period of suffering after getting frustrated, has to be understood by our conscious mind. The more we realise the need to let any expectation be as it is, the more we understand how to shield such weak points of our life journey.
The moment we realise one of the fundamental steps to achieve peace of mind is on the task of dealing with expectations versus frustrations, it is the moment we understand the huge power a conscious mind has at hand.
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Written by Jeferson Souza (thejefecomp).
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