Check and change
A small daily habit: notice what I say to myself, and choose words for what I want.
This is a practice from my class notes. It has two parts.
1. Check. Turn inward and look at what is going on, quietly, in myself. What am I thinking? What mood am I in?
2. Change. Replace it with a line that is true of the soul, and repeat it. The two I wrote down:
- "I am a peaceful soul."
- "I do not have to react."
Then there is the rule I wrote underneath: speak only what I want to create. If I want peace, I speak peace. If I want happiness, I speak happiness. The same goes for any of the seven values: knowledge, purity, happiness, peace, love, power and bliss.
This is a practice I was given in class, and I am a beginner at it. I will write about what I notice as I go.
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— Ravi