Inner Stress

Although it seems what occurs in life is the cause of one’s inner stress, this is not the case. The inner stress that arises is already in place, if it wasn’t there’s no way it would be there…

One can only react to life with what‘s in place. Something like anger arises because it’s been learned, this also goes for fear, greed, hate, and so on. I was constantly controlled by these for years; without this understanding it kept me locked into my inner stress without an inkling that the only reason it was occurring was because it was in place. Simply put, when something occurred that I didn’t like whether it was what someone said or did, or something that happened, my inner stress arose without my permission or knowledge as to why I reacted as I did. What arose was whatever my conditioning deemed appropriate. The only reason this happened is because it was already there laying in wait: like a lion waiting to pounce on its unsuspecting prey.

Understanding this is where there’s power in knowledge. If why inner stress arises isn’t understood, there will be very little true periods where stress is not in control. Through awareness of what’s arising, one has something tangible to use to get beyond it. Why most people remain as they are and repeat the same reactions over and over is because of the unawareness of why it happens. To me this knowledge has immense value because when it’s seen one can truly decipher whether what’s in place is beneficial or not. That’s when a course of action can be developed to change whatever’s in place that’s causing the inner stress to rear its ugly head…