Objectionable Expectations

Objectionable expectations are noticed when things aren’t as they are wanted, but even when things are in your favor, the Conditioned Mind still controls because of how it clings…

Let go and be free or hold on and suffer, those are the choices. Expect things a certain way, but when they’re not, it produces the next step in the process to react to the results of objectionable expectations. When there’s expectations there’s labeling, and when there are labels, there’s clinging; this is how an objectionable mind is developed. The more you label, the more there’s expectations which make you cling. Even when things work out the way they are wanted there’s still clinging, but it’s not noticed as a problem because the situation is as it’s wanted. The objectionable mind clings to everything that’s labeled, and it labels everything so there’s clinging to everything, but it’s not noticed because of the focus on the things objectionable.

Life is one continuous expectation; it’s the disappointing ones that most think their mind clings to. Most people are unaware of the moment by moment labeling process. When the mind quiets enough to understand this, the labeling process of everything as this or that lessens and so do the objectionable expectations. This results in a mind that is free of clinging to the effects of objectionable expectations; without these expectations it’s impossible to suffer…