Day 192 - A Year to Clear - Observing and Allowing Mistakes

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Lesson 192: Observing and Allowing Mistakes

Today is about making a mistake and doing nothing. That’s right… Nothing. So don’t try to fix it or manage it. Just make the mistake, allow whatever feelings to brew and let that weather pass through. It’s all about observation today.

First of all, it’s a tough act to do nothing when you make a mistake. My gut reaction is to fix it straight away. I don’t usually make mistakes because I have this sort of perfectionist mentality - that I need to try and get it right the first time so there is no points of failure.

As I trace back on my Wednesday, the only thing I forgot to do was check on a report. I had a pretty blasé attitude towards it but I wouldn’t say it’s a mistake I actually care for. Another thing I did was misinterpret a friend’s message that he was cooking dinner for himself, so I had dinner on my own and he actually wanted us to have dinner together. I mean, it didn’t really bother me either because it was a misinterpretation of a text.

I think this exercise would be more useful if I made some major mistake that wronged someone or wronged myself. I know how guilty and bad I would feel in those situations. Plus if I wasn’t allowed to fix it, those feelings would just brew until I could do something about it.

I get that the exercise is to allow awareness to come into play. I get that it’s a lesson that mistakes happen and it’s about acceptance. To do nothing would actually make me feel so uncomfortable. I am always the type to fix my stuff ups.

How did you go with this exercise?

Day 192 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - How Does Group Thought Create...

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Lesson 192: How Does Group Thought Create...

Today is thinking about how group thought can create cult thought. Notice today if you agree with something if it’s the group thought that has swayed your choice or if it’s your ultimate true self responding.

When I have a good think about this, I realised that you can really drive yourself crazy over analysing the fact that what you perceive to be true might just be the way you’re conditioned into thinking something is in fact true. I think if you’re more of an open person and go and educate yourself on topics, or just go about life to learn and become more knowledgeable, then you can differentiate what your true values are. I think we’re all taught in certain ways of right and wrong through school and through parents. There is nothing wrong with this as we all need some form of foundation to build our outlook of the world. I think as we grow older, it’s that choice we need to make for ourselves to really understand ourselves and where we stand, in order to understand how others live. It’s not always an easy task when you get set in your own values sometimes.

Anyway, back to today’s lesson. I didn’t do much except for work and watch Smallville and Westworld. The only thing I agreed with on a group thought was that the New Zealand prime minister is an amazing woman. What I admire about her is that she’s had a baby without being married to her partner, she has given birth during whilst in power, she’s enacted bills to change the livelihood of parents, her baby’s name incorporates Maori culture which she asked local tribes to submit suggestions for and she’s really for the people. I think a lot of people really admire her as a leader. I think for me, it’s a true feeling as well as a group thought because she has values I have. I like that she’s like a regular person but in power. It’s when someone understands the struggle of their people that really resonates with me as an individual. I like people in power who can connect with their people in that way rather than just going about their political party’s agenda.

What did you find today which was a real true thought of yours and not just the group thought?