07/16/2025
When we get upset, we close down inside. We get defensive and lose our ability to see clearly. All we can do is fight, resist, hang on, and withdraw. We destroy love and make our situation worse. Upsets are very destructive.
If you could be free of your upset, you would be very effective. You would see clearly and could see what needs to be done. The first step in accomplishing this is to discover that upsets are not caused by what happens. They are caused by fighting what happens.
To see this in your life, find a time when you were upset. Didn't something happen? Yes, it happened, and didn't it happen no matter how you felt about it? Notice how totally irrelevant your feelings were. It still happened.
Now notice what would happen to the upset if somehow, you were at peace with what happened. There would be no upset. The moment you take away the resisting, the upset disappears.
Upsets are not caused by what happens. Upsets are a state of mind and can only exist if we fight what happens.
Here is another example. Notice what would happen if I spilled a glass of water on you. You would be wet and you would be wet whether you liked it or not. Being wet is like the circumstances of your life. Something happens and your feelings about it don't change a thing. You are still wet.
If you are at peace with the truth of being wet, you will have peace of mind and will be very effective in handling your situation. If you fight the truth of being wet, you will be upset, and the more you fight being wet, the more upset you will be.
Whether you have peace or upset, you are still wet. Your state of mind has nothing to do with your circumstances. Your state of mind depends solely on whether you are at peace with the truth or fighting it.
So why do we fight the truth? We fight the truth because the truth hurts. It strikes a nerve. It reactivates a suppressed hurt from the past. We'll talk more about this later.
You can create a great life, but this won't happen by itself. There are concepts to learn, issues to heal, and specific action to take. Fortunately, the process of transforming your life is relatively simple. You just need to know how.
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