Life is made up of an inconceivable amount of constantly changing life frames. What's in a frame of life? Let me give you an example. You are waiting for a friend, feeling happy and thinking later you will have to finish some work when you arrive back home that evening. Now that's one frame. Through out your day that frame changes constantly, even just one second later. For example, based on the previous one, in the next frame it changes slightly to, your leg is itchy and you start thinking about what you had for lunch that day. A frame of life is generally made up of a place, time, emotions, thoughts, body feelings, opinions, and more. Once a frame of life comes into being, it also starts to change. Frames don't remain still or unchanging.
The worst is when a frame of life is full of negativity. For example, your feeling tired, your spouse is late and your tooth hurts. You begin to complain in your head. This frame feels heavy and feels like it may never pass. Even later, when it did pass, you may recall it and kind of live it again, perhaps wishing it would have been different in some way.
The point of this is to show that each frame of life just comes and then passes. It all seems very real! And, the heavier a frame is with negativity the more it feels like it will never pass. Oppositely, positive frames are lighter and seem to pass easier and with less friction. But, none-the-less, all frames are constantly changing and completely out of your control. You never sit down and decide when you will have negative frames, how long they will last, when they will change or decide when positive ones will come.
The point of this is to show that each frame of life just comes and then passes. It all seems very real! And, the heavier a frame is with negativity the more it feels like it will never pass. Oppositely, positive frames are lighter and seem to pass easier and with less friction. But, none-the-less, all frames are constantly changing and completely out of your control. You never sit down and decide when you will have negative frames, how long they will last, when they will change or decide when positive ones will come.
To begin being aware of change, you can take notice in a casual way that things are always changing. Positive turns to negative, happy comes and goes, an out breath is replaced by an in breath and so on. Practice until you know the truth that all frames are changing, not you and not satisfying. Also to help you see this, a short daily meditation is suggested, but one that is very specific to helping you see the truth (I explain this in detail in another blog with the word meditation in the title). I also recommend listening to a wise teacher who knows the truth.
Aware, meditate and listen is the way of freedom.
Aware, meditate and listen is the way of freedom.
Brian Eric Cohen
www.cohenbrian.wix.com/AwareMeditateListen
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