Oct '24 • 🪬 | Insights
"Only you can take inner freedom from yourself or give it to yourself. Nobody else can."
Sadhguru teaches that if you "react" to what someone says to you, you become enslaved to them.
Observation:
Hearing such a dramatic expression made me realize how much power over me I give away by reacting... He feels that the someone only said words that you then gave the meaning to. You chose for the meaning to be hurtful thus hurting your own self in the process.
He made the example that if the someone had used a language you did not understand, it couldn't have hurt you, therefore, you have the power to give meaning to the words you hear. 🤯
This resonated with me because inner freedom to me is the ability to decide what sparks or arouses a feeling out of you. It is also freedom from self-judgement and thoughts of people judging you.
Inner freedom is important because you get the most out of life. By welcoming each and every situation as-is without it being clouded by your pre-disposition.
Application:
By practicing PAUSE, I can seek to achieve inner peace. Pausing before reacting. At that moment, I will have a choice. To choose PEACE or WAR (with myself or with the other person).
Plan:
I plan to make pausing a habit by practicing Ujjayi and taking an inhalation of "peace" before I respond. And also withdrawing from self-judgment by cueing "I love me or I am enough" when negative thoughts arise.
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"Only you can take inner freedom from yourself or give it to yourself. Nobody else can."
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