Is awareness of self in relation to an outcome, happening, or event more important than the particular outcome that we do or don't like?---The 'movie' of the happenings or movements of the self?
It seems that we do things with the motive of minimizing the flux of duality, in particular the pain of it. Maybe in and of itself that is a wrong focus. The reason being that when we struggle to minimize pain, if too extreme, we increase it, as does the continual obsession of maximizing pleasure. Either effort in either direction, if too extreme, only increases the pain and dischord.
Can we exist with What Is and work with it without exerting excessive pressure? ....Take a Deep Breath and Count to Ten...
It seems that we do things with the motive of minimizing the flux of duality, in particular the pain of it. Maybe in and of itself that is a wrong focus. The reason being that when we struggle to minimize pain, if too extreme, we increase it, as does the continual obsession of maximizing pleasure. Either effort in either direction, if too extreme, only increases the pain and dischord.
Can we exist with What Is and work with it without exerting excessive pressure? ....Take a Deep Breath and Count to Ten...