Meeting the real me
So I said earlier this blog is about my road from now to the future. I was also hoping to share some stories. So here is one, a personal story.
There is only one enemy – ourselves.
Have you noticed the human tendency to escalate and rebel? Even if our daily experience provides us only with happy reasons, if there is any bit of unexpressed anger in us we would change the narrative so that it looks like the injustice was there all along. We need our antagonist so that we can keep running away.
Bluebeard
When a human experience repeats itself, stories are born. One of such is the story of Bluebeard. And literally hundreds of others. As we learn about them, we can get in charge of our narrative. Write our own stories - and lives.
What makes you human?
There are a few qualities that make us different from other animals. Anthropologist Margaret Mead brought the example of the 15,000 year old human thigh bone with a healed fracture, as a prominent sign of civilisation.
Basic human needs
This entry is about our basic needs. Having them listed out and summarised may be a good way to analyse our conscience and confess to ourselves - did we do our homework?
Are you taking care of yourself?
How much of our feeling-happy is determined by chemical imbalance of the brain? Or perhaps nobody taught us how to properly address our needs? Or perhaps there is something we can change in ourselves, that could do the trick.
Drama triangle in action
If you are familiar with the basics of Karpman’s triangle, you might be interested in various movements around its circumference.
General concept of a drama triangle
Nowadays mental health is a thing. One of the signs that may signal there is something worth checking out is recognition of the Karpman's drama triangle.
If you don’t enjoy what you are doing, you shouldn’t be doing it.
Yoga consists of eight limbs. First limb is a collection of yamas, ethical rules in Hinduism. Aparigrapha is one of them. This life lesson is definitely occupying most of my thoughts recently.
Are we not really sad because our hearts are closed?
So often we get trapped in our thinking patterns that are supposed to protect us from experiencing the sensations. By doing so we deny some parts of reality, we repress parts of our nature.
If you could change three things when this is over, what would that be?
Since March 2020 most of the Western world has held its breath in view of the coronavirus spreading throughout our societies. Most of the governments asked that we stay at home and limit interactions outside of our households to the minimum, to curb the reach of the virus. Most of us are pretty overwhelmed. And maybe surprised by the impact it has on our lives. How many habits we have that keep us going in our daily routines.