Dharma Daze #4: 10/31/21
Calm. Cool. Confident.
Calm, cool, confident.
Collected works as well, but confidence is something i need a reminder of. The reminder that i can go for things and be okay. That i’m worthy of believing in myself and things will end up fine regardless. A reminder that I’m typically well thought with good intentions, so don’t hold myself back by taking myself too seriously.
I think a lot of us have an inherent mistrust of ourselves. Our judgments of our perceived failures cause dents in our self esteem. Much mental pain is a matter of perspective. If you do not have faith in yourself and your decision making skills, how could you be at peace?
The only way, well, maybe not only, but one way is through constant distraction, perpetually numbing ourselves to the pain. And this is a false lack of pain, because it is not eradicated. It only lurks beneath the surface, waiting for an opportunity to pounce.
The same way people become addicted to painkillers or drugs, we become addicted to the cycle of numbing our underlying mental anguish with distractions. Flooding our brain and dampening our vibration with an incessant flow of stimuli. Constant stimulus changes our brain waves neurologically. Unable to be at rest, it constantly needs to be consuming something provided by the outside world.