Sometimes we create idols within ourselves. Probably, many have now read this and did not understand what I mean. This is not only about the objects that we admire, but also about the blind worship of something, someone. So a person is capable of creating an idol within himself. And it can be both positive and negative. That is, you can say about yourself: “I am so successful” or “I am a complete loser”, “I am so beautiful” or, on the contrary, “I am ugly”. It turns out that a person attaches labels to himself, either invented by him or imposed from outside.
Take a piece of paper and a pen, and write about all your beliefs, about everything that you can say about yourself, write everything that you think, just be honest. Then you can see how many characteristics you have in yourself. And they, like a comfortable suit, sit in general perfectly, but sometimes they can hurt. If it hurts, then the person begins to change himself, go to all sorts of trainings and self-development courses, something there he reads useful things, trying to deal with his problems, not at all realizing that he himself created!
These are the idols I'm talking about! They are dragging behind us, and we may not even notice it. We consider them to be the correct attitudes, and almost begin to worship them! We can become strongly attached to what gives us joy or, on the contrary, what annoys us, to what makes us happy or infuriates us. These indestructible images that we have created within ourselves with our own hands, and we think that our reality is simply obliged to correspond to them. And so we hold on to our idols, so as not to betray ourselves.
But it's time to get rid of this and stop idealizing your beliefs. You just need to live! It is necessary not to divide everything around into black and white, but to live your experience in a variety of bright colors. Sometimes it happens that we get angry when it would be better to remain kind, too airy, but we need to concentrate, get irritated, if we cannot convince someone of something, but rather try to understand, we are offended, although we just need to hug and kiss, etc.
It is important to rethink your beliefs. What is the point of dwelling on your beliefs, if life is constantly changing, you are also changing with it, and your occupation is changing and the people around you too? And why are you wasting your time on something that obscures a bold mind, a free conscience and love?
Yes, it’s hard to take it like that and refuse all this, but try to listen to yourself, try to be in harmony with yourself, in peace, in harmony. I myself face my idols every day, and, without getting tired, I struggle with them. Every day I am different, sometimes cheerful, sometimes sad, sometimes kind, sometimes angry, sometimes disappointed, sometimes satisfied with everything.
Our internal idols are able to decorate life, make it easier and more understandable, but they can also limit us and upset us if we use them in the wrong place and at the wrong time, falling into their captivity. Each of the installations in your head was created in a certain situation, there was some time for it, but it is important to be able to say goodbye to it. The world is changing, you are changing, and beliefs are changing too!
Tell us in the comments, how do you manage to find a balance within yourself between attitudes and some situations? How do you let go of your beliefs? How do you say goodbye to your idols?
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