Emotional overreaction indicates incomplete comprehension

 

The ultimate nature of ALL things is perfect neutrality

 

When you’re very used to something — it doesn’t make you dramatically emotional;

 

When you’re used to something — you’re neutral

(Curiously, this neutral can be ‘neutral-boring’, or ‘neutral-apathetic’, or ‘neutral-loving’)

Bottom line is, your state, and your reaction, and your emotions, don’t fluctuate

 

We’re often emotional aren’t we?

We get angry

We get sad

We get excited

You look around and there’s all this crazy turmoil

I tell you it’s our incomplete comprehension which is at fault

 

See, what we fail to understand — surprises us

Positively, negatively,

We subsequently react emotionally,

It’s an adaptation

If it surprises you — then it’s outside of your control

Emotion triggers you to adapt, by seizing control

 

E.g. fear of a saber-toothed tiger causes you to adapt to the situation by AVOIDING that evil monster

Feeling of boredom is perhaps a suggestion that you’re not exactly living, but rotting;

Anger is a sign that someone, something is MISPLACED;

Sadness is your attachment to something you consider valuable

etc

 

…but if only you understood,

you wouldn’t be so volatile

 

if only you understood,

you’d understand that all passes

it wouldn’t sadden you no more

and you’d understand exactly what’s in your control, and what’s not,

and that otherwise everything is exactly how it’s supposed to be

it wouldn’t anger you no more

and you’d understand that to live is to be ALIVE

and you wouldn’t seek pleasure and distraction and excitement any more

etc

 

and this is what I want you to understand

all this turmoil in the world,

you’d think there’s a good, external reason,

no

it’s all within

sure it manifests on the outside,

but it’s the turmoil of each and every one of us

it’s our ignorance

it’s our confusion

it’s our incomplete comprehension

and we don’t just “solve” some problem and solve this problem of our inner turmoil,

of all this craziness and emotions and outrage

what must be solved is our CONSCIOUSNESS

our COMPREHENSION

and then there can be peace