Posted to Facebook March 1st.
This chapter is about my inner roommate. Blah, blah, blah. Chatter, chatter, chatter. It can fill up a whole day and then I look back and wonder, "where did the day go?"
What I got from this chapter is that Michael wants us to realize that the part of us that is doing all the chattering is not who we really are (WWRA). On page 15 he suggests that when we are feeling disturbed about something to ask ourselves "What part of me is being disturbed by this? By doing this I can practice recognizing that the disturbed part of me is actually that part we often refer to as things like our ego, or the personality, or the habitual, or the human doing part of me. It is not WIRA.
Once I've remembered that the part of me that is disturbed is not WIRA, it has felt good for me to then ask myself, "What belief is disturbing me about this?" I found that my answer to this question would add even more clarity to the knowing that this disturbance is not WIRA.
Example: "Oh shoot, I am going to be late. I let that phone call/conversation/work on the computer/workout go on to long. I hate being late. What are they going to think? This is going to put me behind on my schedule for the rest of the day. I never have enough time."
1. What part of me is being disturbed by this? Well, it is that very small part of me that can become consumed with what is going on in this moment, in my little world. It's that small me that gets out of balance with the big ME that knows the sun comes back every morning, the seeds for the plants continue to appear, and that water continues to flow downhill, all without me controlling any of it.
2. What belief is disturbing me about this? I hate rushing. I hate pushing. I hate not being in control. When I am not in control I am vulnerable, unprotected.
3. What does WIRA know? WIRA knows I don't need to rush or push. WIRA knows that remaining calm is how I best arrive on time, and if I don't arrive on time, a simple apology is all that is needed. WIRA knows that there was no maliciousness or ulterior motive or disrespect in my lateness. WIRA knows it is an innocent bleep in the schedule and that there is an unfolding here that I will probably never really comprehend in its fullest. If I want a sense of control in my life WIRA knows I do not do that by trying to control all of the outside circumstances, but by my response to them. WIRA knows that there is nothing from which I need to protect myself; my invincibility comes from my 'vulnerability'.
Ahhh, that has soothed/quieted/stopped the resistance of the inner roommate.
What part of this chapter stood out or had value for you?
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