Lesson 2: Never take anything personally!
Posted: 07 Oct 2016 11:38
Never take anything personally, nor semi-personally!
Many of you will think "I don't take anything personally, BUT...". Right! But! This is where exactly your problem starts. You DO take things personally even if you believe that you don't do that.
Each time you get mad at someone,
each time you get agitated by whatsoever,
each time you feel your blood rushing to your head,
each time you feel the need to (over)react,
each time you feel the need to defend yourself for no obvious reason,
each time you ask for a confirmation regarding your efforts,
each time you show off (mostly without realizing that you do it)
you take things personally. You are very welcome to add more situations to the above list.
Everyone of us has been taught to take things personally. This is how society in most countries works and tests of the type "are you a good ..." spread all over the mass/social media are reinforcing your ego, your false ego that tends to take everything personally and gives you hard times by triggering every possible negative aspect in you.
You should always do your best without expecting a confirmation from anyone. Do the best you can according to your own conscience and always in accordance with the 5 light rules. And please, do defend yourself and others who depend upon you, but only if you really have to, not if you feel the need to do so because something meaningless triggered the defense mechanism in you. Examine the situation before overreacting.