I had a fascinating experience in the last couple months that showed me how our thoughts create our experience from moment to moment. Now, I have seen this happen on more than one occasion, but this time it really struck me and gave me a different experience that I have ever had before.
I was on vacation with my family and extended family. We were all enjoying a family game outside in the campground and two kids ran into each other and one of the kids hurt his nose. He started crying and you could tell he took a pretty good hit to the nose. After crying for probably a minute, someone nearby said something about having a spider on them. The kiddo who was crying about his nose immediately stopped, and looked at the person who said they had a spider on them. After what seemed like another minute, someone asked the kiddo how his nose was feeling. Again, almost instantly, the kiddo started crying about their nose.
What is fascinating about this is that as soon as his thought changed from "my nose hurts" to "someone has a spider on them" his mood and emotions instantly changed. He didn't need a tool or tick or coping mechanism. All that happened was he had a different thought and therefore a different feeling. If you watch children this happens all the time. I've heard parents say "well if I can just distract my kid they will stop doing x,w,z, and it's usually talking about an emotion that kid is experiencing. Or they might say, "if I can just get their mind off it".
We are taught from a very early age that our emotions and feelings are "caused" what our life circumstances. However, this is not true and just watch children to find that out. Kids are pure of heart and are always living in the moment, experiencing an emotion in that moment, and don't give two hoots about what someone did or said to them 5 minutes ago or what they have to do later that day or tomorrow.
If you want to see the Three Principles of Mind, Consciousness, and Thought in action, watch how kids interact with the world, take notes, and do what they do.
Until next time.
Jackson
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