Apr 17, 2023·edited Apr 17, 2023Liked by Anthony Gold
Anthony, this article made me realize growth, expansion requires reaching forward to new areas but in doing so we necessarily and simultaneously have to let go of the old comfortable niches we find our comfort in. And the "annoyance" of ball dropping is just comprised of self judgement once again and thoughts of self ridicule. Whereas a gentler response of accepting the drops as part of the whole process would be more helpful.
Hi Beth - well said! Although please note that it’s not so much “letting go” of niches as it is looking at them - at everything - with kindness, with gentleness, with a light-heartedness, and without judgment. So rather than trying to drop our self-judgment, which is impossible as an ego, we change how we look at it. More specifically, we change with “whom” we look.
Well, that helps me even more! Thanks Anthony, now that IS helpful. If I am looking with gentleness and kindness at all my own shortcomings, then I am not identifying myself with them which I am when I self judge, right? I am looking from my soul instead of my egoic self right?
Anthony, this article made me realize growth, expansion requires reaching forward to new areas but in doing so we necessarily and simultaneously have to let go of the old comfortable niches we find our comfort in. And the "annoyance" of ball dropping is just comprised of self judgement once again and thoughts of self ridicule. Whereas a gentler response of accepting the drops as part of the whole process would be more helpful.
Hi Beth - well said! Although please note that it’s not so much “letting go” of niches as it is looking at them - at everything - with kindness, with gentleness, with a light-heartedness, and without judgment. So rather than trying to drop our self-judgment, which is impossible as an ego, we change how we look at it. More specifically, we change with “whom” we look.
Well, that helps me even more! Thanks Anthony, now that IS helpful. If I am looking with gentleness and kindness at all my own shortcomings, then I am not identifying myself with them which I am when I self judge, right? I am looking from my soul instead of my egoic self right?
That’s right. Which we’ll talk about in much greater detail in tonight’s class.