A practice I've been playing with for some time that I think would make an excellent 30 day trial is playing the game "Everyone is Secretly a Genius."
No matter how messed-up, bizarre, or infuriating the decisions people around you are making, force yourself to go through the exercise of understanding their decision from the perspective that they are serving not only their own needs, but their growth and the growth of humanity as a whole.
So some jerk cuts you off? Force yourself to see that jerk as a living human being who is moved by the same grace that moves saints. How? See the opportunity he gave you to practice detachment from your environment and from stimuli. Your mother was abusive? See her handing you the opportunity to heal the trauma from her past that she was unable to heal. See her putting you through a painful initiation ritual to allow you to grow more massively and expansively than most people have the opportunity for.
Why?
It really doesn't matter, within your experience, if the fantasy you're making up about the other person is true or not. If you can leverage your experience for your own growth and happiness,
you will grow and be happier.
It takes a lot of practice, but it's an incredibly powerful technique for getting over your ego and into your compassion.
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Sam Zoranovich
Unapologetic Genius
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