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Originally Posted by padme  It's difficult for me to understand how I could be responsible - even a little bit - to how people in general treat me. I don't feel responsible for my allowing my friends to put me down and call me names. I didn't provoke them. I didn't do anything to them. I didn't ask to be treated badly. It would be insane if I did. And what about complete strangers and other people who barely know me who say nasty things to me behind my back (or to my face)? Surely I can't be held responsible for that. |
Every human being in this world has only one ultimate freedom - the freedom to choose how they perceive the world and events around them. This is the only freedom that can never be taken away from you. As are we all, you are responsible for the way you chose to perceive events in your life, and how you let them affect you.
Imagine that your soul is a sponge that absorbs thoughts and feelings, that it is completely deaf and blind to the outside world, and absorbs only the thoughts & emotions running through your mind. You spend your time dwelling on negetive events, negetive emotions and the futility of your existence, and so your sponge has become saturated with darkness. When you dwell on the negetive, your are choosing to let that darkness penetrate to the very core of your being.
It is up to you, and only you, to fill your world with happiness. Your mind can be a filter which allows only happiness, joy & positivity to penetrate down to your soul. You just have to switch your focus.
Visualise your sponge every day, notice and celebate the positivity you have allowed it to soak up. If you see that it is full of negetivity, visualise gripping it with both hands and ringing, watching all the darkness pour away in front of you. And next time somebody insults you, refuse to let their negetivity penetrate you. Discard their darkness at the gate.
Contrary to what was said earlier in this thread, it is not a case of either you changing or the rest of the world. Both are in fact the same. You yourself have the power to change the world, simply by changing your perception of it.