We All Think We’re Right

We all think we’re right.
We all have regrets.

It therefore stands to reason that, in the future,
we will we have regrets about what we think now.
😀

Everything we think comes from copying others, while ignoring the fact that they will have their regrets.

What to do? We need a clean basis to work from – an unshakeable foundation that is totally reliable – so we start from our beginning, our very essence. What was before our first impulse? An impulse is a ‘sudden’ strong and unreflective urge or desire to act. But that wasn’t our beginning, was it?

First, there is conscious awareness. Yes? This conscious awareness has no standpoint; it is just pure observation with absolutely no judgment. Now, a moment later, this pure observation-conscious-awareness turns to memory for information about whatever is seen, and that creates our reactions – or rather, our re-enactions. You see, this information is already biased because it is limited to our library of previous instructions. 🙂

Now there, precisely, is the problem.
Our decision-making comes from memories,
our programming from early years = nurture.

These memories create our attitude,
our persona to engage with life and others.
And, as it is unenlightened, it’s very confused.

In this way, we are prisoners to our own thoughts. We just react … and regret … react … and regret. What to do? Before we re-enact our self, we ask, “What is it? Is it true?”

If, from experience, we realise that people are easily taken in – deceived – we will naturally hold back judgement. Are we being properly informed? Is there a personal agenda?

If, on the other hand, we think things ‘just happen’ or that ‘those in charge are fools’, we have already judged and condemned, and will regret it. It’s like those police videos at a simple traffic stop, showing an ill-informed officer pulling out their gun, and becoming the executioner.

When we hold back from being judgemental,
we will have nothing to regret.
We are de-escalating the situation.

As the Buddha said, “Train the mind, do no harm, do good” = do the right thing!
If we blindly pass on whatever we’ve been told – which is just a belief – we can do much harm.

When we do the right thing, we will have no regrets.
Doubts maybe, but those are just a residue of previous regret.

“Am I doing it again?”
I ask this every time I write. 🙂