Sovereignty

[Razard86]

Sovereignty = The authority to self-govern. It means that entity has complete power to determine how it seeks to govern/manage itself. One of the issues I have had throughout my life is I would feel bad for the sufferings of others. I wanted to go around and force people to be happier, to stop thinking negative. One of the greatest things I came across last year was the philosophical adage "Everything is your mirror." Through deep contemplation of this meaning and reading and listening to various individuals explain this it revealed to me some of the different ways I violated the sovereignty of others. I then called my friends and asked them and they admitted I did this but they knew my intentions so they let it go. 

Its funny, I do not like to bother or disturb people, which is also why I get annoyed and angry when they bother and disturb themselves with negative thoughts or actions that inflict harm on themselves. But the irony in my attempt to stop the suffering of others, I added to their suffering by trying to fix or change their suffering. Its funny how paradoxical life is. Now why was I doing this? Because I didn't want to acknowledge my own negative thoughts, so I hated when others acknowledged their own. I hated the part that others expressed that I refused to expressed. Why? Because I believed that "I wasn't like that." Its so funny the moment you realize that everyone and everything is just showing you your reflection and you will only have issues if you believe that reflection is someone else's.

This mirror game with reality is so funny. You think yourself a he or she, and the self as other so it bothers you. The moment you realize you aren't a self, you are all selves then what can bother you? You become lucid in this dream we call life. Its like you are a baby and someone is saying peek a bo and you are no longer surprised. Its like I get it, its the same face I saw before. Its like I get it...every face, every thought, every emotion, everything...IS ME. 

[Tyler Robinson]

@Razard86 I think when you become that person and that person becomes you, you sort of learn to own their suffering. Their suffering triggers you just as much. But at the same time, letting others be themselves is sometimes the best solution to all kinds of suffering. Imagine a mother who is constantly trying to fix a child. That paradoxically also means that there is something wrong with the child. 

[Godishere]

I noticed a similar thing in myself. In the past I would get frustrated and emotional by people's actions. I realized they were just mirroring how I was feeling about myself. If people cause an emotional reaction in you it probably has nothing to do with them, it has everything to do with you and what you allow into your mind. Realize this and set yourself free. It's like when you judge someone for doing something you deem selfish. You judging that person is sinking to their level! You are literally mirroring their behavior and you wonder why you're so fucked off at the world.

Edited September 4, 2022 by Godishere

[Razard86]

1 hour ago, Godishere said:

I noticed a similar thing in myself. In the past I would get frustrated and emotional by people's actions. I realized they were just mirroring how I was feeling about myself. If people cause an emotional reaction in you it probably has nothing to do with them, it has everything to do with you and what you allow into your mind. Realize this and set yourself free. It's like when you judge someone for doing something you deem selfish. You judging that person is sinking to their level! You are literally mirroring their behavior and you wonder why you're so fucked off at the world.

Yes you get it. 

 

2 hours ago, Tyler Robinson said:

@Razard86 I think when you become that person and that person becomes you, you sort of learn to own their suffering. Their suffering triggers you just as much. But at the same time, letting others be themselves is sometimes the best solution to all kinds of suffering. Imagine a mother who is constantly trying to fix a child. That paradoxically also means that there is something wrong with the child. 

That's the thing to get triggered is resistance. If you are getting triggered it means you are still not accepting that trait, behavior, whatever as a part of you. Its fine, its not bad, but it does mean you haven't fully accepted it yet. The moment you do, is when you admit you have the same trait, behavior, etc. as them. Then it will no longer trigger you. For it to work though, you have to notice when you do something similar. 

For example if someone steals something you may say but hey I don't steal. Yeah you may not, but maybe you have lied or cheated. To steal something you have to deceive, and lies are deception. Or maybe you don't speak up for yourself but hide how you feel about something and then eventually you explode. You exploded because you hid your truthful feelings which means you were being dishonest which means you were being deceptive.

If you pay close attention to yourself you will notice these behaviors within you which will stop you from judging and thinking others are different.

Edited September 4, 2022 by Razard86