Black And White Thinking

[Hsinav]

With inspiration from this forum, I found a very powerful and simple tool for myself helping me navigate in everyday life. With great results!

I often ask myself: How much black & white thinking is underlying this situation, this person, this thing etc. and very often I find black & white thinking synonymous with unconsciousness wich of course is not the direction I want to go. Maybe not news for many of you but this simple realisation has changed a lot for me.

Thanks.

 

 

[Jacobsen]

I tend to ask myself "how conciouss is this person right now". I do this especialy with toxic people and behavior.

The danger is getting identified with your awareness. You might think that your are superior, which has distracted me from turning toxicity back unto myself, to see where i am being toxic. There is a lot to take responsibility for if you want results, especialy in regards to other people.

[Hsinav]

1 hour ago, Jacobsen said:

I tend to ask myself "how conciouss is this person right now". I do this especialy with toxic people and behavior.

The danger is getting identified with your awareness. You might think that your are superior, which has distracted me from turning toxicity back unto myself, to see where i am being toxic. There is a lot to take responsibility for if you want results, especialy in regards to other people.

Very true, and you have to be aware of that the opposite of you're assumptions always can be true.

[Jacobsen]

Yes. I ask myself whether an assumption or judgement made by someone is actually a comment on themeselves. Aplying this thought i have noticed that very often that the person who judges could easily apply that judgement to themeselves. It definitely puts things into perspective i find.  Its like you subconciously verbalize your issues without realizing, like a type of warning to oneself and the people who listen. It makes me causious of my own judging, or atleast that is what i hope.