I can't believe how quickly, how seemingly irreversibly I got at my sister-in-law yesterday over politics. Like I can still feel it in myself, that surge of ego, and I thought I was so cleansed of those ego feelings/ lower voices that instill anger and hatred over nothing.
As I practice tolerance today I realize all hatred of others is based on the seeming illusion that they are somehow separate from myself. The good news is that the ego - anger reactions based on this false perception is quickly reversible, spontaneously reversible.
The key is to remind myself that the emotional reaction - the hurt - is evidence that I am perceiving the situation incorrectly. Then I can drop my immediate reaction in the defensive to a incorrectly perceived conflict.
Today I will LET THE FEELING OF THE CONFLICT, THE TIGHTENING BE A CLEAR REMINDER TO MYSELF THAT I AM IN ERROR. I will use the tightening as a signal that I am mistaken. It only takes a moment, less than that, to rediscover the Truth. The Truth is always effortless by virtue of the fact that it aligns with What Is.
The error is perception is based on earlier habits, and is part of the process of discovery.
My mantra today is tolerance.
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