Velcro Expectations

Velcro expectations are mostly noticed when things aren’t as they are wanted, but even when your expectations are in your favor the velcro mind still controls because of how it clings…

Let go and be free or hold on and suffer, that is the dilemma. Expect things a certain way and when they aren’t in that way the next step in the process is to react to the results of what is expected. When there’s expectations there’s labeling and when you attach labels you cling; this is developing a velcro mind. The more you label the more there’s expectations which is the velcro that makes you cling. Even if expectations work out the way you think they’re suppose to be there’s still clinging, but it’s not noticed as a problem because the situation is as it’s wanted. The velcro mind clings to everything that’s labeled and it labels everything so there’s clinging to everything, but it’s not noticed because you mostly only focus on the things that don’t go your way.

Life is one continuous expectation, but it’s only in the disappointing ones that you think your velcro mind clings; most are unaware of this moment by moment labeling process. When the mind quiets enough to innerstand this the labeling process of everything as this or that lessens and so do your expectations. This results in a mind that is free of clinging and minus the effects of velcro expectations; without this velcro effect it’s impossible to suffer…