Not Mind What Happens

To not create stories you have to not mind what happens. Whenever you want things different your power is transferred to whatever it is that’s wanted different and hence your story is created…

If you don’t see the story that you create, it becomes you and it takes you on the ride of whatever the story is. There’s story after story of something that happened in the past. There’s the story of your favorite team playing or work. How about the family story or the story of just wanting things different. The stories shape your life because of attachment not because of what happens. These attached stories are where emotions arise from, they’re where fear, discontent, and anger form and gain power. This is what attachment does, it takes the power away from you and hands it over to the attachment. Without attachment you have the power of how what happens in your life affects you; not so when there’s attachment. You cannot relinquish control without attaching a story to what happens.

This is how it works, throughout the day if there isn’t discipline in place to remain present, the story begins and your power gets transferred to attachment. It doesn’t matter what the story is, that you have transferred your power to an outside source is what matters. It’s outside because objects, people, and circumstances control you and here’s the kicker, your own mind has done this. The first thing is to understand what’s written here so you see what’s happening. Think of this as it’s summertime, as you tend to your lawn you may not be able to get rid of all the dandelions, but if you learn to not mind them the story that they’re a problem won’t be a created. Basically what has to be done in order not to create stories is you have to not mind what happens. If you want things to be different, your power will be transferred to whatever it is that’s wanted different. So watch your stories, don’t mind what happens and even though you may have a lawn full of dandelions, it won’t matter all that much…