When life is in control you respond with whatever tools you have developed so you don’t get hurt. But the tools you develop for responding instead of observing are the ones which cause you to hurt…
The more you want things different the more you’re a responder instead of an observer. When these responses occur it’s because there isn’t enough observing of what’s happening in the moment. Normally there’s carrying some past event into the present moment and this makes you an responder instead of an observer. It’s very difficult to remain in a state of presence on a continuous bases. This is why there’s a necessity to develop discipline. Without discipline you stay as a responder to life because you haven’t developed the necessary tools to change and become an observer.
Life is always what it is, the way you respond to it when certain conditions arise is determined by conditioning. What makes life different for everyone is how we respond to cope with what happens in the present moment; each of us responds differently. This responding activates our conditioned reactions. The more we live in the past and future the more non-beneficial responses have a chance of being activated. When the present moment is observed responses don’t manifest as reactions because they aren’t activated. Responses can only be activated when they’re not observed. Life can be lived through the noise in the head or it can be lived in the quietness of observing what’s occurring right now. But there’s only quietness when you’re without attached responses. It’s up to you the level of quietness there is and whether you’re a responder or an observer…
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