Unwelcomed Expectations

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

Let go and be free or hold on and suffer, those are the choices. 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 the unwelcomed expectations. When there’s expectations there’s labeling and when you attach labels you cling; this is developing an unwelcomed mind. The more you label the more there’s expectations which make you cling. Even if expectations work out the way you think they’re suppose to there’s still clinging, but it’s not noticed as a problem because the situation is as it’s wanted. The unwelcomed mind clings to everything that’s labeled and it labels everything so there’s clinging to everything, but it’s not noticed because there’s mostly focus on the things welcomed.

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