Sometimes we find it difficult to get up after having been knocked down so many times. Sometimes the impact of our actions are so devastating that we want to quit. These are times when we have the greatest opportunities to stop and learn why we are suffering.
Many of us are unwilling to take the time to understand our behavior. We continue to search aimlessly for the next project to fulfill our illusory beliefs about success and failure. We, unfortunately, don't have the presence of mind to know that we are responsible for creating our own suffering.
It's very difficult to accept that we're truly responsible for our own suffering. And while we say we understand that we're responsible, we are somewhat timid in our convictions. It's a major transition for us to accept total ownership of our actions without believing others did not also contribute to the results.
Nevertheless, when we think about it calmly and clearly, we really don't want to claim responsibility for our failures or disappointments. This is due partly to our beliefs that there's always someone else involved in our actions.
We have been on the blame game journey for so long that it's difficult to stop. Many of us don't want to stop, because to do so invalidates our good actions. When we blame others, we believe our actions were commendable, and that we were victimized by others.
After having lived for a few years, many of us, at one time or another, find ourselves wallowing in our suffering. We have accepted our powerlessness and resigned ourselves to our fate.
We believe we're powerless because of the beliefs we're using to interpret the results of our actions. We have become too dependent on using our beliefs to determine the way the world really is.
Some of us forget that success and failure exist because of our beliefs and values about ourselves and others. However, in many situations, it's difficult for us to ignore the realness of the results before us. And it seems that we're always trying to interpret what's actually happening in every moment of time.
Those of us who are somewhat mindful of our actions have begun to face the facts that we really don't know the difference between our reality and our expectations. This is due, in part, to the way we interpret the results of our actions.
Whenever we do something, we expect some type of results. In many instances, we expect pleasurable or successful results. And if we don't get them, we immediately condemn ourselves. We complain over and over again about our stupidity.
Nevertheless, the real truth of our reality is hidden from us because of our beliefs. For us to perceive our actions and results from a clearer perspective, we must first change our beliefs. And to do this, we must be willing to enter into self-discovery.
We rise from our pain and suffering by our willingness to enter into self-discovery and taking the time to understand why we're acting with such powerlessness.
Self-discovery is where we come face to face with the creator of our suffering. And it's where we must face the fears preventing us from accepting personal responsibility for our actions.
Even though society and its surrogates taught us the beliefs we now claim as our own, in self-discovery we gain the insights to know that we can change them.
Similarly, for those of us who want to rise above the suffering, we must be willing to spend the time and energy working on understanding and changing our beliefs.
If not, we will continue to live with the pain and suffering while seeking things -- money, power, people, and so forth -- to lead us to an unknown blissful destination.
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