Learn To Be Less-Reactive

We all have an ego and so we all need to make sure we are doing all we can to stay in check. The ego is that part of our personality that is always trying to protect the id, the part of us that is infantile, powerless and fears feeling vulnerable. Like an adolescent child trying to defend its 3 year old sibling, the ego will resort to its most known and well-rehearsed defense mechanism for help when feeling challenged or fearful.

Defense mechanisms are relied upon until we learn to be less-reactive. We learn to be less-reactive by CHOOSING to NOT react to every emotion, thought and feeling that passes through our conscious field.

If we want to be happy, we have to learn to be less-reactive. Reacting to every feeling we have is maddening as feelings come and go throughout the day. Learning to THINK about the way we FEEL is far more mature and gratifying.

How would your life change if you learned to PAUSE before you reacted to a feeling, thought, emotion or idea? How much chaos would the world be spared if people learned to PAUSE and THINK before they reacted?

Please share how you think pausing could improve your life and the world, if doing so resonates with you.

Namaste…