“The mind is yang in nature. Constantly looking for movement, drama, comparison, information and generating form after form. Never still, never content, never at peace. And that is fine, for that is it’s design and it does a very good job of it. But if you give it too much importance, it will drive you mad and forever restless.”
Michael Hetherington
That's mind's job to be active, working non-stop and involve in 'sufferings'. It's part of our human being.
Drama queen. Ladies, watch out! My personal sharing.
It took me years to take distance and at times even separate myself from my inner 'Drama Queen'. That character was very popular in the female line of our family at times! Spending time together in intense family weekends in the country houses and going back to my shell been full of presents of learning about the female 'Drama Queen' - Dynamics.
Sometimes she still shows off as a primal reaction. I'm happy to see her again. She got a great message for me. Then first question I ask my beautiful inner 'Drama Queen':
"Darling, tell me: What are you afraid of?"
Of course she starts complaining, whining, telling me stories from the past and possible negative scenarios that 'might happen'.
Second question I ask her gently in my mind:
" I know you're trying to help and protect me from my negative past experience. What can i do for you to avoid that? "
And you know what?
Sometimes my inner 'Drama Queen' is reminding me about things that are important to me: my values, my deep desires. But more often those expressed emotions are just fears and unprocessed pains from the past wounds.
In my work I call it: conscious contemplation. I did on myself Years ago before i've heard about Trans-personal Psychology, which is working with Parts ( Sub-Personalities ) of our Subconscious.
In Yoga philosophy this known as Self-Study (Svadhyaya), one limb before Surrendering to the Divine ( Ishvara Pranidhana) and remarkably before Asana ( Physical Yoga practice ) .
" Svadhyaya means, literally, “to recollect (to remember, to contemplate, to meditate on) the Self.” It is the effort to know the Self that shines as the innermost core of your being.... learn to recognize when you are acting in harmony with your goals and when you are unconsciously acting counter to them. " *
Worth mentioning about one of the well-known Spiritual Bypassing what i learned from my wonderful spiritual teachers in 'Yoga & Psychotherapy course':
" I don't want drama in my life! " Many of my friends been expressing their frustrations with their partners.
What do you want instead? Peace and harmony? Yes?
Alright, please let’s have a look first inwards.
How your mind IS creating this drama in your perception of actions of other people? What are those actions triggering inside of you? Why is reaction so important to you?
You can dive in distractions and procrastination or escape in over-working and even hide in skillfully guided Meditations away from your emotional messages or running away** if it get emotionally intense.
Avoiding the internal emotional conflicts does not resolve it, it makes the emotional baggage piling up and it’s becoming even a bigger burden.
The last step i do in my 'Inner Work' with my ' Drama Queen'.
Inside of myself I decide:
- What is 'my baggage' i'm fighting with?
- How can i solve it?
- What do i need to give to myself in order to solve it?
- What is my family 'heritage'?
- What is my truth?
- What is a good point from all what I've heard?
- What makes sense to me in order to be in the emotional space i want to be?
The Art of Mind - Mastery for me is: to take your eager Mind-dude under control and make him to work with you: to protect and enable and for you: to pursue and accomplish towards your Soul Purpose.
Learning observing those emotions, dealing with primal reactions and finding your own truth that will serve your values, goals and purpose.
If you're interested to solve your baggages, receive messages from your inner 'Drama Queen' or need a support to find your truth I got just 2 places left for my bi-weekly online - coaching program
'MIND MASTERY'
P.S. Dear spiritual seeker, yoga teacher, mental coach or consultant!
Those insights are immensely valuable if you cleanse your way to your 'Vertical path' of Higher state of Consciousness or Samadhi.
What can you do?
1. Create peace with your ‘baggage’ by daily journaling
2. Do your inner 'Deep Work', find a coach or a friend who will support you in this
3. Know well your EGO and when and how its triggered
4. your Sub-Personalities, listen. Because if you work one-on-one with people and you're not rooted in Meditation & Self-Awareness then your mind will be constantly triggered for emotional reactions which a rooted deeply in your subconscious and your clients / students will feel it.
LINKS:
How to deal with stress and emotions? Watch the FREE video Day 3 of the 'Peaceful mind & Happy body' Challenge:
* Yoga Philosophy Source
**I’ve recorded a Youtube video on ‘Drama escapers’
Thank you Michael, Elica and Maha for inspirations!
Peace & Harmony to all!