Floor Practice

[Jpercy8]

These are some instances where I have found that I am not seeing something as "A is A".

1. When driving, when there was a car that drove over the lane markings into the lane I was driving in, I caught myself thinking that is wrong or bad or unsafe for the driver to do so. But in reality the true statement is that their car is slightly driving over the lane markings. Any meaning I attribute to it is made up by me.
2. If I haven't drank enough water, I sometimes think that I should have known to drink more water earlier, or that I could have paid more attention to the feelings of thirst, or that I just can't seem to do things at the right time or in the right way. In reality the true statement is that I didn't drink sufficient water to be hydrated. When I become aware of this, then I can drink water. Whatever I think about myself doesn't change the fact of the current situation.
3. If I am feeling any pain, I sometimes consider that it is wrong to experience the pain, or that I did something bad or wrong that caused the pain. The reality is that I feel pain. A more useful thing to do would be to consider why I might be feeling pain and to allow it, and not judge it/ call it wrong or judge myself/ call myself wrong. I think I may feel entitled to "feel comfortable" in my body, that I shouldn't feel pain, so feeling pain is not matching up with that.
4. When I am supposed to do something I don't want to do (especially when asked by someone else), I can get frustrated and either don't want to do it, or want to do it at a different time. This goes against the entitled attitude of "I want to do whatever I want.." The facts in reality are 1) Something needs to get done, 2) Someone asked me to do something, 3) I responded with _____ (whatever I said). I could ask for a compromise or find another way to get the task done, and I don't have to get upset. There is no "wrong" in reality. There are things that I don't like to do, and there isn't anything wrong with that.

[Sophie]

These are some instances where I have found that I am not seeing something as "A is A".

1. When driving, when there was a car that drove over the lane markings into the lane I was driving in, I caught myself thinking that is wrong or bad or unsafe for the driver to do so. But in reality the true statement is that their car is slightly driving over the lane markings. Any meaning I attribute to it is made up by me.
2. If I haven't drank enough water, I sometimes think that I should have known to drink more water earlier, or that I could have paid more attention to the feelings of thirst, or that I just can't seem to do things at the right time or in the right way. In reality the true statement is that I didn't drink sufficient water to be hydrated. When I become aware of this, then I can drink water. Whatever I think about myself doesn't change the fact of the current situation.
3. If I am feeling any pain, I sometimes consider that it is wrong to experience the pain, or that I did something bad or wrong that caused the pain. The reality is that I feel pain. A more useful thing to do would be to consider why I might be feeling pain and to allow it, and not judge it/ call it wrong or judge myself/ call myself wrong. I think I may feel entitled to "feel comfortable" in my body, that I shouldn't feel pain, so feeling pain is not matching up with that.
4. When I am supposed to do something I don't want to do (especially when asked by someone else), I can get frustrated and either don't want to do it, or want to do it at a different time. This goes against the entitled attitude of "I want to do whatever I want.." The facts in reality are 1) Something needs to get done, 2) Someone asked me to do something, 3) I responded with _____ (whatever I said). I could ask for a compromise or find another way to get the task done, and I don't have to get upset. There is no "wrong" in reality. There are things that I don't like to do, and there isn't anything wrong with that.

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