Amazing read Shefali! Love the easy thought provoking nudges to step out of the cave and to experience life the way one is meant to experience, on their own terms.
Love this statement :
Growth is a choice; however it leads to immense discomfort at first. The status quo, hence, is appealing and the reason why people often vehemently protect it.
Amazing read Shefali. Kudos to your deep thinking. You have been able to convey your message with beautiful examples. I loved the phrase ‘Any form of enlightenment is painful because the self-serving ego resists expanding in order to make us feel safe and worthy. Seeing another reality means allowing the feeling of vulnerability and going through the discomfort of unknowing’. Cheers
Thank you Shefali -so much to think about - till what stage do you stay in the discomfort zone and try to work yourself out vs when you give up and let it overcome you - "I've become - comfortably numb"!
Well written. I had to read more than once to understand this. As far as movie is concerned, I always feel the same.
A movie that I can relate is Matrix.
Also, I remembered Devdutt patnaik, and his explanation, wherein he thinks the pursuit of truth is just another form of ego to satisfy our intellect with an explanation that it can comprehend.
Amazing read Shefali! Love the easy thought provoking nudges to step out of the cave and to experience life the way one is meant to experience, on their own terms.
Love this statement :
Growth is a choice; however it leads to immense discomfort at first. The status quo, hence, is appealing and the reason why people often vehemently protect it.
Amazing read Shefali. Kudos to your deep thinking. You have been able to convey your message with beautiful examples. I loved the phrase ‘Any form of enlightenment is painful because the self-serving ego resists expanding in order to make us feel safe and worthy. Seeing another reality means allowing the feeling of vulnerability and going through the discomfort of unknowing’. Cheers
So thought provoking Shefali - loved reading this. This bit hit home for me:
“We often get stuck in psychic caves, “movies” of our own making that are a prison of sort that prevents us from seeing the other ‘reality’”.
Made me reflect on the movie I keep replaying in my head over and over again!
Thank you Shefali -so much to think about - till what stage do you stay in the discomfort zone and try to work yourself out vs when you give up and let it overcome you - "I've become - comfortably numb"!
Well written. I had to read more than once to understand this. As far as movie is concerned, I always feel the same.
A movie that I can relate is Matrix.
Also, I remembered Devdutt patnaik, and his explanation, wherein he thinks the pursuit of truth is just another form of ego to satisfy our intellect with an explanation that it can comprehend.