dailydatewithgod

Do you ever get a tingly sensation when you hear someone say something which has a deep resonance for you?  Have you ever notice when someone bristles at something you say? Both of these experiences of prickles are at their essence sensations.  We are the ones who label them good or bad.  When we find ourselves encountering prickles whether they are situations, ideas, words, people, or memories, they are not inherently positive or negative. Sensations are neutral.  Our interpretation of them is what provides the context.  The meaning we place on them speaks to our state of mind at the moment we are experiencing them.   Recognizing our prickles are contextual and based on our meaning we see the power of our choice.  If prickle (whether an idea, an experience, a person, or thought in our mind) is felt as chilling or spiky we can step away from blaming the prickle and look at what meaning we are attaching.  We are no longer at the whims of the prickles in our lives because those sensations hold only the value we place upon them.  We are freer than we perceive ourselves to be.  I am not saying it is easy to let go of believing it is the prickle causing the distress and anger or even the joy and elation, but it is truer than the idea that we are victims of sensations. We cannot change the prickles but we can be open to creating new meanings.  The simple prayer I say often holds great power for me, “God, how do you see this?”  It is the gateway to tilting the perspective from the eyes of my mind to the eyes of my heart.