Why We Return to Contraction
Por qué regresamos a la contracción
A question about why we keep returning to the contracted state, and the importance of seeing that contraction is not something done to us from outside.
Why We Return to Contraction
A question about why we keep returning to the contracted state, and the importance of seeing that contraction is not something done to us from outside.
Could you say a little more about what you mentioned earlier: asking what it is, or why it is, that we keep returning to the contraction?
So the question is about why we contract, and why we keep going back to it.
It is important to see why, because we can clarify that we are not victims of the contraction. That is the most important thing: to see that it is not something happening to us or done to us by life, the universe, God, conditioning, our past, our parents, or our society.
The belief in an external cause
As long as we believe the cause is coming from outside of us, that we have no power over it, we create a belief system of being a victim. "Victim" is the most accurate word, though it might not be the one that resonates. But this is what happens when we treat the contraction as caused by something outside of us. And "outside of us" could even mean our own mind.