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Nesting Obsessions
"It is our imagination that is responsible for love, not the other person" - Marcel Proust
What we know as love is something that is viewed from our own experience, mind and viewpoint. To love doesn't mean you are responsible for others to love you back. That is the essence of loving despite all the odds. When feelings are especially new, we love with our imaginations with plenty of room for misinterpretations and our feelings start creating a story that doesn't exist. Then there are times when we become obsessed, especially when there is the threat of loss, and we start to create our worlds around imagination rather than being present. We create futures that don’t exist or project hope that maybe it could exist if only things were different or could change. Self projected futures. That will inevitably cause worry and anxiety.
Obsessions are merely our imagination not being in the present moment. Obsessions couldn’t exist if we are fully aware of the moment. So as I find myself compiling obsessive thoughts and feelings, I remind myself that the monster is in fact not real and let go of its grasp that is stealing the present moment away from me. There are so many ways to get that present moment back. Some meditate while others can just take a walk and observe the environment with all their senses. Find a way to connect yourself to what's happening right now and you'll see your obsessions become smaller and life isn't lived behind a filter of thought.
Nesting Obsessions
"It is our imagination that is responsible for love, not the other person" - Marcel Proust
What we know as love is something that is viewed from our own experience, mind and viewpoint. To love doesn't mean you are responsible for others to love you back. That is the essence of loving despite all the odds. When feelings are especially new, we love with our imaginations with plenty of room for misinterpretations and our feelings start creating a story that doesn't exist. Then there are times when we become obsessed, especially when there is the threat of loss, and we start to create our worlds around imagination rather than being present. We create futures that don’t exist or project hope that maybe it could exist if only things were different or could change. Self projected futures. That will inevitably cause worry and anxiety.
Obsessions are merely our imagination not being in the present moment. Obsessions couldn’t exist if we are fully aware of the moment. So as I find myself compiling obsessive thoughts and feelings, I remind myself that the monster is in fact not real and let go of its grasp that is stealing the present moment away from me. There are so many ways to get that present moment back. Some meditate while others can just take a walk and observe the environment with all their senses. Find a way to connect yourself to what's happening right now and you'll see your obsessions become smaller and life isn't lived behind a filter of thought.