Human beings distract themselves from what matters. They do so consciously and unconsciously, every single moment.
You may ask yourself when you do this and why. You may not even recognize you do this. You may observe other people do this and wonder if you do, but choose to remain selectively ignorant. Every level of awareness silently teaches you things. You are preparing to explore aspects of yourself in more detail. Consider these 7 reasons why you distract yourself;
1) You lie to yourself. Each person develops the idea that they lack something intrinsic to their lives. From the moment this illusion is conceived, the mind begins to believe it. Every thought, feeling and perception adjusts to rationalize and justify what has to be done to reverse the imagined lack.
2) You judge yourself. Each person goes through phases of defining mistakes in their lives. From the instant a mistake is detected, the inner judge is triggered or awakened to criticize, reprimand, and call the shots. To have inner conviction does not relieve a person from the consequences of their actions.
3) You listen to media. Each person tends to be influenced in some way by social messages distributed through media. This includes print, radio, internet and television broadcasts. Where the motive or priority of media producers is financial profit, this does not mean they demonstrate any sense of social responsibility. When people do not take responsibility for their emotions or reasons they support media, then they do not take responsibility for raising self-awareness and reducing negative consequences of each situation they come to face.
4) You favor efficiency. Each person is mesmerized by the notion of productivity. This raises values about how to work faster, better, cheaper. These assertions translate into efficiency. And yet, people will rarely go steps further to ask questions such as, "efficient for whom?" and "at whose or what expense?"People do not always agree that everything is equal and nothing is better or worse. It is all in your perception.
5) You harbour opinions. Each person nurtures conscious beliefs about the truth. This flows into views on life and death, what is possible, provable, likely or inconceivable. Beliefs evolve to become viewed as essential to mental stability and confirm personal reality. In essence, people come to construct a sense of existence around experiences that are imagined or unfounded. Opinions hide prejudice and misunderstanding.
6) You stray from basic qualities. Each person is basically energy grounded in love, compassion and kindness. Where the common thread is limitless compassion, respect for others would be automatic in thought, word and deed.
7) You do not rely on yourself. Many people seek outside themselves for answers to everything. They do not nurture faith inside and resist messages from their intuition. Its always possible to be more open-minded, less sceptical and more confident. This relates back to awareness and steps you can take to become more attuned to energy and your true self.