5 Steps to Recreate Your Interpretations

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posted by Deepak Chopra Jun 25, 2008 3:00 am

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5 Steps to Recreate Your Interpretations

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Adapted from Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, by Deepak Chopra (Harmony Books, 2007).

When you begin to get into the habit of consciously and carefully examining your old interpretations in this way, you create a space for spontaneous moments of freedom. These five steps might carry you into this line of reasoning:

1. I feel hurt, but that doesn’t mean the other person was bad or meat to hurt me. There’s always another side to the story, despite my hurt.
2. I’ve been hurt like this before, and therefore maybe I was too quick to judge this incident. I need to see each thing as it is.
3. I don’t need to see myself as a victim here. When was the last time I was on the other side of the same situation? Didn’t I feel pretty caught up in my own motives?
4. Let me forget my feelings for a second. How did that other person feel? Perhaps he just lost control or was too wrapped up in his own world to notice my hurt.
5. This incident can help me. I don’t really care about blaming this person or getting back. I want to find out the kinds of things that create threat in me.

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Connie Volkman says
Jun 25, 2008 1:29 PM

This came at the right time today at the place I "work." I play with highly charged emotional people - artists, and sometimes it's a real hot moment and feelings get hurt. We are more alike than different but sometimes a jab or two can put a cloud on a sunny day. I think I will print this out to remind me that it's not always about ME or to just let it roll.
Thank you,

Connie

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Sylvia Wulf says
Jun 25, 2008 11:25 AM

This line of thinking seems so obvious while all is calm, but it's often hard to implement in the heat of the moment :-)
Thanks for reminding me once again of what I know, but need a refresher sometimes!

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