Today when I arrived at class the
teacher
- T - did not reply to my greeting.. As a group we arrived 10 minutes
late so he said that it was unacceptable. During the class I played out a
reaction to this by not fully listening to what T was saying, not fully
participating at
times, in some way of absurd 'vengeance'. I
see I it is for wanting to be
liked
by the teacher. 'Succeding' at having T being 'nice' to me is not a
measurable practical result that adds within the equation of what is
best for all, it has 'no value' in the sense that I do not get the
grades based on that - but based on tests and assignments.
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to want the teacher to be nice to me in self interest to 'feel
good' and feel adequate - not seeing, realizing and understanding that I don't need validation from outside myself.
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to want to feel
good by having the teacher talk to me when I say something - and want
to 'rebel against' T when I don't get a 'positive reinforcement' from T -
as in T being nice to me - proving myeslf to be an organic robot with a
predictable - thus controllable -
behaviour in
accepting and allowing myself to base my interaction with reality based on
feeling and
emotion instead of taking responsibility for it and walking in common sense that which is best in every moment.
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to listen to
the teacher conditionally - only when T is being nice - not seeing
realizing and understanding that in doing that I am completely dependent
on something outside of myself to direct myself within school -
unacceptable.
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to blame the
teacher for my emotion of inadequacy in self interest to not take
repsonsibility of my self-created reactions in self-dishonesty i.e. in
separation of myself.
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to start to
remove myself from the class because of not having been given attention
by T - in self interest to not have to take responsibility for my
experience of 'feeling bad for having been 'ignored' byT - not seeing,
realizing and understanding that I had make a mistake by arriving late
at class and thus have to correct it, instead of taking in personally
when T corrects/adresses a problem like this one.
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to base my
behaviour at class depending on how T talks to me and acts in general -
not seeing, realizing and understanding that I have to do my best at
school regardless of the experience I get from my interaction with
colleagues or teachers because experience is not to be trusted as I do
not know how I create it in the moment I experience it.
I commit myself to whenever someone talks to me - listen to what is
being said - and accordingly check within myself if there are reactions
and where do I have to place myself according to what is being said.
I commit myself to remind myself that I create my experiences as
reactions inside myself and that it is never about the situation or the
people invovled, thus within this: I commit myself to whenever I react
so something/someone - breathe through and stop all movement initiated
by that reaction - to instead
walk in self-movement practically.