I am grumpy this morning.
Really grumpy.
And I was grumpy last night, and it is very possible that I will be grumpy throughout the day, or not. Who knows, really, since feeling states are impermanent feeling forms that arise and dissolve all the time.
Anything might happen.
We all have spiritual teachings that tick us off (or at least that we don’t agree with). Mine is the idea that all we have to do is feel good (be positive) in order for good things to happen.
On a certain level, I see the validity in this idea. I do believe that what is in our hearts, minds and consciousness is linked to the cause of what is happening to us on this earthly plane of existence.
I also believe in the first noble truth of Buddhism, which is life is suffering.
This brings us to the fact that my grumpiness is the most normal thing in the world. Feeling the suffering of being human is the normal way we can expect to feel, and therefore telling ourselves that we need to feel good when we really don’t feel good is a type of repression, a form of self-denial.
Life isn’t specifically responding to the smile on our face; it is responding to everything about us—body, mind, soul, energy field, chakras, pain, trauma, hopes, dreams, beliefs and habits.
Pretty complicated when you think about it, huh?