Find Your Middle Ground

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* You as the Perceiver

be the perceiver

 

Whatever happens in your head is not you.

Whatever happens in your body is not you.

Whatever happens in the world is not you.

Whatever happens is not you.

Yet none of it can exist without you, the perceiver of it all.*

~ Mooji

When we get sucked up into the pounding emotions of the world around us, and listen to the media that fans the fires of fear, this becomes a really powerful message.

Becoming detached from what we thought was a part of ourselves, sets us free… and brings more discernment and balance into our lives.

Take a moment to consider. “Am I too attached to something that is not supporting my wellbeing?”

This question in itself will help you step back and enter the space of the perceiver.

p.s. The other answer to your question is yes – chocolate can also support our well being.

 

*Mooji (2015-12-03). White Fire: Spiritual insights and teachings of advaita zen master Mooji (Kindle Locations 1382-1384). Mooji Media Publications. Kindle Edition.

Val T Boyko
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32 responses to “* You as the Perceiver”

  1. Tiny Avatar
    Tiny

    When I come to your blog, Val, I know I’ll always find valuable food for thought. While I am consciously detaching from the negativity happening around us, there are still attachments in other areas that need to stepped back from. Yes, there are 🙂

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      It is a valuable question to come back to time and again. It’s so easy to be drawn…. Thanks Helen for your kind words and being here 💕

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  2. vanbytheriver Avatar
    vanbytheriver

    We all seem to struggle with “empathy fatigue” at times. Nice post, Val. 💘

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Van. Empathy fatigue is a helpful term. I sometimes think of the nurses in pediatric ICU. They care so much, but also have to protect themselves from overwhelming emotions. We must find a similar balance in this world. 💛

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  3. Walking My Path: Mindful Wanderings in Nature Avatar
    Walking My Path: Mindful Wanderings in Nature

    Yes! Here’s to freedom from attachment (toasting with chocolate)!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      You got it Mary 😎🎉💛

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  4. Nurse Kelly Avatar
    Nurse Kelly

    And dark chocolate can lower blood pressure! Great post as always, Val! xo

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      There is goodness in chocolate Kelly ❣

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      1. Nurse Kelly Avatar
        Nurse Kelly

        For sure! 🙂

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  5. YesRising Avatar
    YesRising

    The perfect message for me to find today Val. ❤

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you!

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  6. Jill Weatherholt Avatar
    Jill Weatherholt

    This post is a keeper, Val. Definitely something I needed to read today…thank you! ❤

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Jill. It’s definitely a message to keep coming back to. 💕

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  7. Healing Grief Avatar
    Healing Grief

    Observing is definitely a calling back to the presence and becoming aware of our thoughts. Wise words for very difficult times around the world. Thanks Val. 🙏🏻

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Karen. I do appreciate you assuring voice 💕

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  8. socialbridge Avatar
    socialbridge

    A very useful post, indeed, Val.

    Must say it got me wondering, too, about levels of attachment to things/people that we think ARE supporting our wellbeing.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Jean for your thoughtful response. Questioning how attached I am to things, people, belief etc etc always opens up my thinking too!

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  9. Dan Antion Avatar
    Dan Antion

    Always good food (chocolate) and good food for thought here – thanks Val.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Dan! Glad you had something to get your teeth into 💛

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  10. Hariod Brawn Avatar
    Hariod Brawn

    Excellent stuff, Val. I find it useful to look at feelings, meaning to see them as just that, rather than as triggers for trains of thought that feed into pernicious emotional responses. In other words, if I find myself in some negative emotion, I seem to untie the knot by reducing it to its component parts: this is a feeling, this a thought. If I fail to do so, then the emotive force continues, and awareness gets swept up in the heated-yet-blinded nature of it all. H ❤

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  11. Tisha Baldwin Howe Avatar
    Tisha Baldwin Howe

    Excellent post which came shortly after I had decided to step back from the news .. ….. except for the NYT Food section. Thanks

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      You are a wise woman Tisha 💕

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  12. D. Wallace Peach Avatar
    D. Wallace Peach

    Nice one, especially for these days when the rhetoric is so heated and ugly on television. I’m glad chocolate is still in the equation (in moderation) 🙂

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you D. 💛

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  13. Sue Dreamwalker Avatar
    Sue Dreamwalker

    An excellent reminder Val of detaching from things that do not serve us.. This is why you have not seen much of me here on WP this last week.. I was getting pulled into energy I didn’t want right now..
    So the modem and TV have been switched off while I am around 😉 and this beautiful Sunny weather in England has kept me in the garden, relaxing, reading, and painting..
    Very grounding..
    Thank you for your wisdom Val.. Setting ones self free this way is helping liberate the world.. xxx

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Wise words … And action Sue! Thank you for being a light to bring us towards peace and well being.

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      1. Sue Dreamwalker Avatar
        Sue Dreamwalker

        Thank you Val also for all the Peace you bring into the world via your wisdom. xxx

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  14. lisa thomson-The Great Escape... Avatar
    lisa thomson-The Great Escape…

    So true but not something we pause to consider enough. Thanks for the reminder, Val. Yes to the chocolate, too!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Glad you enjoyed this post Lisa. Reminders of the good stuff is always welcome 💛

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  15. lorriebowden Avatar
    lorriebowden

    😉 Yes to the chocolate…but yes yes yes to the words. When I can be in this energy, Val…life just flows…without the eternal involvement of mind…and judgment..the awreness of just BEING and coming from TRUTH! AH! Yes…this feels good ❤

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      I feel it in you Lorrie. Thanks for sharing your energy here 💛

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  16. nrhatch Avatar
    nrhatch

    Attachments are anchors . . . let billow your sails!

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