Pulling the Carpet Out from Under Emotional Baggage

Self Control

Having self control is a key skill in a happy productive life. People without self control have difficulty managing their emotions. They have emotional ups and downs that they cannot predict. They cannot easily maintain healthy positive relationships with other people. They feel like a leaf at the mercy of the wind.

Lack of Self Control - Emotional Baggage

Emotional baggage is a big hindrance to self control. The baggage that we carry with us causes us to react poorly to some situations. This baggage is affecting our ability to control ourselves. Instead of making a good reaction that would help us move in the direction we want to go, emotional baggage causes reactions that take us in different directions.

Lose Baggage and Lose The Controller

So if we can get rid of this emotional baggage, that is one less thing influencing us to make poor reactions. The baggage is, in a sense, manipulating us like marionettes. If we could cut the strings off, we would be free to make much better reactions.

Pull The Carpet Out from Under Your Opponent

So our opponent is the emotional baggage. Thankfully for us, it is rather stupid prey once we become aware of it. It has great camouflage but poor defences. We can get rid of it as esy as we can throw out the garbage. It is like pulling the carpet out from under the bad guy; it is like taking the strings off the marionette.

Self Control - Easy!

Just start reviewing your life in tiny chunks. Always, always do the scanning breath. Without the scanning breath, the review of your life will turn into ruminations that will make things worse. Your breath is magic. It has remarkable cleansing power, just like water from a rushing river.