29 December 2010

The Breakthrough in the Witnessing.

When you fight, criticize, complain, groan, grudge, or pity, you become a part of the problem and in that mode you cannot be a part of the solution. When you observe, witness and stand apart, you open yourself up to possibilities that are not apparent when you oppose. When you wait and observe, you render yourself to become a part of the solution.
There is another observation about this:
When someone’s behavior tends to draw your reaction, that is the moment to look within and learn to be equiposed emotionally and yet be with the moment and see what happens next. For that is the moment when you can take an unprejudiced action. That moment when you observe yourself reacting has something very important for you to learn about yourself. But to start with, when you are not adept at this, it is a challenge to do this, and yet that is the only way out.  Robert Frost is often quoted in this context: “the only way out is through”.  A beautiful and very insightful phrase.
All this is easily said than done, agreed; but then one has to begin that process sometime, and begin it again every time one falters, as one often does.

This post has no story attached to it; it is direct; perhaps there could be a story to it someday, but then if there is none coming to mind, then there is no use fabricating one. Hope that is okay with those that read it. 
Also, your insights on this are really most welcome, please oblige.

7 comments:

Insights In Daily Life said...

If all the people who fought, criticized, complained, groaned, grudged or pitied changed into exemplary human beings, who would be our teachers? ;-)
It is problems that bring out our character and strengthen us as we go along!

by email: Sunita Mishra

Insights In Daily Life said...

How about providing a constructive comment, suggestion, ideas to improve (I feel that every situation, relation, ideas can be further improved, can be synergized...In Toyota's way it is called Kaizan!). One must have an open mind and be receptive to ideas to benefit from this approach. Of course, one must observe, witness and stand apart prior to just jumping in to provide a comment for the sake of it! As per Steven Covey's 7 Habits of Highly effective people, these attributes will require qualities such as "Think win-win, first seek to understand and then be understood." There is no room to fight, complain, groan, grudge etc when you go with above mind set with both parties. Just win-win on both sides!!!
by email: Bhalendu Buch

Insights In Daily Life said...

Its timely posted and mailed too. Let me share a recent incident which may provide a practical example to/against/for what Tusharbhai is sharing in the above post:
I try to observe awareness. My wife doesn't. But that is not the point. Once she was getting irritated by our son Aditya's (11) certain behaviour. As usual, I kept mum, observed, didn't intervene, waited. The matter grew serious and there was a literal fight. My question here: Should I still be observer? If I intervene, is not my intervention ( of any sort, for that matter) a reaction?
In the above post, u raised a point that, in ur words:
"For that is the moment when you can take an unprejudiced action. That moment when you observe yourself reacting has something very important for you to learn about yourself"
In the above example, one has to take action, and every action is prejudiced for that matter...
Having said that, I dont disagree with ur insight as well. Keep practicing is a way. There is no other way. Frost is precise and wisdomful. But practical life expereinces are real shakers and tell us really where u are in ur journey...
thanks. via email:-Mukesh Modi, nadiad

mukesh modi said...

Dear Tusharbhai,

first of all, I would request you to post your answer (?) here...so a thread can be felt.

Yes, we are all fellow travelers. -mukesh modi

Insights In Daily Life said...

Thank you for a thought provoking response!
Indeed there are times when you have to react, act, do something, give opinion, anything but remain silent.
These are also incidents that reveal a lot about oneself to oneself.
Please remember I am in this journey to being poised in face of conflict as much as anyone else, and I don't profess to have reached any mastery over the issue; quite to the contrary, I continue to be tormented by this major weakness time and again. There are really no straight answers, one has to work through to the best of one's ability.
I hope this puts things in perspective.
many thanks again
Regards
Tushar

Anonymous said...

Dr.tushar bhai,

I m surprised to know ur abilty in literature also.Now I will follow ur blog regularly.

Insights In Daily Life said...

Thank you for your comment and the intention to follow the blog.
May I know your name, please. You may email me.

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