Oh, that simple and ingenious way of practicing mindfulness and deep reflection! A way to be in touch with yourself and reality, a way to see yourself in different figures on the merry-go-round of Sansara!
How does it work?
The graphs of the diary are designed so that you can see each event from a certain perspective: the task is not to punish the guilty and prove justice and truth, but to understand
Why did this situation come to me?
What does it give me?
What tendencies do I see in my reactions?
How do mechanisms work that I don’t see?
Where am I the victim, the aggressor, and the rescuer?
Speaking of the latter. There are often questions as to why there are only three choices in the Role column? Victim, aggressor, rescuer. The answer is because it’s these three roles that spin the wheel of samsara, suffering, and pain.
Taking a close look at each situation that has affected you even a little bit allows you to see the hidden mechanisms and traumas that most often go unrecognized. Here’s an example:
Event:
Reluctance to fill out a journal, emotions of anger.
Thought:
Why does she require me to do this, I’ve known it all along.
Role:
Victim.
Limiting belief:
- If it didn’t work in the past, it won’t work now.
- I’m already pumped up enough to do such a simple job.
Mirror:
This situation shows how I am leaning on past failed experiences, dismissing other positive options.
It also reflects my spiritual pride, which has already set itself a certain level of achievement.
For what:
To see the protections built up so that no one can get to the inner child and see their inferiority, shoals, mistakes.
In ordinary life we would simply not fill out the diary, little by little forget feelings of anger and anger, or we would force ourselves to do it, but suppressing these feelings. And by taking apart this situation in detail, we can see our limitations that work in other areas of life as well (relationships, business, money, abilities, etc.)
For myself, I can say that this daily journaling for six months allowed me to see very clearly my limitations and the major traumas that run my life without my awareness. It was a quantum leap for me in my reflection training and in the clarity of my inner world.
Clarity, everyone!