There are 2 ways to overcome bitterness.
1- Through suffering. In this case, time will be a great healer.
2- Or by simply letting go. Dropping it like a hot potato. Few people actually willingly go with the second option. Just drop it. what do you have to loose? Other than the false sense of self that comes along with having something to be bitter about?
1. Enduring suffering does might make one thicker-skinned, more jaded, and less shocked at the next blow. As for time being a great healer, that is a fallacy. We may learn to cope with time, the memory becomes less sharp, and the bitterness less consuming.
2. You can let go if you are directly able to remove the source of bitterness and aggravation from your life. But what if it is embedded in your life through circumstance and no matter how much you try to ignore it, it pops its ugly head up from time to time like a sore?
hmmm perhaps it’s there in your life to teach you a lesson…
Maybe you can learn to live with it. You can either accept it or change the way you think of it. I bet it won’t last forever. No problem will last. Even our whole lives won’t last forever. Everything will pass, right?
You can spend your limited time here on Earth being bitter or you can stop resisting and slowly learn to accept your life just the way it is. You owe it to your body. Bitterness could create dis-eases in the body.
Some of us are lucky to realize, that we don’t really have to be a product of our circumstances -we can choose to unlearn lessons, choose to learn lessons from others. Ironically, this realization too, is a product of our circumstances!
Ideally, we should strive not to be a product of our circumstances but raise ourselves above the situations we are thrust into and elevate ourselves from the emotional bondage that garbles our understanding.
In order to raise ourselves to that level, perhaps it is best to first acknowledge our reactionary feelings instead of suppressing them, and then try to understand them
Instead of elevate ourselves above the situations we are into
(the up rise movement by the lose of weight)
we can fall out ourselves or the situation we are into by enhance weight.
When the bearable lightness of being is not ”your” way
collect more trash than you can bear .
Than you fall down, out the situation we are into.Upstairs downstairs
both are a way out.
This way -down- is only suitable for strong healthy people. Otherwise it
can cause dis-eases in the body .
One of the most beautiful things I’ve discover is the space between
the objects. Look with attention to the space between the objects.
bitterness can cause dis-eases in the body.
overcoming bitterness is a personal choice.
1 agreed
2 easier said than done. it is not like a switch
There are 2 ways to overcome bitterness.
1- Through suffering. In this case, time will be a great healer.
2- Or by simply letting go. Dropping it like a hot potato. Few people actually willingly go with the second option. Just drop it. what do you have to loose? Other than the false sense of self that comes along with having something to be bitter about?
1. Enduring suffering does might make one thicker-skinned, more jaded, and less shocked at the next blow. As for time being a great healer, that is a fallacy. We may learn to cope with time, the memory becomes less sharp, and the bitterness less consuming.
2. You can let go if you are directly able to remove the source of bitterness and aggravation from your life. But what if it is embedded in your life through circumstance and no matter how much you try to ignore it, it pops its ugly head up from time to time like a sore?
hmmm perhaps it’s there in your life to teach you a lesson…
Maybe you can learn to live with it. You can either accept it or change the way you think of it. I bet it won’t last forever. No problem will last. Even our whole lives won’t last forever. Everything will pass, right?
You can spend your limited time here on Earth being bitter or you can stop resisting and slowly learn to accept your life just the way it is. You owe it to your body. Bitterness could create dis-eases in the body.
Anon-Guest
You’re absolutely right
One should not dwell unecessarily on such issues
My question: Is bitterness necessarily brought on by a specific matter? Or can a person simply slip into bitterness for no reason at all?
One becomes bitter due to a single or due to a series of events
I doubt one can slip into bitterness for no reason at all
Some of us are lucky to realize, that we don’t really have to be a product of our circumstances -we can choose to unlearn lessons, choose to learn lessons from others. Ironically, this realization too, is a product of our circumstances!
http://ashwita.com/zen/images/peace.jpg
It is ever possible to overcome bitterness !
Ideally, we should strive not to be a product of our circumstances but raise ourselves above the situations we are thrust into and elevate ourselves from the emotional bondage that garbles our understanding.
In order to raise ourselves to that level, perhaps it is best to first acknowledge our reactionary feelings instead of suppressing them, and then try to understand them
I must say there are some positive people out there
Instead of elevate ourselves above the situations we are into
(the up rise movement by the lose of weight)
we can fall out ourselves or the situation we are into by enhance weight.
When the bearable lightness of being is not ”your” way
collect more trash than you can bear .
Than you fall down, out the situation we are into.Upstairs downstairs
both are a way out.
This way -down- is only suitable for strong healthy people. Otherwise it
can cause dis-eases in the body .
One of the most beautiful things I’ve discover is the space between
the objects. Look with attention to the space between the objects.
your words dear Fons deserve pondering