All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry - all forms of fear - are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past, and not enough presence.
Stress is caused by being 'here' but wanting to be 'there'.
Stress is a form of suffering. Look at your body and see what stress does to the body and its functions - what it does to the heart, the circulation, the immune system, the digestive function, the liver.
Stress is wanting something to be the way it isn't.
Stress is a form of suffering, but it is accepted as normal. And it is normal in our world.
You can be effective in this world without stress.
Stress is caused by being here but wanting to be there, or being in the present but wanting to be in the future. It's a split that tears you apart inside.
Stress is extremely harmful to the body.
Stress is extremely harmful to the body. Even mainstream medicine is recognizing how many diseases stress causes.
Even in a moment of stress, you can say, "OK, can I enjoy the doing itself? Can I enjoy the flow of energy of this moment?" And of course you can!
Are you stressed? Are you so busy getting to the future that the present is reduced to a means of getting there? Stress is caused by being "here" but wanting to be "there" or being in the present but wanting to be in the future. It's a split that tears you apart inside. To create and live with such an inner split is insane. The fact that everybody else is doing it doesn't make it any less insane.
Let's say you have to catch a plane, and you are packing your suitcase and moving fast. Most people would call that stress. Most people live stressed like that all the time.
Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry
Stress means there is something wrong, and you are not aligned with life.
Any action that arises out of stress is of low quality, and it contributes to human suffering. You are making yourself and others suffer.
Stress is a form of suffering.
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