How much weird/dramatic stuff happens in your life?

[Ðekel]

carlise,

in addition to all the wonderful answers above, ask yourself what would qualify as 'weird' for you.
most probably, many things that have transpired in your experience would definitely qualify as 'weird' for someone else.
maybe you have a very high 'weirdness-threshold' ( am i coining a term ? ).

besides, i don't think that 'weirdness' necessarily has anything to do with where you are on the learning curve.

i would look into what is going on in my mind, what thought patterns are there and why and are they beneficial or harmful.
how do i interact with others daily and why.
how do i view my environment and why.
etc'

i think these things are much better indicators of what we have learned so far and what we have yet to learn.

 

[Kantek]

I sometimes find myself hoping that something unique will happen to me or around me at times, but then I sit back and try to see where these thoughts are coming from. Do I really want these struggles or am I looking for these struggles to satisfy my selfish desire to be something more than I am. I find that looking at these thoughts like this puts things into a different perspective and allows me to figure out what my underlying motivation is.
I hope I am making sense I have spent to long alone with my thoughts and trying to put them out there for others is challenging for me.

 

[Ðekel]

bri4jan,

I sometimes find myself hoping that something unique will happen to me or around me at times, but then I sit back and try to see where these thoughts are coming from. Do I really want these struggles or am I looking for these struggles to satisfy my selfish desire to be something more than I am. I find that looking at these thoughts like this puts things into a different perspective and allows me to figure out what my underlying motivation is.
I hope I am making sense I have spent to long alone with my thoughts and trying to put them out there for others is challenging for me.

first of all, i think sharing with others is a powerful tool on the road of self inquiry and self work.
oftentimes one finds that discussion with others helps to give us other points of view about what we're experiencing.
points of view that lay outside of our own subjective filters.

the part of your quote which i've bolded i find to be very important.
this is a major component of how we work on ourselves.
finding the thought patterns that are mechanical and counterproductive, understanding them; how they work, why they're there.
recognizing how they affect us and the people around us.
breaking obtuse and harmful thought patterns and moving on to the next lessons that await us.

i would like to again state here that in my opinion, struggles, although linked with going through major understandings in general, should not be one's markers for self-worth.

there is a stereotype that is rampant in the ''spiritual'' mindset, that the more spiritual a person is the more they should be shown to be subjected to strife and suffering.

i would focus on this though;

Do I really want these struggles or am I looking for these struggles to satisfy my selfish desire to be something more than I am.

ask yourself exactly what this means.
at any given moment, can you be something more than you are ?
what does it mean to YOU to be more than you are ?
why is it seen as more and not simply different ?

in my humble opinion, these are good starting points.

we are always learning / changing and part of The Work is to lessen greatly and eventually eradicate mechanical factors as the force behind how we change.

 

[webglider]

quote from bri4jan

I sometimes find myself hoping that something unique will happen to me or around me at times, but then I sit back and try to see where these thoughts are coming from. Do I really want these struggles or am I looking for these struggles to satisfy my selfish desire to be something more than I am.

Hi bri4jan:

Concerning the manifestation of thoughts, I'd like to share some recent experiences with you which may or may not be connected to thoughts.

The thought involved is "Should I move?"

quote from transientP

in addition to all the wonderful answers above, ask yourself what would qualify as 'weird' for you.

The world as a whole seems weird to me, but some occurrences that are happening in my home do seem kind of unusual. It started last summer when my daughter was sitting at the kitchen table when it cracked in half and each half fell on either side of her. Luckily, she was not hurt.

A few days later, I replaced a light bulb, and just when I flicked the switch to turn it on, the frosted glass holders in which the light bulb had been placed exploded with a loud boom and broken glass flew through the air. Luckily, I was in the hall working with the circuit breaker when this occurred, my daughter wasn't home. and the dog was sleeping in the closet.

Then the stove stopped working. I had to buy a new one because the warranty had expired. After the new stove was installed, I learned that if the Millennium Pipeline transporting gas from upstate New York to New York City were to be built. our cooking gas would be radioactive.

Luckily, it's not radioactive yet.

I should have bought an electric stove.

After I bought and had the new stove installed the refrigerator broke.

quote from bri4jan:

Do I really want these struggles or am I looking for these struggles to satisfy my selfish desire to be something more than I am.

Speaking only for myself, I hope not.

Hope this helps

 

[Buddy]

I hope you allow yourself the opportunity to emotionally process that experience.

Gonzo

I do. I've learned to be ready and willing, any time during the day or night, to just be with and allow myself to experience whatever seems to want or need attention. Thanks to you and others for the kindness. And I agree with you and all others who say that 'unpleasantness' is not, in itself, necessarily a sign hyper-dimensional attack or whatever. Sometimes we humans can simply be our own worse enemies, so to speak. :)