Get “Out”
Get Out. It sounds negative but using the Buddha Balboa table-turning-technique, let’s look at it closely.
Let’s flip looking inward to looking outward (as one recent BB commenter advised.) We spend a lot of time looking inside ourselves trying to understand who we are and why we do the things we do. Yes – this is extremely valuable. BUT, perhaps we need to pair it with looking OUTWARD at the immediate world around us – and how we can contribute in a positive way. Does this not make for a more well-adjusted person?
In service to others – whether it be our family, our community, our schools, or even through work with organizations halfway around the world, are we not growing our internal selves? Getting out of our own heads and putting outside our personal problems or desires momentarily can release us from this narcissistic self-indulgent culture we’ve created. It free’s us from the “me” and allows us to embrace the “we.”
Don’t misunderstand what I’m saying – we need to look inside to see ourselves. But in the table turn, we need to get outside ourselves and see others…for what they need and for how we can be of help.
Maybe we just need to spend a little less time chasing our own tails and a lot more time wagging them. – BB