Internal Good

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«Good!» — an internal positive state of mind according to the Distance exercise of the same name.

The internal state of “Good” gives joy to life and energy, makes a person a source of joy both for himself and for others. This state is familiar to everyone, but the attitude towards it is very different: for some it is a familiar background of life, for another it is a rare expensive gift of fate, for some it is a pleasant trifle, a random mood on a par with any others, for a developed personality it is a matter of life ethics, internal obligation to oneself and life. Such a state of “Good” already has a rather complex structure, consists of several “layers”: this is already an internal mental position, accompanied by internal mental actions, as well as multifaceted impressions and experiences as a result of an internal position and internal actions.

As a state, «Good» is not necessarily about getting high and happy. For many people, and more often for business men with a focus on business, rather than feelings, the state of “Good” is basically not an experience. Their “Good” is more a life philosophy than an emotion, it is a life position and conviction that the world is good, friendly and beautiful. This is the state of acceptance of the world of any, the joy of the world and life, the habit of seeing the positive in everything: the best that is in it.

Translated into the language of structure, this is an internal position plus internal actions. And that’s all. Feelings are not required.

Joy is an action, not an experience. Joying the world and life is an active mood of the soul, when I admire myself with the world, throw my admiration to it, find more and more beautiful features in it over and over again — and celebrate them!

Good is a state of mind in which you really learn to see the good, that is, you do not call the bad good, but you look for the good in the bad and rejoice in this good.

Friends once robbed. They took out everything except the most unbearable. In the evening they call us on the phone and happily share: “Can you imagine — they didn’t touch our dog! But they could hit something! Thank God that everyone is alive and there were no children in the house: we were just lucky! And the fact that things were taken out is how we will earn money, we will buy new ones. ” On the one hand, you can see lost things, money, the bleak prospect of the right job — and then it’s Bad, but you can see living children, a healthy beloved dog, an opportunity to earn money and update furniture — and this is really Good!

Will such a life position and such actions always give you the necessary sensory experiences, will your soul always sing? — Of course not. This is only the direction of spiritual life, and whether it will be successful at any particular moment depends on your spiritual strength, and on external circumstances, and on that mysterious circumstance that is called «internal benefits.»

For young children, the state of “Good” is natural and is a normal background of life, over time, children learn this state to “turn on” and “off”, using this primarily to manipulate parents: demonstrating “good” when parents do what they want , and demonstrating suffering when parents do not provide it. Adults in this regard differ little from children, only they no longer react to the actions of their parents: they usually feel good when they get what they want from life, and are unhappy when their expectations are not met.