Let me share a short story.
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Last Friday at 4.30 pm I received an email from my colleague who sits next to me.
I was tired and my hot head was filled with negative thoughts.
I read his email about the project we are working on.
In the email, I thought I read the words “I disagree with you…”.
I couldn’t believe it!
Disagree…with me?
I was his senior and it was my job to review his work.
Even though he was sitting right next to me, I didn’t talk to him about it.
On my drive home, I was thinking… how could he say he disagrees!
I have much more experience than him, I thought.
On Saturday, I was still thinking about it.
I went to my meditation center and meditated on Saturday and Sunday.
I began to see how strong my ego is.
I looked at my mind and admitted to myself that I have a strong frame of mind. I really don’t want to be defeated.
On my drive to work on Monday, I told myself I would not insist on my own opinion (however, I still thought I was right).
Feeling much fresher after meditation, I read the email again.
“I disagree with the customer…”.
Wait….what?
My colleague was not disagreeing with me!
He was disagreeing with someone else.
I was shocked.
I was not the victim and the email itself did not have any of the anger I thought it had.
My stressed mind had interpreted his email as an attack against me.
I decided to focus on my own work.
My colleague sat calmly next to me.
It was as if nothing ever happened.
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The reason I share this is to highlight to you that victim mentality exists in the mind.
It doesn’t exist outside, in the world.
Only inside my mind.
Because I have lived my life with this victim mindset, I automatically respond and think in this way.
So, to overcome it, I recommend a method where you can remove the experiences that have caused the victim mindset to build up.
You will then find freedom in your mind
Please enjoy the video that helps explain it.