Today, we live in a highly triggered society… have you noticed?

You know it because we all witnessed a slap that had everyone weighing in and passing blame. And of course now there’s a high profile court case that has created a storm of opinion and good old pass-the-buck.

Regular people seem to be unreasonably invested in these cases, buying into she-said-he-said type arguments with over the top emotional responses!! Surely, you've seen this?!

For me, these current events show just how confused and polluted we are on the subject of responsibility.

But how?

To break it down, I want to first understand what an opinion is because the two go hand in hand.

Opinion; A view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge. - Oxford Dictionary

A view. Judgement. Not necessarily based on truth. Right, understand.

Even the statement from your Doctor “You are welcome to a second opinion” implies that even an expert opinion isn’t always accurate.

Opinions, opinions, opinions! Blah blah blah! Opinions about this and that. A thousand different opinions and most of them transfer the responsibility from one to another. Ever noticed that?Quick to judge, and slow to consider the whole story.

In Universal Kabbalah of the Hermetic Ray, students are taught, with daily practice, to align to The Middle Pillar. It means to be balanced and to look at life from all angles. It promotes responsibility and is a very healthy way to go through life.

But what we are seeing in the media are opinions that divide, create sides and judge unfairly. They are unhealthy and unbalanced emotional reactions… we recognise them in our selves because we become tense, hot and bothered. We tend to hold our breath, and rage a little (or a lot!). These emotionl reations are known as ´triggers´.

For a while now, the ´woke´ community have been talking about ´triggers´ this and ´triggers´ that. On one side of the fence the talk is of healing triggers, and the other side feels that it is their right to fire up and be offended… in fact you’re applauded and supported in your rage! Right on Sir, right on *slow clap *slow clap

The later group really shouts loud, and has been for a while, which has confused and polluted our commonsense. In fact, I was involved in a group who both recognised the responsibility to heal unbalanced emotional reactions (triggers) yet bent over backwards to avoid triggering people in certain minority groups. It was a strange and confusing culture because how do you learn to take responsibility yet yield to 20 different sensitivities?

So, I need to take responsibility for my emotions but that group of people do not? Ummm…

Wiser people know that triggers highlight your lack of freedom.

All triggers.

So, how are we going with this understanding so far? I vote we take a breather and break this down; Judgemental & destructive opinions (not based on truth) are unbalanced emotional reactions (triggers), which highlight where you are weak (not free).

Right.

In the two current examples mentioned above (the slap and the court case), sides were/are formed… Group A are fighting to be more right than the Group B. And how are they doing that? By passing the blame. By not accepting responsibility for their own pain and passing it on to someone else (which is essentially what passing the blame is).

One of the great lessons for me so far has been this; triggers present an opportunity to look at where I am not free.

Each time I blamed someone else, or something else, I saw my unwillingness to take responsibility of my life… pow! Like it reached out and slapped on the face (lol)

By placing the blame outside of myself by saying it´s their fault, I was giving my power away. *jaw drop. C´mon! That´s quite a significant realisation to make! Wouldn’t you say?

So let me ask you… What are you really seeing when you see people shouting blame at other people?

Pain? Unwillingness to take responsibility? Lack of power?

Now, my question is to you… What are YOU going to do about it?

With love, Cassandra