Things that have dropped away...

[karen]

Often other sites will highlight "gains" that people have acquired through various practices. I thought it might be nice to have a similar type of thread, but instead of about gains, make it about stuff that has dropped out of our lives - at least for now.

Only list things that has fallen away on their own rather than things you seemingly have to force yourself to stay away from.

[karen]

I use to belief that if someone had wronged me and they didn't get punished right away, some "cosmic spring" would wind up until they were punished in this life or next. That fell away like a heavy weight falling at my feet in seconds when I first started seeking.

I use to believe in a god and supernatural phenomenon.

I use to be a committed libertarian. Now I don't care about any position and will be in favor of whatever works best - who cares about labels.

I use to watch TV for hours and hours a day. That fell away.

I use to compulsively over eat. Now while I do watch what I eat - it seems to just happen.

Those are a few off the top of my head.

[unveilable]

My observation is that the below behaviors seem to have fallen away to a significant degree.


I use to eat foods that made me overweight and sluggish.

I use to get ensnared in the theatrics and politics of the office.

I use to have much more to prove to others and myself such as I am intelligent, competent, driven, trustworthy, reliable, strong etc.

I use to be prone to intense anxiety and long bouts of depression.

I use to be emotionally numb.

I use to forget for days weeks or maybe even months at a time that there was something more.


Of course there are plenty of other things that I would have thought might have naturally fallen away along with the above list but have not!

[lightmystic]

I've noticed recently an intense passion for life resurfacing....all the ways in which there was a feeling of holding back, of lack of safety are vanishing....that's a very fulfilling thing right now.....