Chocolate fudge, anyone?
No, we are talking of something else. In the last post, we talked about being ready to accept change, because, as they say – change is the only constant in life.
We are emotional beings. Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) affect our thoughts and cloud our perceptions. We may add two more to the list - Greed and Envy (GE). The FUDGE factors prevent us from making rational choices. A tiny whiff of a change triggers negative thoughts in our minds and we start resisting any event leading to changing the way we live. Some psychologists say that such thoughts emanate from our reptilian brain – supposedly a layer of the human brain controlling out instinctive behaviour.
Till the time we evolve into a more advanced species and discard our reptilian brain, just as our ancestors discarded their tails, we have to learn to overcome its influence. We can use our self-awareness to check how the FUDGE factors influence everything that we think and do.
The 14th Dalai Lama said:
“We humans are social beings. We come into the world as the result of others' actions. We survive here in dependence on others. Whether we like it or not, there is hardly a moment of our lives when we do not benefit from others' activities. For this reason it is hardly surprising that most of our happiness arises in the context of our relationships with others.”
If we can re-organize our affairs and fundamentally re-design our social contracts, we can avoid some of the causes of the FUDGE factors. And that is not as difficult as it appears to be.
Very well said, sir. While i'm already struggling with the FUD element in my life, the GE element naturally/automatically comes into play to make things more complex.
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