{"id":27972,"date":"2017-11-07T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T18:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarshed.foureyes.com\/?p=27972"},"modified":"2022-10-01T02:02:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T09:02:39","slug":"tq-eckhart-tolle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-eckhart-tolle\/","title":{"rendered":"Eckhart Tolle on Shaping Your Frame of Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. <a href=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/category\/tuesday-quotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Find more here<\/a>. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>\u201cThe primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Eckhart Tolle<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;I don&#8217;t have enough time to practice guitar.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;My work and family are conspiring against my musical development.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;What&#8217;s wrong with me? I&#8217;m still making mistakes in this simple song.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been playing for X years. I should be better by now.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I should have this figured out by now. Maybe I&#8217;m just too _____&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I&#8217;m a victim of circumstance!&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are a million opportunities to get upset or downcast. We can spin any situation to tell the story we choose.<\/p>\n<p>But the actual events\/circumstances\/situation<wbr \/>s are neutral. They just are. Neither good nor bad.<\/p>\n<p>Example: We make mistakes when we played a tune for friends. This isn&#8217;t a tragedy. It&#8217;s information and nothing more. If we expected no mistakes, we get upset. If we expected more mistakes, we rejoice. The event is the same &#8211; only the story is different.<\/p>\n<p>Playing guitar is a long-term relationship. There will always be a mix of successes and failures. And if we constantly challenge ourselves, we can expect even more failures.<\/p>\n<p>The emotions these generate depend on how we define &#8220;failure&#8221;. If failure means we&#8217;re a lousy excuse for a human being, we&#8217;ll feel disappointed, guilty, or discouraged.<\/p>\n<p>But if failure = discovery, then each &#8220;failure&#8221; is a source of excitement, motivation, and opportunity to focus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carlos_Castaneda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Castaneda<\/a><span class=\"im\">\u00a0said it a different way: &#8220;<em>We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.<\/em>&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>One of the best moves we can make is to identify a story or belief we hold about our musical practice, then re-frame it as discovery. Make it valuable information and use it to take action.<\/p>\n<p>Music is for fun, exploration, and self-mastery. 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