SPIRITUAL: CONTROL IS AN ILLUSION

There is no such thing as control. Control is an illusion with which we comfort ourselves. But the bottom line is that we have no idea what the next moment will bring. We like to tell ourselves that the next moment will bring this or that, but we don't know for sure. There is no freedom in trying to control reality of thoughts of people or anything else. For then you are tied to an outcome. You are not free, yours sense of well-being and happiness depends on the actions of other people. You develop a codependent relationship with the rest of the world. True freedom means not depending upon anything outside of you, because there is no you to whom anything is happening. It is a wish that if a certain thing happen then I will be happy. It is the heart of the if-then way of being in the world. If this happens,,,then I can be happy.