The 23.5 degrees tilt perspective -The art of using your mind
We all go through the ups and downs of life and all that happens to us like a pre-described scripted version of our favourite or not-so favourite movie. We are characters that change with time and age where we also co-act with various other actors that enter and exit our lives summing it into “our life story”.
Through these ups and downs and meeting different co-actors in the form of friends, colleagues, strangers, family etc., I’ve come to realise the importance of self and how important I am in my own life story. With time and situations and the plethora of experiences we go through on a daily basis, not forgetting the exposure to different content / media, interactions, conversations, opinions, or the lack of it; expectations, hopes, wants, needs — the constant chaos of the world around does affect our world within and we tend to forget our own selves in the bargain.
The 23.5 degrees tilt perspective talks about the shift in axis in your mind, that helps you treat yourself better a.k.a boosting your self love. This shift perspective has helped me transform my inner world reasonably well, which is positively still leveraging my inner strength.
What is the 23.5 degrees tilt perspective?
Mind over everything: I realised after 33 years, that the mind is the most powerful organ in your body and can control ANYTHING you focus on. Being an ardent romantic all my life, where rainbows and butterflies was the predominant world view vision I had, and truly believing that every person is an angel, where major life changing decisions were only based on following my heart with zero use of my mind (haha funny not) — its been a revolutionary transformation for me. Using the mind to help you protect your self peace over and above external stimulants, thereby, actually serving the purpose of your heart — is what the 23.5 degrees tilt shift entails.
The process: To literally tilt shift your mind into looking and analysing your thoughts, actions and reactions from a third person viewpoint. Experts estimate that the mind thinks between 60,000–80,000 thoughts a day. That’s an average of 2500–3,600 thoughts per hour. That’s an average of 1 thought per second. To constantly control every thought that enters your mind and not allow it to repel effect your emotion — positive or negative — is impossible. But, with tremendous amount of conditioning and continuous self-talk on a consistent basis, this is remotely achievable. If not for controlling every thought, use the 23.5 degrees tilt shift perspective on at least your reactions. For example: A nosy co-worker passes on a negative remark against your core work ethic and for obvious reasons it becomes an external stimuli trigger that immediately leads to associations in your mind from past experiences about who you are, and what you are not, and justifying that you are not what he/she just said, and then it spirals into provocation to retaliate with a counter remark to self-validate yourself that you are not what the remark is, and you react. And, the outcome is negative. The 23.5 degrees tilt perspective will help you deal with this very same situation in a much more controlled fashion and will result in a positive outcome. Replaying: After your nosy co-worker passes on a ribald remark, the moment you hear the words, once you process that you don’t like the remark, pause. Pause for a brief 5–10 seconds. Understand the situation, come to terms with what’s being said to you. Observe your mind within as a third person, make the shift happen, shift its axis, shift its perspective, understand what you’re feeling. Once you take a step back and look at your thoughts and feelings from a “shifted stance” you will be able to control what the next move is. This is what the 23.5 degrees tilt perspective states. And, once you have control over your thoughts which directly leads to the control of your emotions — you have found nirvana. You will then not allow any external stimuli or triggers to affect or harm your inner peace. You are protected.
The practice: It’s been 4 weeks since this epiphany moment occured and I have never felt more empowered. I have faced multiple turbulant emotional situations the past 4 weeks but I have faired 80% better in handling those situations and myself better. Not yet a 100%, which would make me the next sexy monk alive, but I do strive for that. For there is no greater peace than operating from peace and harmony, and only giving that to everyone around you.
If each of us were to use the 23.5 degrees tilt perspective, which is actually a play on words about the earth’s axis tilted at 23.5 degrees that enables seasons to occur — we could change the season of the world to a much more happier, controlled, peaceful place.
