We suffer a lot because we look on social media and we think other people are happier than us. We believe in the illusion that people have more than us, and we wonder through comparison, “Why? Why not me? And why are these people so happy?”
This is a very dangerous thing to do because it will cause you great, great pain. And after working with people for years on their issues and problems, I know firsthand that we all wear masks. We all hide, and we put on this happy face.
And so, social media has become a real big problem now because we use it as a scorecard and a compass for our own lives.
The spiritual truth is, we are to be in our own lane. We forgot that we picked our classes. We forgot that we are in Earth school and that we wanted to be here.
And the dharma is, the definition of dharma is the proper working out of our obligations, our karma, in the surroundings and the environment which fate has put us. Which means, we get certain cards, and it is now for us to accept the cards that we are dealt and to work within them as best that we can.
And this is not about looking at other people. This is about looking at your own cards and to know, spiritually, all conditions are correct. They are just, because they are the best conditions to get you out of the problems that you need to solve for the growth of your own soul.
And so, the way to inner peace is to stop looking at Instagram and Facebook and other social media sites, and to be sucked in by the illusion that other people are happy.
We’re human beings, and all of us are here to work out something and to find peace in knowing that, that you never, ever, ever have to compare yourself to anyone, ever again.
