Well since it's summer, I thought it might serve us to duck into "summer school" and drop into an 'Econ class'—ever so briefly.
No worries, we won't be there long at all. I just want to reconsider what's known as the "trickle down effect"—where the benefits of those at the top of a system trickle down to those at the lower end of the system. It's a notion that looks really good on paper, yet doesn't always hold up in the real world.
Now let's turn this on its head, consider the practice from a different perspective, and let it teach us.
How many times have we all been in a situation where we're suddenly blindsided by what's being said to us? Wrath, disappointment, or upset is raining down on us with a fury that can leave us taken aback, if not
speechless.
Once we realize that we're taking the heat for something we had nothing to do with, it can be easier to stay present and access our options. Instead of defaulting to countering what's being said or pleading our case, we can detach just enough to be neutral and sift through what's really happening. We can even (in those rare moments
of ultimate compassion) find a way to just be with all of this as a kindness to the other person.
What do you do when you find Your Self in throes of the "Trickle Down Effect" (3:21)?
