A Change of Perception to Create Peace

We have a spiral staircase in our backyard and a few weeks ago, a little brown bird decided that that staircase was its mortal enemy. Throughout the day every day, it would loudly dive bomb the staircase and strike it. After over a week of this, I realized what a brilliant metaphor he was showing me by the fact that, in his perception, that staircase was bad, and he needed to attack it.

How many times do we see something as wrong or upsetting or bad and we focus all our attention and negative thoughts towards that thing. We attack it over and over. But those attack thoughts are the playground of the negative ego and only keep the thing that we think is the enemy in the forefront of our mind, so that we're not able to see anything else. It becomes an, “us versus them.” Which amplifies the lie of separation that the negative ego wants us to believe.
 
All it takes -and I completely get that sometimes the simplicity about what I'm about to say is not always easy- is a shift in perception. What if you could choose to release that which has become your enemy and see it as simply a neutral thing?
 
As this realization hit, A Course in Miracles called out from my bookshelf, and I found 2 lines that spoke to me that I started repeating: “I am determined to see things differently. I could see peace instead of this.”
 
Without a change in perception, our attack thoughts attack our own peace of mind, and ourselves. We become separate from our true beingness, who we really are outside of our body.
 
But we are more. Our truer self is infinite light.
 
Now, as we release our attack thoughts, we may also need to do an emotional release. Releasing the realness of the rage or grief or frustration that that thing or person is bringing up in us.
 
But ultimately, it’s not about the thing or person. It’s our continued negative focus on it that’s causing our distress.
 
Again, I get it, there are certain issues and people where this isn’t easy. I know that very well in my own reality. And simultaneously, I know that as I release my own feelings of attack and work through my emotions, attack energy can dissipate and ultimately disappear.
 
I began forgiving and releasing myself from the upsetting situation. I kept choosing peace instead.
 
After a couple days of this, the little bird disappeared and hasn’t come back. Giving myself freedom from my negative ego attack thoughts gave him the freedom he needed as well.
 
Choice is within your power. To set yourself free, release your attack thoughts and choose peace instead.