The first time I heard someone say “see everything as perfect” my immediate response was:

What nonsense.

Except rather more bluntly, with four or five swear words and several exclamation points.

Since then, I’ve given it a bit more thought though, and I’ve realised something.

Every single reason our minds come up with why things aren’t perfect is something we should be letting go of. It’s a negative picture we’re holding in mind. Something that isn’t helping us.

It’s typically:

• Something we’re resisting
• An attachment (we want more of it) or an aversion (we want less of it)
• Something we’re afraid of, or
• A judgement

Of course, if we were truly enlightened, I suspect we’d realise the deep truth that everything is perfect, and interconnected. However, I’m not there yet, so, I can’t say this with any personal, experiential certainty.

In the meantime, it’s certainly a very good way to bring to the surface anything we’re disapproving of in our lives, Stuff we’re pushing against, stuff that is causing us pain.

Just say (out loud or to yourself) “Everything is Perfect” with as much conviction as you can, and wait to see what disagreeable bile automatically spews forth from the deepest recesses of your mind.

Once these things are identified (and boy, this approach is effective), then, as usual, it’s relatively straight forward to dig in and clear this junk out permanently.

Just another handy tool to chuck in your toolkit.