So What, Now What

So What. This is a powerful practice that can really change our experience. If you are caught up in the whirlwind of thoughts of self-blame, where you’re constantly thinking about what you should be doing, or that what you’re doing is wrong. Maybe you’re doing one thing but thinking really you should be doing a different thing. Then this one is for you. So What. Take as long as you need to really open into it. Whatever it is that you’re thinking, maybe you didn’t do your work task because you were really tired today. Or you changed your mind about something and now you’re second guessing yourself and saying that you made the wrong decision. So What. Really take it in. Say it out loud. Keep saying it out loud until you let that energy in. The complete emptiness of your blaming of yourself. What is there really to blame yourself for? Absolutely nothing when you look at it. So What, so what, so what. Then, afterwards, later, Now What. Dont shortchange So What. They are totally different parts. Dont do the so what just to get to the now what. That's what we call a "false welcome", where you welcome in whatever unpleasant things you find in the So What just in order to shoo them out the back door in order to get to the now what part. Each part is complete in itself.