How to improve you tolerance level?
I think we're all intolerant. The degree and our emotions vary. Some are but don't show it because they restrain themselves for several reasons.
Intolerance is hostility towards what we dislike in others. Inability to tolerate others' beliefs, behaviours, or attitudes.
Another type of food intolerance is a non-immune sensitivity. Gastrointestinal symptoms are more likely. The inability to digest or absorb particular foods or their components frequently causes it.
What would your family say about your intolerance? Little, moderate, or severe intolerance?
This simple exam can raise your awareness. If you try to disguise your intolerance, answer the test based on your inner state, not your behaviour. We can easily spot intolerance in our eyes.
I'm probably not telling you anything by saying that every intolerant reaction you have is ego-driven. Unfortunately, we usually believe our ego when it says we have strong reason to think our method is right. The most unexpected thing is that we rarely have enough information to understand our problems.
I've had this intolerance for months. Since the thaw, the highway to my house has many dangerous holes that we must slalom around. Since it's August and they haven't been fixed, this is a good intolerance topic. However, I don't understand why the government hasn't fixed this road since spring. My ego criticises this roadway every time I utilise it without doing any study. My intolerance didn't help.
Let's examine sexuality as an example. With all the LGBTQ+ news, some straight folks are becoming more intolerant.
This happens in many places. If we resist change, we punish ourselves because the world won't always be the same for our pleasure.
If we allow our ego govern and cause intolerance, we won't change and will keep having the same difficulties. Thus, we must accept that we cannot alter the world and that it is more wise to allow each person to live their own life and have their own identity. ACCEPTANCE.
Accepting doesn't mean agreeing with everyone. Because we have a right to disagree, we don't wish to change others' opinions. When we do not feel any negative emotions during or after a scenario, we are in acceptance.
I recommend doing the MIRROR exercise in addition to accepting the person or situation to ensure we are actually tolerating and not manipulating our emotions. You've probably heard the Listen to Your Body lecture many times.
The mirror exercise response shows that we blame ourselves when we ARE what we believe others to be. Even if our ego convinces us we were right to be intolerant.
If during this activity, you have trouble recognising that you are what you sometimes criticise in others, ask persons close to you under what conditions they think you are that way.
Finally, let's allow ourselves to be intolerant and we'll find ourselves doing so less and less. Since we will embrace our intolerance, our body will not send us messages of physical intolerance.
This gift of acceptance is transformation!