Transitions are happening every moment in our lives, and it's so important to master the life transitions. Some people have negative reactions to it because there are times when things are not going as they plan or how they think it should be. Toltec wisdom teacher Don Miguel Ruiz Jr. talks about how respecting our emotions, having the confidence to make a choice, allowing yourself to change your mind, and perceiving the life moving around and within you, could help you move through transitions gracefully.

Key Takeaways

These transitions are all about life.

Moving is always a slow process, and many critical life transitions occur during that process.

Transition and growth comes from going into the uncomfortable and doing what is best for the family and learning how to play again.

Going through a transition all comes down to becoming aware of ourselves, taking a step forward, making a choice, and taking the leap.

In reality, when we enter a new stage, you're relying more on your ability to improvise and re-engage in a new environment, which is to be aware of where your new setting is, what the environment is like, and who the people are.

Negative emotional reaction kicks in when things are not going as you plan and how you think it should be.

If we learn to detach, be in of the environment, and not expect a single thing, it allows us to be better prepared for what's ahead.

As we transition into new stage in life, you are the constant.

It’s learning not to project or anticipate how it will be even though it's fun to come up with potential stories but not to get attached to them so that we can actually see what’s in front of us.

Instead of thinking of what should be, you see what is and you get to play with that play, that’s the interesting part of life transitions.

Personal journey or personal transformation could be easy if we were all robots to avoid of any emotion, and then all the transitions could be emotionless life transitions

We are beings who perceive life throughout this spectrum of emotions ranging from complete joy, to complete anger, and to complete misery.

Our narrators are the voice of our thoughts or voice of knowledge. Narrators are basically are thoughts or beliefs and ideas.

Our narrators are there because we give them life.

"Action speaks louder than words" but we use words to describe every action.

The whole point of the mastery of self is taking the action and not allowing the emotions to take actions for us when your respect what those emotions are

When we honor our emotions, we're no longer blinded by our emotions.

When we allow life to tell the story, we can clear the narrator. Trust your own judgment and your own capacity to change your mind when it’s needed.

The narrator could be the parasite which distorts everything you see and control your actions, or it could be the ally that tells the story that reflects life.

The whole point of the Toltec tradition is to regain confidence in yourself to make a choice, to express to yourself, "This is what I want. This is what I don't want," and actually listen to it.

The voices that are going to be the loudest are basically the voices that we give attention to.

Angel training is when we learn to be the messenger and we give attention to the voices.

Whoever we give our attention to, that's what's going to control how we respond, "Yes" or "No".

Using patience and will in achieving something and listening to the voice that’s going to nurture it.

Negative thoughts are the important aspect of the life transitions. The best way to change a negative thought is to let it finish. There are gaps between thoughts so you’re able to catch it and then, you shift your direction.

Prolonging the space between thoughts is an exercise to strengthen the will and to become aware of the voices, thoughts, and narrators in our mind.

When prolonging the gap, you’re no longer projecting but you are perceiving and becoming aware of life moving around and within you. It’s cal