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I want to change my thinking about other responsibilities

I'm a male in my third year of college now.
I would like to do something about thinking about other responsibilities.
The reason I entered a university with the current correspondence system is also negative. This is because I voluntarily quit a private school due to bullying, and my parents were unable to pay my tuition fees and some living expenses at all.
Therefore, I chose it because I could cover it with my part-time job + I could learn what I wanted to learn.

I really wanted to take the exam and go to a commuter university. I still have regrets. I always think the bully is the culprit.

Second, I became depressed because I made a mistake with the people involved, and I wasted half a year.
The following two triggers were: First, it was a half-year act of power harassment by my boss at my part-time job.

Next, sexual harassment by an old lady who was a colleague. Now I'm reflecting on the fact that the people involved should be chosen carefully. I should have made decisions more quickly that I shouldn't get involved, such as being shunned by people of the same sex and people staring at me when I was talking to another female colleague.

Time was lost due to the actions of two people. I haven't even been able to sleep for half a year, so my studies and job hunting haven't progressed much

If I hadn't gotten involved with my boss and aunt, I think the results would have been different than they are now.

This is how I blame people and think about it. Is this thought natural? Or should I correct it?

As a postscript, I gave top priority to my physical condition and rested for half a year, so I recovered to the point where I was able to study at university. However, there are ups and downs, such as getting sick from time to time.

4 Zen Responses

The bullying, power harassment, the boss, and that woman are all bad people. You're not bad. It's not about thinking about other responsibility; it's other responsibility as a fact. I don't think there's anything wrong with you. I'm not blaming anyone else, and there's no need for correction.
However, even if you hold a grudge against them for a long time, the current situation won't get better, so I think it's better to throw away the grudge and concentrate on managing your own physical condition, university life, study, qualification acquisition, job hunting, and graduation thesis. Just look ahead and do your best.

The gentleness behind thinking about other responsibilities

Your writing conveys your sincerity and depth of self-insight.
At the point where I'm trying to objectively look at myself saying “I want to do something about my other responsibility thoughts,”
You're already trying to stand outside of “other responsibilities.”

1. “Other responsibility thinking” is a natural response to protect the heart
The first thing I want to tell you is
What you blame on others is not weakness, but defensive reactions.
Bullying, power harassment, and sexual harassment.
In the midst of unreasonable events, it is natural to think “I wasn't bad” so as not to break my heart.
It's also your “wisdom to protect your heart.”

In Buddhism, all suffering is viewed as a “cause and effect.”
In other words, it's not “someone else's fault” or “my own fault,”
It is the result of countless overlapping conditions.

2. Steer little by little from “other responsibility” to “awareness”
You already
I'm looking back, saying, “The people involved should have been chosen carefully.”
It is a step from another responsibility to “awareness.”

What is important here is
Instead of closing the past with regrets, use it for your “future self” as learning.
For example,
・Learn “how to identify people you can trust”
・Have the “courage to take a distance if you feel uncomfortable”
・ “I don't think the decision to prioritize physical condition is a bad thing”
By putting these into practice little by little,
Past events will turn you into a “training experience.”

3. Not “correction,” but “transformation”
Rather than “fixing” other responsibility thoughts,
It is important to be aware of turning that into “power of insight.”
For example,
“Why did that person act like that?”
“Why did I get hurt there?”
and look at the “structure” of events.
When you turn anger and resentment into analysis, your experience becomes wisdom.

4. Lastly
You are trying to “look back at yourself” even in the midst of suffering.
It's called “orthodoxy (shoken)” in Buddhism
It's the beginning of the ability to see things correctly.

Both “blame” and “regret” are just passing points.
Please don't be impatient,
Rather than “no one blames myself anymore,”
Please cherish “yourself who is still trying to move forward.”

That step is
It will lead you to a certain maturity.

Gassho

You're never bad

I read it.
You were forced to quit high school due to bullying and are attending a correspondence university, aren't you? Also, I was powerfully harassed by my boss at my part-time job, and I was sexually harassed by my aunt who was my colleague and had a very painful feeling, got sick, and had a hard time for half a year. I don't know the details about you, but I think you've had a really hard time until now. I understand your feelings from the bottom of my heart.
I'm sure you think it's wrong to think that it's because of those people, but first of all, people who bully, harass, or sexually harass are bad. You have been bullied, harassed, and harassed by such people due to various encounters. In other words, you have been harmed by those people. Those people are perpetrators, and they are bad people who have committed crimes.
So it's definitely not your fault. So you don't have to blame yourself for being bad.
Such foolish people will always be paid for the crimes they have committed themselves. It's a bad relationship for you, so let's break the bad relationship firmly.
If you suffer such damage in the future, immediately report it to your company or organization, or consult with the police, legal affairs bureau, etc. Let's seek appropriate responses.
And from now on, let's keep a firm distance from such people, stop getting involved at all, and firmly cut off bad relationships.
I sincerely pray that you will learn and grow well so that you will not get involved with such sinful people from now on, be blessed with relationships with good people, and can live every day with peace of mind. And I will support you from the bottom of my heart.

Let's focus only on the inner energy that is “about to grow” using that as a trigger. Focus on improved work and have them push your back with that power. By taking a constructive approach to the arrangement, other responsibilities will be eliminated. In other words, that power is trying to direct one's own humanity towards something richer, but it's just going the wrong way. You should use it as energy every time.
No matter what kind of creature it is, it stays still in a warm place when it's cold.
The bee family that split their bees in the precincts have no place to live, so they all warm each other on the roof of the hall. My daughter is at risk, but in the morning, when her mom isn't next to her, she snuggles up to To-chan to keep warm, gain a sense of security, and head for breakfast when the charge is complete.
When I encounter something unreasonable, it's rude to say this, but since that person is still a psychic who is still going right and left in an immature human zone, I presume that they can only say it that way, or that they have acquired their own safety zone by saying it that way.
All human beings have some kind of others' responsibility mentality. Please don't worry.
For example, even people who have bullied you will appeal for self-superiority in an attempt to make up for what they lack by bullying those who are weaker than themselves. That is KUSO's unavoidable function of people called bullying and harassment. hide the dirt.
Humans are still unfinished lives, both individually and roughly the human race as a whole, so it won't go away.
The specter of the world is that even people who do better work than themselves will kick them down, bully them, say bad things, and even assassinate if they have different values. Humans also have a limited lifespan. No one is a saint. People who grew up in poor environments and circumstances that must be said to be residents of the Gakki Realm and the Animal Realm also coexist.
Okay! That's why!
Your other sense of responsibility is a major weakness common to all human beings. Let's shift to compassion. This is because humans are weak creatures. Since they are weak creatures, they don't want to blame themselves, they don't want to acknowledge their faults, and they want to blame others even if they make mistakes. Therefore, the important thing is to improve your mind by 1 millimeter, even 1 point, from there without blaming anyone there. It's not falling for free, and it's not falling. It's an internal motivational mentality that should be used as an opportunity for improvement.