The Way Out Is Through
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Somewhere in our personal human development, thought has perniciously created a hair trigger.
For some, as soon as we recognize feel-bad feelings, we immediately react with some form of resistance.
We notice emotions that feel bad and disassociate from them with thought, or divert them with something external like a person, an event, or an addiction of any kind.
Waking Up To Emotion
Contrary to disassociating, diverting, or resisting emotion, I have inched my way to embracing it. I allow an emotion a chance to blow its steam just by being acknowledged, instead of feeding the fire by rehashing a mental story. Retelling that gut-churning story is making the situation more painful and is hardwiring suffering into my life experiences.
I zoom out of the painful situation to see it from a bird’s-eye view. This helps me to not fall back into the story.
With a silent mind, I put my awareness on the sensation of the emotion.
I witness feelings rise, and as I continue to silently watch as the observer, I just as quickly watch the emotion fade away. This is what I call flowing emotion.
In doing this, I have stepped up for myself. I'm teaching my mind that the natural process of flowing emotion is not going to endanger or kill me.
I am discarding old programming, and installing new, empowering programming. I am healing unhealed wounds and transmuting that energy into personal rocket fuel.
A day that I do not take a few moments to silently feel, is a day that I’m not fully going with my own flow. If you try to get past the storm, you will take it with you. The way out, is through.
Empowerment:
Today I will stay out of the story, as I silently witness my emotions rise, and fly free.
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