Feeling upset or conflicted right now? Someone has said something, or something has happened to cause as emotional reaction in you? In other words, you’ve taken something personally? You think what the other person has said or what you’ve imagined to be all about ‘you,’ this psychological/emotional ‘person’ you think you are?
If you really want to shift the upset and experience more freedom, the first thing you’re going to have to do is be really present with whatever is happening with you. So, breathe deeply and slowly, feel yourself in your body, feel your feet on the ground, listen to the sounds around you… Really be here now, in other words.
Then step back with your awareness and notice what’s happening in your mind. See if you can separate yourself—your true ‘self,’ the observer, or witness of your experience—from the ever-changing contents of your mind. Observe how your thoughts come and go—even the thoughts, “My God, this feels terrible,’ or ‘This shouldn’t be happening!’ come and go.
So, guess what? Obviously, you cannot be your thoughts! You are whatever is watching, observing, experiencing the thoughts. And what is that? Hah! Nothing you can think or say is ‘it.’ Why? Because you are ‘It!’
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