Is it possible to honour all of my feelings, even the ones I would rather not have, without getting sucked into the quicksand of emotional discomfort?<\/p>\n
I am learning that in addition to making sure my body\u2019s<\/i> needs are met, with hydrating, eating and moving my body often, I benefit from acknowledging my Being<\/i>, and it\u2019s awareness.<\/p>\n
Sometimes I am aware of emotions, low mood, lethargy, or anxiety. Especially when an emotion is intense, and has a \u2018sudden onset\u2019 and no obvious trigger, I have been asking the valuable question \u201cIs this mine?\u201d And I was surprised, at first, to find that often, what I was aware of wasn\u2019t mine to begin with.<\/p>\n
I had frequently been making the error of feeling something, and assuming it was mine, simply because I was feeling it. After I had assumed it was mine, I made it mine, adopted and instituted it, and all of it\u2019s limitations, as real.<\/p>\n
I have noticed lots of judgement in the litany of my mind\u2019s chatter. I notice that when I asked if the judgement was mine, the response was easy, and Light, in my body, nope, totally not mine. Cool.<\/p>\n
I perceive that judgement limits awareness, and creates separation. So far, I vastly prefer connection and awareness, and I am learning to notice judgement when it arises. I can acknowledge that judgement isn\u2019t fun for me or my body, and I would like to choose to create from a place of zero judgement.<\/p>\n
In transparency, I have also noticed myself hiding self-limiting choices, and justifying old habits and patterns that I would very much like to be free of, in totality, for all eternity. It is amazing how many \u2018brain-calculations\u2019 it takes to hide something from yourself, something you would rather deny, ignore, avoid, and escape from.<\/p>\n
What if I could be choosing more allowance of me, right now? What if when I choose total allowance of me, and true caring for all of me, I can be and receive enormous contribution here?<\/p>\n
So far, one of my hardest homeworks is to consistently choose to perceive, know, be, and actually choose<\/i> to be all<\/i> of me, and my extraordinary capacities, in total<\/i> allowance of me, and all of who I Truly Be.<\/p>\n
What if, when I am in allowance of it, my awareness is enormous, and extends much further than the edges of my body, my home, or even the planet?<\/p>\n
What if I can open more choice for my body, mind, and Being, by engaging different language when I notice emotions? Would saying that I perceive anger give me more choice than saying I feel angry, or I am angry?<\/p>\n
I perceive more choice when I say \u201cI am aware of anger,\u201d or \u201cI notice anger here.\u201d \u00a0I find that when I say \u201cI am angry,\u201d I am defining and limiting me with the anger, rather than with the possibilities my awareness and perceptions provide.<\/p>\n
It is a small shift, and yet, for me, it seems to provide just a little bit more space to choose with, and I like creating with more choice, freedom, and ease. Yes please. More freedom, choice, and ease, please.<\/p>\n
What do you want to choose? Judgement of you, or Allowance of you?<\/p>\n
Im gonna give allowance some more practice and get back to you.<\/p>\n
Peace.<\/p>\n
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