Feel Without Feeding

To directly feel what we are feeling is so different than feeling while feeding what we are feeling.
 
When we experience feelings and we feed them with a story of judgment either of self or others or life -  such as, “I shouldn’t be feeling this” or “If only she hadn’t done that” or “Why is life against me” – then we are not really with those feelings. We are up in our thoughts about those feelings – we are trying to understand them rather than simply be with them.
 
Directly being with feelings is so different than putting attention on a story about feelings.
 
Whenever we are directly with whatever is showing up now – there is a sense of ‘all is well’ that comes into focus. The feelings move through without a trace – nothing is left to be dragged along in time.  We sense our freedom.
 
And whenever our attention goes to a story about whatever is showing up now – the sense of ‘all is well’ is obscured. The feelings get stuck and are dragged along in time. We then feel bound to our feelings. 
 
If this post resonates with you and you’d like to read more – please contact me at dhyanastanley(a)gmail.com and I’ll send you Chapter 12 (The Gift of the Groundhog’s Death) of my book (The Human Experience) which expands on the direct sensing of feelings.