Loved this Keith, and yes when clarity comes a calling it's a good thing to answer. I too learned the hard way, and apparently I needed many times to learn this. Still do. But I will say the response time is much less.
Ahhh emotions. Gotta love em, yet I still try to push them down. Even when I know they have deep and powerful wisdom. So much they can show me, and teach me. Yet the conditioning, so powerfully and covertly done. The messages of stay in the head, forget the emotions, don't listen to the intuition and instinct. Stay in the mind. Yet, this is where true resistance lies, as you brought up. The conditioning loses its grip, the truth comes to the light, this form is embodied, and connection to everything becomes apparent. True resistance! 💜
Thanks so much for this, Julie. The conditioning to suppress, overlook, minimize, outright deny one's own emotional experience is so insidious and also just....humbling!!! I'm so glad to know that even people like you, who I know have done so much deep work for so long are with me in still having it sneak up on you. And also to know that your response time has lessened with time. Patient, persistent progress. Here's to that true resistance! 💜💪🐦🔥
This is a fantastic reminder. Being with unpleasant feelings is a way to integrate them—the same way we often need a hug (or some kind of unconditional acceptance) when we're in an unpleasant mood. As within, so without.
Such a beautiful post. That horse through the wall absolutely pierced my heart in the best possible way (not unlike clarity’s talents, yes). I relate to all this so much! And have been traveling on the boundaries path myself this and last week…I see you, love! Thanks for this highly entertaining and moving post. The Pele volcano really got me 😂🐒👏
Thanks for being here for the horse-through-the-wall ride, friend (ooof)! I'm glad to know Pele could lend some levity to this otherwise heavy expedition 😉. Sorry to hear that you've been traversing the boundaries path, too (#solidarity). Wishing us both a refreshing pause. 💜
Me too, A. This is very similar to a piece I wrote here a little over a year ago, but I think it's a pretty evergreen topic (it is for me!). Appreciate you reading and commenting! 💜
Love this. Especially "A gentle reminder to make sure your fascist fuckery extinguishers are up to code." I mean if there is a one second rule to pick up fallen food from the floor, the 90 second rule to pick up my exploding limbic system seems like a worthy investment. Thanks for the reminder to "don't just do something--sit there!"
"the 90 second rule to pick up my exploding limbic system," LOL! I love this reframe, friend. Brilliant. Yes, by all means, 90 seconds well spent...your limbic system will thank you (and so will everyone else). And yes, "don't just do something, sit there" is an oldie but goodie. I think perhaps the white rabbit in Wonderland may have been the originator of this, telling Alice "don't just do something, stand there"...but I know we've heard it elsewhere as well 😉. Thanks for being, friend (here, there, everywhere) 💖💞💕
My gods, Keith. This sounded like a bell of truth in my being, ringing clear and bright with each part of your reflection. I, too, have spent more time thinking about feelings than feeling feelings. I think grief is the exception to this, but so many feelings have been in my head more than in my body. Your insights are spot on, in your signature way... How grateful I am for the wisdom you share. And for this simple invitation to pause and feel. 🫂✨🤍
I'm so glad I'm in (your) good company on this, friend. Grief kind of demands our attention in a unique way. You've written so extensively and beautifully about how to embody grief that I feel *sure* you've felt/felt that one. Thank you, as always for your thoughtful reflections and support of what I have to offer here, it means the world +++. 🙏❤️🔥🫂
Thank you for this reminder that at times I just need to take a breath to create that short space and to remind me of times when I am in a more meditative space.
Thanks so much for reading and reflecting, Emily. I need frequent reminders of this myself! I'm so glad it felt helpful. Wishing you abundant meditative space (no small thing right now). 💜💜💜
Loved this Keith, and yes when clarity comes a calling it's a good thing to answer. I too learned the hard way, and apparently I needed many times to learn this. Still do. But I will say the response time is much less.
Ahhh emotions. Gotta love em, yet I still try to push them down. Even when I know they have deep and powerful wisdom. So much they can show me, and teach me. Yet the conditioning, so powerfully and covertly done. The messages of stay in the head, forget the emotions, don't listen to the intuition and instinct. Stay in the mind. Yet, this is where true resistance lies, as you brought up. The conditioning loses its grip, the truth comes to the light, this form is embodied, and connection to everything becomes apparent. True resistance! 💜
Thanks so much for this, Julie. The conditioning to suppress, overlook, minimize, outright deny one's own emotional experience is so insidious and also just....humbling!!! I'm so glad to know that even people like you, who I know have done so much deep work for so long are with me in still having it sneak up on you. And also to know that your response time has lessened with time. Patient, persistent progress. Here's to that true resistance! 💜💪🐦🔥
This is a fantastic reminder. Being with unpleasant feelings is a way to integrate them—the same way we often need a hug (or some kind of unconditional acceptance) when we're in an unpleasant mood. As within, so without.
Yes, exactly. Thanks so much for being here, Rachel 💜
Such a beautiful post. That horse through the wall absolutely pierced my heart in the best possible way (not unlike clarity’s talents, yes). I relate to all this so much! And have been traveling on the boundaries path myself this and last week…I see you, love! Thanks for this highly entertaining and moving post. The Pele volcano really got me 😂🐒👏
Thanks for being here for the horse-through-the-wall ride, friend (ooof)! I'm glad to know Pele could lend some levity to this otherwise heavy expedition 😉. Sorry to hear that you've been traversing the boundaries path, too (#solidarity). Wishing us both a refreshing pause. 💜
This is always such a helpful reminder. I'm still working on that pause.
Me too, A. This is very similar to a piece I wrote here a little over a year ago, but I think it's a pretty evergreen topic (it is for me!). Appreciate you reading and commenting! 💜
Love this. Especially "A gentle reminder to make sure your fascist fuckery extinguishers are up to code." I mean if there is a one second rule to pick up fallen food from the floor, the 90 second rule to pick up my exploding limbic system seems like a worthy investment. Thanks for the reminder to "don't just do something--sit there!"
"the 90 second rule to pick up my exploding limbic system," LOL! I love this reframe, friend. Brilliant. Yes, by all means, 90 seconds well spent...your limbic system will thank you (and so will everyone else). And yes, "don't just do something, sit there" is an oldie but goodie. I think perhaps the white rabbit in Wonderland may have been the originator of this, telling Alice "don't just do something, stand there"...but I know we've heard it elsewhere as well 😉. Thanks for being, friend (here, there, everywhere) 💖💞💕
My gods, Keith. This sounded like a bell of truth in my being, ringing clear and bright with each part of your reflection. I, too, have spent more time thinking about feelings than feeling feelings. I think grief is the exception to this, but so many feelings have been in my head more than in my body. Your insights are spot on, in your signature way... How grateful I am for the wisdom you share. And for this simple invitation to pause and feel. 🫂✨🤍
I'm so glad I'm in (your) good company on this, friend. Grief kind of demands our attention in a unique way. You've written so extensively and beautifully about how to embody grief that I feel *sure* you've felt/felt that one. Thank you, as always for your thoughtful reflections and support of what I have to offer here, it means the world +++. 🙏❤️🔥🫂
Thank you for this reminder that at times I just need to take a breath to create that short space and to remind me of times when I am in a more meditative space.
Thanks so much for reading and reflecting, Emily. I need frequent reminders of this myself! I'm so glad it felt helpful. Wishing you abundant meditative space (no small thing right now). 💜💜💜
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