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“There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask, why? I dream of things that never were, and ask, why not?” – Robert Kennedy
And so the mind looks and judges and stops the dream. It holds to old ways and is afraid to let you dream beyond what is comfortable, what it is used to. Through feeling we break this habit and move into whatever we would choose to dream. Now we have set ourselves free and everything is possible. ~Alain & Jody Herriott
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“If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.”–Amit Ray
So often we hear this kind of suggestion and as everyone breathes, the opportunity to use it is there for all of us. Within it is the chance to discover sensations that lead one deeper into awareness than most would believe possible. It is so simple when we are willing to feel the breath. Feeling really is always safe and it will always lead us deeper into discovery. –Alain & Jody Herriott
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“if the ocean can calm itself, so can you. we are both salt water mixed with air.” —Nayyirah Waheed
Within us is a tumultuous ocean of feeling. When we are caught in these currents of mental unrest all we see is conflict. Through feeling those feelings and allowing them to unwind we return to calmness. This occurs naturally when we are no longer caught in our mind this is a natural state of being. —Alain & Jody Herriott
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Looking through the air at sunset I see the light haze and the gentle glow of the oak trees as the light shines through. The air offers the sense of a gentle touch on a late summer day. A moment in time, an example of presence. Breathing is effortless and an inner glow of balance and rightness is simply there. Each moment offers these types of experiences. Are you willing to be there and enjoy them? Take a moment to feel and let your feelings carry you into a deeper experience of now. Every sense we have carries us and supports us gently leading us into who we are. –Alain & Jody Herriott
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“Your unrest is the last cramp in your legs as you climb this mountain. Rest awhile if like. But do not return to your old house. It is not your home any longer.” –Shyamananda on maya, self-realization, bliss.
Awakening is done in stages and the action of doing so may seem difficult, like climbing a mountain. This is only because you believe that awakening requires you to strive and often suffer in order to achieve it. Through feeling our feelings and allowing the integration of body and mind that results from this action, we arrive. Believing that we need to strive is simply a view from the corridors of maya. Relax, open and become, realization has been with you all along. –Alain & Jody Herriott
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“The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.” — Samuel Beckett, Proust
Our lives are like this; each day we are creating, evolving. Having said that we also desire things to stay the same in our lives, giving us something that we believe we can depend on. Yet give us too much consistency and we feel stale, bored and crave change. This paradox is the opportunity, creating the bridge between the desire for things to stay the same and for things to change. It is this inner conflict that drives us to look for new ways to be. Feeling is what carries us over the bridge, bringing us to a new way to be. It allows us to enjoy the consistency and embrace change as well. ~ Alain & Jody Herriott
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“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.” – Anatole France
What we believe either sets us free or ties us down. That is the nature of beliefs for as we find the boundaries of what feels possible and impossible we can allow ourselves greater and fuller freedom. All it takes is the willingness to feel into these boundaries and we find we are again free to dream and be. ~Alain & Jody Herriott
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“As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
This is an example of how deeply beliefs influence how we live. When we realize that we are standing in our own way we have the opportunity to choose to change at a fundamental level. The art of feeling and unwinding our limiting beliefs provides us with a whole new way to live: happy, free and amazing.
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Awakening, the act of experiencing Enlightenment. Awakening occurs as we process the conflicting feelings inside us. On the other side of each unraveling is more of who we are. As each resistance is unwound we experience greater presence and once enough pieces are integrated we awaken. Now we understand our unlimited state and our connection to everything is self evident. ~Alain & Jody Herriott
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Presence. We hear so much about it and what it supposedly means. There is also the idea of being “grounded” and how that goes hand in hand with presence.
Presence for us is a feeling that we experience. It is a sense of being aware that we are settled into our bodies and really integrated with it. This in turn gives us a sense of being grounded and connected not only to ourselves but to what is around us as well. A deep abiding satisfaction and inner wholeness. Feeling our feelings takes us there; it is a surprisingly short journey when we stop striving and start letting our concerns unfold themselves. ~Alain and Jody Herriott