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Talking about Feeling

Posted in Thought for the Week.

We are always talking about feeling. Of course everyone feels. Some people assign more value to their feelings while others push them away. We all realize that we are feeling beings and when the feelings are pushed away often conflict arises within us. Take the time to experience the sensations within your feelings. Allow them to arise within you and travel through your body. In this way the mind begins to get the feedback that the body naturally produces to complete itself, this is the beginning of truly Being. ~Alain & Jody Herriott

balance, being, Body, feeling, mind, thought

Expressions of Tao

Posted in Thought for the Week.

#51 of the Tao te Ching says:

Every being in the universe is an expression of the Tao.  It springs into existence, unconsious, perfect, free….  The act of Being allows us to experience this type of freedom.  As mind and body blend, the experience is quite simply there.  The only effort required to experience this is to allow feeling to have an equal part in our lives. ~Alain & Jody Herriott

Body, conscious, existence, Expressions, mind, Tao, unconscious

Nothing is as soft

Posted in Thought for the Week.

The Tao te Ching says:  Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it. Each time we feel a feeling, truly allowing it to be experienced, we are beginning to balance ourselves.  With each repetition we dissolve a layer of resistance to what we see or are upset about.  Eventually we are balanced.  Mind and body are integrated and we are at peace.  ~Alain & Jody Herriott

Body, mid, Soft, tao te Ching, water, yielding

The mind is about attachment

Posted in Thought for the Week.

The mind is about attachment to outcome and is constantly in expectation.  It is drawn to drama and circular thinking and upset for it is always searching for something to control.  In effect the mind causes separation within us because of its constant reaching. Using the body to experience the feelings within us reunites us.  The more this occurs the more we come back into balance.  This harmony of body and mind is truly the harmony that is total. Others will call it many different names: centered, presence, even enlightenment.  Regardless of the word, balance is now a way of life.  ~Alain & Jody Herriott

attachment, Body, experience, feeling, mind

The body is every bit as intelligent as the mind

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The body is every bit as intelligent as the mind. Its communication is subtle, gentle, and while it may appear difficult to understand, its language is sensation. The mind is constantly pushing on these subtle sensations. The mind hides this subtlety beneath its over activity. When we allow ourselves to be aware of the subtle sensations and let them surface, the mind begins to relax. As this occurs, everything comes into harmony, and being is the result. ~Alain & Jody Herriott

Body, feel, intelligent, mind