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Have you ever noticed that when we really let ourselves feel, there is a sense of motion within us? On the other hand when the mind thinks, the motion is stopped. From this we learn that feeling creates movement, and too much mind creates stops. Movement is the beginning of freedom and stops are what keep us locked in place. We encourage you to feel; the movement will set you free and return you to Being. ~Alain & Jody Herriott
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In the last thought for the week we spoke of each moment being precious. If every moment is precious how can we live without worrying that we are wasting our life? The limiting beliefs and the sensations they provide are the perfect entry point through which change can be facilitated. Feelings are always with us. While they may be pushed away through mind chatter, they are still there whenever we are willing to give ourselves access to them. These issues then become the arrow to point us in the direction we should open. And by allowing ourselves to feel them we find US, meaning our unfettered whole self; untainted by expectations and living in the present. ~Alain & Jody Herriott
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Ever feel emotionally frozen in your day? This is an example of feeling, an inner sensation. To change it requires no thought, just the willingness to feel. As it changes you unwind, and you experience quiet, a mind at peace. This is the goal of almost every meditative model. This is the beginning of being; it is worth every moment of your time. ~Alain & Jody Herriott
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Each day we get out of bed and contemplate the day. That is what we are taught: consider, plan, execute and deal with each complication as it arises. Why? What if we let each day unfold, trusted ourselves enough to take things as they come and simply allowed ourselves to be? This is the way life works when you allow yourself to feel. Life becomes less about about overcoming inner conflicts and more about unfolding within each passing moment of the day. ~Alain & Jody Herriott
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So what does it mean to feel? Ideally, feeling is an entry point to sensation that leads to an unwinding of anything within us that challenges us or feels disharmonious. A normal day finds most of us partially or fully caught in our minds, struggling to deal with the “drama” of those feelings that never seem to resolve. We often feel caught in a never ending spiral of upset. When we actually let ourselves just feel, the drama unwinds. It lessens a layer at a time until it is no longer there, much as a cloud disappears into a cloudless sky. It is no longer a part of our world and we find ourself at peace. With a little practice this peace becomes part of our everyday existence and balance rules our days. ~Alain & Jody Herriott
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“Enlightenment doesn’t care how you get there” –Thaddeus Golas
So many of us who want to be “enlightened” work hard at it. Each day is spent trying to quiet the mind, doing things that are said to be spiritual and self sacrificing for a single taste of this amazing state. What if it is simple? What if it is born in the unwinding of every seeming limitation we encounter? You see we do have the ability to experience this interconnection of everything and everyone. It is only a feeling away. ~Alain & Jody Herriott
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Every experience we have can trigger us or open us. For most of us even the things that feel good have a background fear of things eventually going wrong. The old saying “if something can go wrong it will go wrong” was built around that kind of thinking. How do we change this constant fear? We feel what most won’t, we feel that which triggers us. Amazingly it will lead us to balance and happiness. ~Alain & Jody Herriott
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Life is an art not an equation. You can make all the plans you want but what occurs is an ebb and flow of being and doing. The more being you have the more life is a beautiful dance. The more doing you have the more life is a series of dramas that demonstrate an array of conflict and achievement that is hollow because it is so temporary. Learning to feel our feelings is an integral part of that art and it is the avenue to being. ~Alain & Jody Herriott
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Our lives are filled with doubts and uncertainties. Let’s pretend, what if every thing you see brings you wonder? What if every experience you have is laced with feeling? What if each conflicting thought is like a box that isolates us from those feelings…the source of all true joy and motivation? These feelings are also where we need to go in order to return balance to our lives, for as we give ourselves permission to feel, the mind experiences peace, often for the first time since the doubts began. ~Alain & Jody Herriott
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As we approach the conclusion of another year we have been thinking how each day, each moment really is an opportunity for discovery. Yet each opportunity is often judged rather than allowed to unfold into a new balance. This is t when consistently applied, it shows us that each experience provides us with the seeds of freedom. ~Alain & Jody Herriott