Jessieville

Everything is connected: letting go of your thoughts and of control, turning inward and listening, being present, regularly resting in what’s peaceful, living in trust. All of it is about exploring the possibility of finding something that’s more real than our thoughts, more valuable than our thoughts.

#BePresent #Meditating

Conscious presence = Awareness –> The thoughts, the feelings, the physical sensations, everything is allowed to be exactly as it is.

This breathing, that’s all you have to do for the moment. You’re taking a break from everything else. Your frontal lobe has switched off. In this moment, you have no responsibilities. In this moment, there’s no plan to formulate, no opinion to give, nothing to remember. They only thing you need to do is breathe. Stay with it for as long as you feel like it.

I’m not here to encourage positive thinking. Absolutely not. Personally, I’m not convinced positive thinking is very powerful. What about trying not to think at all? Breathing or meditating without thinking at all is the way to ground you to the current moment, to the present.

When my sadness or anxiety or loneliness became overwhelming, I could choose to focus on my breathing, let my awareness rest in my body, and not unquestioningly believe all the thoughts my brain threw at me.

If you don’t unquestionably believe everything you think, if you’re completely mindful, if your attention is unfettered, you will discover a fundamental truth. That the universe operates according to this principle: You will know, what you need to know, when you need to know it. Timing.

There is nothing wrong with thinking about your own life. Your heavy bags, history and future. But there’s value in taking a break from it from time to time. Let it rest, let it sit. That usually makes it easier to pick the bags up again. Being present.

We learn in stillness, so we remember when the storm comes. During calmer periods I seized the opportunity to learn to let go of thoughts, practiced the ability to choose where I direct my attention, then I have an infallible ally. A partner who will stand by me in every situation, who is always on my side. That’s why people attend retreats and learn meditating. It would become your best trustworthy friend.

Anyone who has ever experienced true anxiety knows that if you believe your thoughts at those moments, things can turn dangerous. When depression and anxiety came, we meditate, we let go of dark thoughts, we turn attention from those horrible thoughts to our breathing.

The original form of us is the strongest, purest, unstoppable , most innocent self, it is there, just discover it access it.