Tag: Feelings

Second guessing

Posted on by philipdodson

When we live our lives trying to second guess what others might think or like, we live a life dominated by our mind and we suffer.

If we choose to live doing what feels right to us, what we believe, what we feel, what pleases us, then we end the suffering within and we end the suffering for others too. We are spontaneous and we do what comes naturally, we do not have to keep trying to do what we think will please others.

Just be, just be ourselves, be true to our feelings and live the life we want.

Resistance is the root of pain

Posted on by philipdodson

It’s our resistance to things that cause the pain.

Even more so when we are aware of something, we know that’s not what we want and then we get angry about being angry, or frustrated about being frustrated, or sad that we are sad and so on. We fight the reaction, we resist the feelings, we try to squash our emotions.

If we give space for our feelings, thoughts, emotions and let them be, just observing and letting it be there, then there is no resistance, no fight and they dissolve without more emotion, thought or reaction.