11/22/2021
Tightening towards
Tightening away
Today I felt how sometimes when we desire something, there is a reaching out towards it, and a tightening of the body that happens at the same time—I want this thing, man I REALLy want this thing, grab, hold, tighten.
Desire, then, becomes uncomfortable—it can even result in anxiousness or angst.
I also felt how when we want to move away from something, or protect, or guard-against—we tighten our bodies. We don’t want to feel that feeling or experience that emotion/thought/possibility/reality, we resist, we tighten—and thats when it becomes uncomfortable.
It’s because we are tightening our bodies !
So what if::::
We relaxed with desire
We relaxed even with negative or unwanted feelings/experiences.
When we consciously choose to relax, everything becomes muuuuch more maneagable. We can be with all of it, without the increase of suffering.
Let all the feelings be there. Just relax your body ❤️