Emotions are the body's response to thought. We often carry emotions that weigh us down---shame, guilt, resentment, bitterness, envy, and more. These emotions come from patterns of thoughts learned, in many cases, when we were children. Examples:
• A feeling of shame, smallness, when attention is called to your body or part of it; or when you are criticized; or when someone dominates you.
• A feeling of hurt when it seems someone is rejecting you, or you anticipate being rejected.
These are just two examples.
These feelings are based on thoughts you hold, many of which are unconscious. Know that the thoughts are not real. This is not your identity. It's not who you are. Face these thoughts and look at them. Sit with them for a time in the safety of your aloneness. Let them wear out. Give them to Spirit. Recognize that these thoughts are illusions. You are an expression of Spirit, of the Divine. Nothing can change that. With practice, soon these thoughts will seem as silly mental imaginings, with no relation to the truth. You will laugh at them. You will let them go.
It will be as if someone called you a rutabaga. You would think the thought very silly and meaningless. Such are your negative thoughts about yourself. Call forth the Voice of Spirit within you and let It define you. Ask for direction. Ask to see more truly. Give thanks for who you really are.
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