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In my opinion, many think we control our life, our destiny.
In my generation, college was a way to get control of our future.
Control seems to be linked to success, power and possessions.
One thing I have no control of, the 60,000 thoughts that show up everyday.
My influence comes from reacting or not reacting to these thoughts.
A good percentage of my daily thoughts bring worry, doubt, fear and anxiety (childhood trauma).
This is my daily battle, let the noise go or grasp and suffer.
The battle is lost if we engage these unworthy thoughts.
Depression, anxiety, PTSD and other mental disorders incubate around thinking.
Negative emotional thought can dominate life.
If you suffer from PTSD or depression you have experienced the suffering caused by rumination in our past trauma.
The “Ego” believes he/she can control our life through these past thoughts.
If we grant this control, we are a victim and life is full of suffering.
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Posted by Michelle Denness on June 10, 2020 at 4:28 pm
Can we not embrace our past trauma, learn from it and share the lessons? Can we relinquish the ‘control’ and see it for what it is… a reminder to change something deep within us? Are we able to love the part of us (quite possibly a much younger part) that feels out of the ‘control’ of a past situation and let them know that part know that we we hear and acknowledge it? Just some thoughts swirling around my mind… 🙂
Posted by Marty on June 10, 2020 at 4:34 pm
Well said
Relinquish control is acceptance
Surrender is the ultimate
Strange power counterintuitive
From my readings
We feel the trauma completely, observing not thinking or judging, then come back to ur breath
To what ur eyes see
What u hear and feel
Coming back to now using our focus tools solves these dilemmas
We always have a safe place where thought dies
Posted by Michelle Denness on June 10, 2020 at 4:35 pm
I love this thank you 🙏
Posted by Marty on June 10, 2020 at 4:37 pm
Thank you for your input
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