Feelings or Facts Debate

Everyone says 'trust your feelings.'  Really?  If you feel like murdering someone, kicking your dog, running from challenge, eating til you can't breathe....do you do it?

No.  (right?  you don't, right?) 
Feelings are not facts, but they make our beliefs seem like facts. When you meditate, you start to notice that feelings trigger judgments and commands to action, and then those actions intensity the emotion and solidify the judgment. Stuck in an endless and exhausting loop.  Been there? I have.

So, what do we do with these things?  For a major rush, try experiencing the emotion without obeying the next thought.  It's almost like driving a wedge between feeling and thought.  Now, pause, turn your attention back toward yourself and your direct experience, and watch as the universe changes completely.

Nearly impossible, but not quite. Practice makes it easier.  You've probably been practicing the opposite your whole life. Usually, we feel something and determine to change the world in order to feel better. Maybe it takes many years to see the limits of this effort. Maybe you're ready to try something different. 

What are you feeling now? Don't try to change it. Do breathe. Allow it. Even relish it. Life is short.

Check out available Subtopics:
Take Anger, for example.
Feeling / Thought Loops

In Progress:
Quick Mind and Slow Mind.
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