There's a middle man involved sitting between what's out there and our experience of it. It really can look like our experience is pure. Something happens out there and we feel it inside us. That is the outside in paradigm and  living in this place makes us victims. It makes us want to control and it can be the slippery slope to burnout. 

Just remembering there is a middle man which is thought in the moment or perspective, can be helpful. It is always there, creating our experience unseen by us. But every time we remember the middle man and acknowledge their presence there is a falling back home; to calm, clarity and presence.

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