There's no way to stop feelings coming in even though it can look like there is. It looks like you can use tools and techniques, resolve the past or   transcend the human experience. But that's not true and the impact of all that trying is actually to stop us seeing the truth. Because the truth is that every bit of calm and clarity you are seeking is already there inside you! It's the noise of all those things you are trying which is stopping you seeing that.

TRUTH - humans feel every type of feeling. Always have done, always will. FALSE - you can stop that happening. Never have been able to, never will. And whilst you are trying to stop feelings, you are adding thinking and doing and going further and further away from calm. Once you become deeply aware of this, you will see the difference it makes.

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