Why Our Thinking and Feelings Ebb and Flow

Since last week’s article, quite a few readers have reached out and asked about this paragraph:

Within all of us, thought builds up, falls away, builds up, falls away, and so on. When it builds up, we feel bad—e.g., apprehensive and unworthy. When it falls away, we feel good. And, again, these feelings occur independent of circumstance or environment.

Many of you simply want to know why thought builds up and falls away; plus, if it’s got nothing to do with circumstance or environment, why do our feelings trend up, down, and back once more?

Here’s my answer—or best attempt to put words to a spiritual truth (so please read carefully):

Human beings are blessed with the ability to think. We’re the only inhabitants of the planet that possess the power to process thought—i.e., we own an intellect or personal thought system. And while the intellect is really good at solving math problems and the like, it also tends to do this: Form an illusionary causal link between our feelings (inside) and the physical world (outside)—which requires a ton of personal thought, obstructs the connection to God, and causes us to feel bad or lost. It’s not until we stop looking outside for answers, or look within, that thought falls away and the connection to God is cleared (good feelings return).

From birth, everyone starts succumbing to the outside-in illusion and waking up again. Spiritual in nature, we’re thrust into a physical world. We look outside. We look inside. Thought builds and thought falls away. Feelings trend up and feelings trend down.

The short answer to why our thinking and feelings ebb and flow: The dance between the spiritual and the physical is the human experience—and, gratefully, you and I are human beings.