Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender (Power vs. Force, #9)

by David R. Hawkins

A negative feeling instantly causes a loss of 50% of the body’s muscle strength and also narrows our vision both physically and mentally.

Interesting fact.

These principles are in accord with the basic teaching of the Buddha to avoid attachment to worldly phenomena, as well as the basic teaching of Jesus Christ to “be in the world but not of it.”

The “you” that is observing and is aware of what is happening always stays the same.

Dbt mindfulness principles

Thoughts are fakes, absurd make-beliefs that obscure the truth. Pursuing thoughts can keep us occupied endlessly.

Thoughts are like bait to a fish; if we bite at them, we get caught. It’s best not to bite at the thoughts. We don’t need them.

CBT concept, identifying thoughts or Mindfulness -identify the thoughts and observe them no judge mentally

The mind is, therefore, a survival mechanism, and its method of survival is primarily the use of emotions. Thoughts are engendered by the emotions and, eventually, emotions become shorthand for thoughts. Thousands and even millions of thoughts can be replaced by a single emotion.

Basic concepts of CBT / Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and basics of neuroscience that we feel before we think.

is a scientific basis for the observation that self-awareness is increased much more rapidly by observing feelings rather than thoughts. The thoughts associated with even one

then be worked with by first accepting that it is there, without resisting it or condemning it. And

Mindfulness

that the mind consciously uses to handle emotions, which are suppression (or repression), expression, and escape. These