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Look beyond the words. Truth comes in the form of a feeling. Look for that feeling. From that feeling will come the wisdom you seek, which will set you free. And that’s what we’re all ultimately seeking, isn’t it? Many who discover the truth describe the feeling as a resonance in your heart and a sense of alignment and harmony with who you truly are. It is an experience of peace and liberation. They say it’s the most familiar unfamiliar feeling, like you’re finally home. It is the feeling of discovering that which you already know.
If you want to be free and at peace, then you will need to let go of only listening to your mind’s fight-or-flight thinking. You are not just a product of your environment but a co-creator of it. With this understanding, you
Thinking, on the other hand, is the judgment or opinion we have about our thoughts. Thinking takes a significant amount of energy, effort, and willpower, which are finite resources. You don’t have to ruminate on each thought that enters your mind, but when you do, that is thinking.
We are not trying to bypass our emotions. Rather, we are trying to accept and feel them fully without judgment. Suffering comes not from our emotions but from the thinking we attach to the emotions.
