Hi,
Welcome to our shadow sip of the day.
Today we're just asking.
What emotion am I avoiding?
What am I trying not to feel?
There any feeling,
Any emotion?
It's kind of sitting in the peripheral of my conscious awareness,
Pushed to the margin.
Just inquiring.
Maybe there isn't.
Maybe there is.
Maybe there isn't.
We're just inquiring.
That's the point of doing this type of reflection.
Making the unconscious conscious.
Just asking.
It's a powerful prompt,
This.
Is there anything I'm avoiding?
Is there anything I'm resisting?
Is there anything I refuse to feel?
That's a very challenging one,
But really powerful.
Just looking inwards.
Crucial.
Don't judge yourself.
Do not judge yourself,
This is not an accusation.
This is not a judgement,
We're just opening our awareness to become more insightful.
Get a clear picture.
What do I refuse to feel?
And here's another really powerful one that may be a little softer.
What do I feel?
Like I'm not allowed to feel.
Are there any emotions that I believe I'm not allowed to feel this way?
Anger.
See ya.
Sadness.
Just cycling through this.
Is there anything I feel?
I'm not really allowed to feel this.
It's powerful stuff,
This.
And again,
If you become aware of an emotion,
If you get an answer,
You're like,
Well,
Don't do anything with it.
Just feel it.
That's how we.
Feeling is the medium by which emotion is known.
So to make buried emotion conscious,
Just feel it and it will be known.
Once it's known,
It's out of the shadow.
It's no longer a shadow,
It's no longer a problem.
Just feel it.
And you can do this,
You can just feel it.
You won't be overwhelmed.
You are perfectly safe to do this.
Just feel it.
Even those taboo emotions,
The ones you really feel you need to hide from people and hide from yourself looking for that word should or shouldn't.
Should be a red flag in your own life.
I shouldn't feel this way.
If you ever get that,
I shouldn't feel afraid,
I shouldn't feel angry.
That's one of the mechanisms we push emotion into the shadow.
I shouldn't feel like this.
That's a belief.
It's not true.
An opinion,
A belief,
An assumption.
This is all shadow material we're beginning to churn through now.
Do I feel like I shouldn't feel this?
I feel like I'm not allowed to feel this?
I feel like I'm not strong enough to feel this?
Deep inquiry here and once you start getting some answers coming through I would advise very light touch about this,
You just leave it alone.
You won't forget.
You won't forget.
If we analyse too intensely.
We scare it away again we're not doing that we're just just Leave it alone.
Feel it,
But leave it alone.
Don't get involved.
Light touch.
Feel it,
Don't get involved.
Even if it's anger.
Even if it's fear.
Don't get involved,
Just feel.
And there we've just made something that was previously unconscious conscious.
And in time it will integrate,
You'll feel a bit safer,
A bit more relaxed.
You're just gently learning,
Oh I can feel this,
I can feel this,
It's all right,
I can feel this.
Beautiful.
Thank you so much for meditating with me today.
Hope to see you in the next meditation.
Thank you.
Take care.
Be well.
Stay present.
