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Urge surfing invites us to abide with cravings and urges to act on impulsive, auto-pilot thoughts. As we abide with the impulses, we recognize their natural progression to peak and diminish all on their own. While the mind compels us to act, we actually can choose to not act, but simply be with the thoughts, emotions, and body sensations. Ultimately, our experience shows us that the immediate urge to act soon fades of its own accord. We are liberated from the need to act. Like waves, urges rise, peak, and diminish. If we abide with the trajectory of the rising wave we find that it will soon peak and diminish. Try it out and see for yourself. See if you can ride the wave without being wiped out by its force.