The first phase of the following practice involves the process of defusing.
Or disidentifying from all that you believe you are.
Whether body,
Senses,
Or mind.
This first phase consists of three parts,
Which deal with the physical,
Emotional,
And mental aspects of your body and mind.
Diffusion,
Or disidentification.
From the I-thought leads to the second phase of this exercise.
Which is the realization of your essential identity as awareness.
Diffusion leads to the understanding and insight that who you actually are is far more than your belief and feeling of being a separate self or I.
Freeing yourself from the belief that you're separate leads to experiencing unchanging well-being.
And wholeness.
This practice allows your mind to defocus.
As your mind defocuses.
You're able to recognize your sense of being.
Resting as being reveals awareness.
Resting as awareness brings freedom from identification with the ever-changing phenomena of your body and mind.
Freedom from these changing phenomena gives rise to freedom from pain,
Anxiety,
Fear,
And suffering.
Freedom from these states of mind and body.
Along with the recognition of your underlying,
Unchanging health and well-being,
Paves the way for healing your PTSD.
Resting as awareness creates space within you from which it's easier to see and welcome actions you need to take to heal your PTSD.
Resting as awareness allows you to recognize and welcome your natural feelings of self-power.
It enhances your ability to respond.
Which enables you to move beyond your sense of powerlessness.
Resting as awareness allows you to stay grounded and able to respond to others in the world around you.
No matter your circumstance or situation.
Rather than think your way through the following practice.
You're invited to feel your way through it.
To understand the difference between feeling and thinking.
Imagine entering a completely dark room that's filled with furniture.
In order to find your way to the other side of the room,
You need to suspend thinking and feel your way around the furniture.
Throughout the following practice.
Reflect on.
And experience the effect of each statement slowly and thoughtfully with your feeling body and heart.
Rather than with your thinking mind.
Adjust your body.
So that you feel completely supported by the surface on which you're resting.
Open your senses.
And welcome the environment and sounds around you.
Scan your body and release any unnecessary tension.
Welcome your inner resource.
And the feeling of ease or well-being throughout your entire body.
And mine.
Now that your body is at rest.
Silently say the following statements to yourself.
Go slowly.
Take time with each statement.
Feel how each statement impacts your body.
And mind.
Move on to the next statement only when you feel complete with the statement you're on.
I have a body.
That I am not just my body.
I am the one who is aware of my body.
My body finds itself in different conditions of health and sickness.
I value my body as a precious instrument of experience and action.
I treat my body well.
And seek to keep it in good health.
I have a body.
But I am not just my body.
I am the one who is aware of my body.
Take time to register and feel this statement as your actual experience.
I have a body.
But I am not just my body.
I am the one who is aware of my body.
When you're ready,
Move on to the next part of this practice.
I have emotions.
But I am not just my emotions.
I am the one who is aware of my emotions.
My emotions are varied,
Changing.
And sometimes contradictory.
They can change from calm to anger.
From joy to sorrow.
And yet my essence as awareness does not change.
Though a wave of anger or sadness may temporarily submerge me.
I know that it will pass in time.
Therefore,
I am not just my emotions.
Since I can be aware of and notice my emotions.
It is clear that I am not just my emotions.
I have emotions.
But I am not just my emotions.
I am the one who is aware of my emotions.
Take time to register and feel this statement as your actual experience.
I have emotions.
But I am not just my emotions.
I am the one who is aware of my emotions.
When you're ready,
Move on to the next part of this practice.
I have thoughts,
But I am not just my thoughts.
I am the one who is aware of my thoughts.
My thoughts are a valuable tool of discovery and expression.
But they are not the essence of who and what I truly am.
My thoughts are constantly changing as my mind embraces new ideas,
Knowledge,
And experience.
I have thoughts.
But I am not just my thoughts.
I am the one who is aware of my thoughts.
Take time to register and feel this statement as your actual experience.
I have thoughts.
But I am not just my thoughts.
I am the one who is aware of my thoughts.
When you're ready,
Move on to the next part of this practice.
Now slowly affirm and feel each of the following statements.
I have a body.
But I am not just my body.
I am the one who is aware of my body.
I have emotions.
But I am not just my emotions.
I am the one who is aware of my emotions.
I have thoughts.
But I am not just my thoughts.
I am the one who is aware of my thoughts.
I am unchanging awareness.
In which the ever-changing flow of my life arises.
Take time to register and feel this statement as your actual experience.
I am unchanging awareness.
In which the ever-changing flow of my life arises.
When you're ready,
Move on to the next part of this practice.
I recognize and affirm that my essential nature is unchanging awareness.
I recognize myself as awareness in the midst of everyday life.
I am unchanging awareness in which the ever-changing flow of my life arises.
Awareness is the ultimate source and inner resource that gives rise to meaning,
Purpose,
And direction in my life.
Notice the changing movements of your body and mind.
Notice the unchanging nature of awareness.
Take time now to rest as unchanging awareness.
When you're ready to return to your daily life.
Open and close your eyes several times while noticing objects in the environment around you.
All the while resting as awareness.
As you begin to move.
Walk around your environment.
All the while staying with the felt sense of being awareness.
Then go about your day while noticing how the felt sense of being,
Unchanging awareness,
Is always present.
As a background presence.
