Have you ever noticed that you’re suddenly just feeling lousy?
And it seems there’s really “no good reason?”
But you hear all this Byron Katie stuff about feeeeeelings coming because you’re believing a “thought?”
And you can’t find any thought that made you feel this way?
And you think it may be a crock about feelings coming from thoughts?
Because the misery just HAPPENS!
The guilt just APPEARS!
The fear in suddenly THERE!
Well it’s very common. I hear it in my teleclasses and individual sessions all the time.
Thoughts streak through our minds with blazing speed.
And not just ONE thought, but sometimes dozens in seconds.
Then suddenly a flood of anger or shame or hate, is twisting our stomachs and flooding our shaking bodies with adrenaline.
That’s why putting the thoughts on paper helps “hold” your thinking in place…so you can finally take a look at it.
Katie says, that at one time, she couldn’t sit still enough to write anything.
And I, personally, had been trying to do The Work for a long time before I could actually be present enough to sit “with” my thinking.
That’s why facilitating with a partner can be so helpful.
Your partner/faciliator “holds” your thought for you, gently bringing you back, when the mind goes racing off on a rabbit trail…
…which is it’s job. That’s what the mind does.
The other day, one of teleclass members sent me a note about the continuing relationship they have with other members from a class from about 6 months ago.
They’re now in ANOTHER class together…tenderly “holding” thoughts for each other again.
The sweetness and kindness they hold for each other made my heart just swell with gratitude…and wonder…and amazement.
This process continues to “knock my socks off”…a hundred times a day.
So just continue to do YOUR work. Be patient and gentle with yourself and expect nothing. Let it DO you. Give yourself the gift of letting someone “hold” your precious thinking for you…
Whether it’s on paper, listening to audios, on the helpline, in a teleclass, with a friend, or at a “Katie event.”
With love, wonder, and amazement,
Grace