Spiritually FIT

 "We protect ourselves from the weapons of emotions with the armor of mindfulness." (Guru Rinpoche)

 

Feelings, Interactions, Thoughts (F-I-T): we can observe what’s going on inside and outside of us. Who is it who feels, interacts, and thinks? When Oneness prevails, our feelings are uniform and can be described as contentment or bliss; all interactions are a natural and effortless outgrowth of being and thoughts are mainly absent, or they show up as specific instructions. In contrast, when our self identifies with the situation our feelings are all over the place, there is sometimes interference in our interactions and our thinking process takes charge.

 

I had an interesting experience this morning. I felt the God connection as I sometimes do, but then later I felt the I-identification return. I never quite experienced this transition before. It was a feeling of contraction in the body, observed how the psychological thinking process came back up, and—if I had stayed in this mode—the interpersonal interferences would likely have followed. It was literally a decision point at hand, “do you want to accept the personal straight jacket or proceed as before with the self lurking in the background?

 

 

Susan Jeffers came up with the catchy book title, “Feel the fear and do it anyway.” The corollary on the other side of the emotional spectrum is, “See the mental groove and jump off the neurological roller-coaster before the train of thought leaves the station.” Give the spiritual F-I-T-ness hypothesis a try today and see where it leads.