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    A Deeper Perspective on Emotions

    Written by Sen on July 21st, 2012

    Sensitivity, feelings, thoughts and emotions are different terms which we may use without being very

    clear in ourselves about what they really mean. For example, we use terms like sensitivity, feelings and

    emotions interchangeably in many ways. Its important that I define what I mean when I use these terms,

    in the context of this post, so that there is no ambiguity in your understanding of this explanation on

    emotions.

    Sensitivity Its the capacity in you to sense, or be aware, of something, be it a thought, emotion or a

    feeling. This term is used to refer to the inherent capacity in you, as life-form, to sense.

    Feelings Colloquially, the term feelings is used interchangeably with emotions. However, in the

    context of this post, what I define as feelings are the various inputs you are capable of obtaining

    through your body a human body has the capacity for tactile sense (sense of touch), auditory sense

    (sense of hearing), visual sense (sense of seeing), olfactory sense (sense of smell), gustatory sense (sense

    of taste) and emotional sense (sense of emotions inside the body). So basically, feelings are just the

    inputs that you can sense, for example you can feel cold/hot because of your tactile sense (coldness

    touches you or heat touches you), you can feel sad because of your emotional sense where you can

    sense this emotion of sadness possibly created by a present thought that creates a perception of sadness

    (or possibly due to the surfacing of a stored-up emotion created by a past thought of sadness).

    There is also another sensitivity we have, as life-energy, which is thought sense (or sensing a thought).

    A thought-sense may or may not create a feeling, for example when you think of a lemon it may not

    create any feeling, but when you think of eating a lemon it can create a feeling of its taste. So a

    thought-sense is a sensitivity we have, but it may or may not create a feeling this is why all

    sensitivities are not automatically feelings.

    Emotion When a thought creates a feeling in the body its called emotion. Emotion is a physical/bodily

    experience of a thought. Basically, intense/strong emotions are unnecessary and are the reason for 99%

    of physical suffering in the body, the rest 1% may be physical suffering created through some physicaldamage/injury. You can think without creating any significantly felt emotions this may be a revelation

    to many, because usually we assume that a certain thinking will create a certain emotion, however

    thinking doesnt have to create emotions. Only when your mind has a high momentum/intensity, where it

    can create thoughts with high amplitude, can it create resistance in your energy field, which is felt like a

    physical sensation (input felt by your emotional sense) this physical sensation of resistance, created by a

    thought, is what we call emotion. Basically, emotion cannot be created without resistance.

    You may ask what about good emotions? Basically, there is no such thing as good emotions, there is

    only a state of absence of resistance/emotion which feels good, thats all it feels good because there is

    no resistance; so emotions cannot create a good feeling, rather its the absence of emotions that feelsgood. Remember that by emotion I just mean the physical (or bodily) sense of a thought, however a

    thought can only create a physical sensation when it has a high momentum/intensity emotions are not

    necessary at all. For example, you can have a sad thought without feeling sadness in your body, without

    feeling this emotion called sadness so in this case you are sensitive to a circumstance, and you are sad

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    about it in your thoughts, but you are not feeling the emotion of sadness in your body, your body stays

    resistance-free. This is what I mean by the state of unwavering peace.

    Thought thought is an idea, perception, interpretation or an imagination. Life-energy is capable of

    thinking, just like life-energy is capable of being sensitive its an intelligent energy. So thinking and

    being sensitive are two inherent natures/potentials of life-energy. Thought, when it happens, creates a

    form this form is initially just a very lose non-physical form. However, focusing on a thought causes its

    condensation, it starts becoming solid. When a thought gathers momentum, it has a sense of solidityto it, where it can be felt more intensely. So in a human being (a form of life-energy), when a thought

    has a momentum/intensity, it can be felt through the emotional sense. In order to have an intense thought

    one needs to create momentum on that thought through focus a lot of thoughts in a human being have

    a strong momentum because of their past/present focus on it. These high momentum thoughts can now

    create emotions which can get stored-up when they are not allowed a release (you can think of it as

    thought energy getting stored up in the body). This store-up of emotions creates more and more blockages

    (sense of congestion) in the body until it hits a high threshold where it becomes very painful for the body

    to tolerate emotions now these high momentum thoughts are felt even more painfully because the body

    is already high on stored-up emotions.

    Freedom from the resistance of emotions

    Basically, as a human, what you desire is a state where you are free of the emotional impact of a

    thought, so that you can think without feeling the bodily suffering like you can think about an insult

    without feeling the bodily reaction/pain created by the emotion of it. Its like having an inner anesthesia to

    thoughts you can imagine what a relief it is, its like the difference between doing a root canal (at the

    dentist) with anesthesia and without anesthesia.

    If a thought does not create an emotional impact, you are already free of being afraid of that thought and

    you are also not in a state of inner resistance, and hence open to inner guidance/inspiration/wisdom itmay be a revelation to realize that our greatest fear is about the emotional sense created by a thought

    rather than the thought itself; for example claustrophobia is basically a condition where you think about

    being in an enclosed area and this thought creates a thought of survival threat of being in such a space

    (basically due to a fearful perception, possibly created due to some bad memory of closed spaces in the

    past), and this thought has so much momentum/intensity (due to your minds focus on it) that it creates a

    strong resistance in the body, whats called the emotion of fear, and it is this feeling of resistance, in the

    body, which is really uncomfortable its this feeling (created by the emotion) that you start trying to

    avoid, and hence keep away from situations that cause this phobia thought. If this feeling could be

    removed totally, you can have a fear of closed spaces (as a thought) but you wont feel the bodily

    discomfort of this fear. Whats the advantage? Well, when you are free of the emotion, it gives youmore freedom to live and even explore the fear, for example when you are free of the feeling of

    nervousness created by the thought of talking on a stage (stage-fright), you can still have fear of the

    stage (as a thought) but without this feeling of nervousness you feel more confident to talk on the stage.

    To realize that its not the thought but the emotion created by the thought thats the main cause of being

    anxious, of being disconnected from your inner wisdom, of exhibiting limiting behavior, of avoiding a

    certain situational responsibility, or the cause of denying a desired experience (like you may desire to

    bungee jump but are afraid of intense physical feeling of the fear created when you contemplate the

    jump or you may desire to go to a party but are afraid of the physical feeling of nervousness created by a

    thought about people watching/judging you). Basically, a lot of people who do the dare-devil stunts arethe ones whove released the momentum/intensity of fearful thoughts, through the practice of allowing

    the release (sometimes without knowing about the mechanics of this practice), and hence dont feel the

    emotions like fear, in an intense way, in their body. When you are free of emotions you are not a prisoner

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    to a limiting thought, and thus, you can totally go ahead with what you want to do rather than be afraid of

    the sensations of an emotion like fear, sadness, guilt, nervousness, anger etc.

    Being free of emotions is the state of inner wholeness

    Basically, in a nut-shell, this whole state that spiritual teachers keep talking about of inner freedom (or

    what I call inner wholeness) is just a state of being free of emotions, thats all. You can have all the

    enlightenment (mental understanding of life, like oneness, creator potential, understanding of mind,understanding of negativity etc), but if you are not free of emotions you cant really be free enough to live

    the way you want because you will be constantly impeded by the fear of emotions pain of any form is a

    survival threat to the mind, and it will keep you from doing anything that can create pain, so until you are

    free of emotions your mind will stop you from doing anything that creates emotions, including the things

    that you really want to do (like talking to this girl/guy you really dig, but feel tongue-tied because of the

    emotion of nervousness in your body created by the thought of being rejected). So, if you want to live life

    more fully, you need to be free of emotions. In fact, you cant truly align with the inspiration of your

    life-stream, or its moment to moment guidance, unless you are free of the resistance of emotions. Being

    free of emotions is the state you reach through the release created by coming to a state of total allowing

    until the momentum of your mind ebbs away its only through, a conscious, total allowing that arelease of momentum take place permanently, there really isnt any other short cut.

    (Read these posts if you want a deeper understanding of the state of allowing Reaching a place of total

    allowing, healing the imbalance, reducing mind momentum is the key, realizing suppressed energyand

    the power of allowing).

    In the context of how Ive defined emotions, I hope you realize that being free of emotions does not

    mean you become insensitive, because you still have your thought-sense. You can have thoughts of

    empathy, compassion, grief etc without feeling its physical impact and thus be resistance-free within,

    and thus not disturb the inner harmony of your bodys energy-field, and also not disconnect from yourinner guidance/wisdom/inspiration. Its because people dont understand the difference between thought-

    sense and emotions that they think that being free of emotions will make you cold or inhuman

    you have your human thoughts, like love-attraction, sexuality, fear, dislike, interest, empathy, sadness,

    guilt, anger etc but without the emotions of it in your body hence they dont impact/overwhelm you like

    before, neither do they cloud your wisdom through their intensity.

    Being free of emotions does change your attitude towards life in a huge way it can change many

    perceptions/beliefs/desires in you, it can change how you engage with your surroundings, it can change

    your preferences/interests etc, but the bottom-line is that you are no longer moving from a place of being

    a prisoner to a thought. For example, you can have a thought of sexual nature (like when you see a hotgirl/guy), but you are not gripped by the emotion of sexuality to the point where you do something that

    you regret later, basically your wisdom prevails under all situations you stop being a prisoner to

    anything, while also having the freedom to explore anything with a wisdom; Also, in this place you

    understand what it means to desire without craving, you can have a desire without the emotion/resistance

    created by the thought of its lack and hence are in a stronger place to manifest the desire. In truth, strong

    behavior/attitude of neediness is mostly created because of emotions, where we try to cling to a source

    that gives us a temporary freedom from some emotions like loneliness, sadness, sexuality, anxiousness etc

    when you are free of emotions you have freedom to be internally stable and, thus, not move from a

    place of desperation.

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    21 comments

    Izsays:July 21, 2012 at 3:55 am

    Hey Sen, Im still a little confused with this post. I get the idea of negative thoughts and how when

    they come we look at them in an understanding/disinterested way and by doing so, slowly over time

    they will impact our body less because less emotion will be generated by the thought (please tell me

    if thats right). However, youre view on feeling good still puzzles me. You say its a lack of

    emotion effecting our bodies that makes us feel good but what about thoughts that make us laugh, is

    that not an emotion that we feel in our body? Same with sexual thoughts, pretty sure that impacts

    me physically in the you know what area haha, or are both of those more like releasing energy? I

    also have a second question, sometimes I daydream about situations where I can land a girl bybeing funny. Some daydreams of course are unrelated to chicks but still make me laugh. Its not that

    im afraid (fearful) of these daydreams but are they healthy, does it mean i still have a long way to

    go to reduce mind momentum?

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    Sensays:

    July 21, 2012 at 4:32 am

    Iz, when you are mostly in a state of resistance (a constantly stressed/fearful mind and strong

    emotional store-up) the thoughts that make you laugh, or thoughts of joy, basically just causeyour mind to be distracted from its negative thoughts and hence in that moment you are free

    of resistance (free of emotions) and hence you feel good so its the freedom from emotion

    in that moment that makes your body feel good, and we call it a happy state. But when you

    come to a state of inner wholeness, you are free of resistance/emotions already and hence you

    realize that it doesnt make any difference to your inner experience state if you have thoughts

    of joy or not also, the act of laughing by itself is just a physiological expression and it does

    not imply that someone is actually feeling good, because a lot of humans laugh even when

    they feel grief or nervousness just to act normal.

    As for the sexual thoughts, it affects you biologically by sending blood to your genitalia andcreating an adrenaline rush, which just increases your tactile sense especially in your

    erogenous areas this tactile pleasure is what makes you enjoy a sexual act. The relief of the

    release will not matter so much if you did not have a strong tension created by the emotion

    of sexuality. The emotion of sexuality (the physical tension created by your sexual thoughts

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    or mental need) is not really needed for you to enjoy sex, rather it can cause you to become

    impatient towards releasing this emotion (as a means of seeking relief from the emotional

    tension) and thus cause you to not really savor the act long enough or cause you to do

    something irresponsible (blinded by the emotional tension). I guess, you need to experience

    what it feels like to be free of the emotion of sexuality to realize the freedom it affords to

    really focus on enjoying the tactile (and visual, olfactory, auditory and gustatory) pleasure of

    the sexual act itself. Also, what you call the feeling of love is basically just the absence of the

    emotion of fear or hatred, by itself the feeling of love is just the natural state of beingresistance-free its not an emotion however when we have a lot of resistance within us, the

    thoughts of loving someone (or being loved by someone) are basically thoughts of well-being

    that take your minds attention away from its negative thinking (and hence removes

    emotions) and makes you feel good. In the absence of emotions, you always feel good and

    hence feeling good becomes ordinary, its just realized as a natural state of being a state

    of wholeness.

    As for your question on daydreams, well daydreaming that makes you laugh is always good,

    the point is whats your state of being when you dont have these thoughts to fall back upon?

    Your mind momentum only makes it intensity felt when its creating emotion generatingthoughts, and its momentum can be sensed by the intensity of emotions it creates in your

    body.

    Kevin W.says:

    July 21, 2012 at 4:31 am

    This really sparked a big realization for me. Thank you

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    jsays:

    July 21, 2012 at 6:15 am

    I wouldnt have understood this post a minth ago.

    But w the practice of releasing stored up emotions through. Allowing myself to feel what i feel, Im

    able to observe some of the negative thoughts without much impac. Which wouldve

    beenimpossible d/t so much stored up negativity.

    im still struggling w inferiority complex but hope Ill be able to overcome being strongly

    identifying self from mind/ego.

    thanks

    ReplyWillysays:

    July 21, 2012 at 11:06 am

    Sen, i believe that majority of us reading your posts are either married or independent in one way or

    the other (parental indepencence)

    This world as we can see- is evolving and many young people are also evolving in their

    understanding (more that before when we were young and information as at that time was

    limited). Now, alot of young people are having this strong desire/interest to know more (even

    more than we older ones.. Lol)..And that brings me to this question:

    Sen what pointer would you give for a young person/people(lets say teenagers or early 20s) who are

    still under the strict hands of their parents, and would wants to undergo this journey towards being

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    balanced Or who had been having some negativity which they wana transcend.. Are they to wait

    untill they are out of their parents house/strict hands, to begin to allow/let go (because it may

    contradict their parents beliefs).. Or is it too early for them to start now?.

    This question came as a result of a question asked to me by a teenage prodigy, and your clearance

    will be very helpful.. Thanks

    Replyyettysays:

    July 21, 2012 at 12:58 pm

    this made me realize so many things.thanks sen

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    Starlightsays:

    July 21, 2012 at 1:23 pm

    Sen, I observed that there is this sense of satisfaction whenever the mind ruminates in thoughts of

    how those who have done wrong to me and gives justification to cut them out of my life. This is apattern Ive observed since young, but I m still not seeing the whole picture.

    May I know why is this so?

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    True Onesays:

    July 21, 2012 at 4:37 pm

    Hi Sen,

    Thanks so much for all your kind help and the posts. I need your help please.

    My brother has a situation that needs help with but I dont know what to tell him. Could you please

    give me your advice. So here is his situation. My brother doesnt want to work and he hates

    working as he likes to be rich so he can enjoy life fully and does not have to work from 9-5 daily

    just like a prison. When he is at work he suffers by the fact that he has to work and he does not

    work harder or long hours to get promotion because he is not inspired to do so as he only goes by

    taking inspired action, so what should he do? he buys lotto sometimes and prays and hopes for

    inspired action to show him the next step but nothing has happened yet and is so frustrated. Whatd

    you suggest in this situation, I cant tell him he is fantasizing as I think if he has this desire to be

    free financially, the life force will deliver it but should he also do anything? maybe change his

    views etc.

    Kindly let me know.

    Thanks so much

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    abetsays:

    July 21, 2012 at 6:30 pm

    Idk about the new readers, but the ones like myself who have been reading your posts fro a couplemonths now. It is like your posts have evolved parallel to my own personal evolution, when I have

    a deep question about something I almost always find it in your post

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    Orlandosays:

    July 21, 2012 at 9:47 pm

    Same here

    Annesays:

    July 22, 2012 at 10:42 am

    I was just thinking the same thing. Dont now what I would do without you Sen.

    Caseysays:

    July 23, 2012 at 2:21 am

    Me too! Hes been a big part of my healing.

    Kevin W.says:

    July 25, 2012 at 4:44 am

    Couldnt agree more

    ancasays:

    July 22, 2012 at 12:29 am

    Hi Sen,

    What if somebody experience insomnia in the beginning of the process? I had insomnia two years

    ago when I had a strong anxiety moment because there were stress, fear and big chances in my life

    and it was like my brain couldn t adapt so quickly. Now I feel ok, I can allow intrusive thought, I

    reach to balance dark and light nature, I relax and I feel free like I can be myself again after many

    years of fear and feeling guilty and not knowing who I am. Now is the same I have insomnia

    but I feel good, more relaxed and pacient, I am not scared, I am not feeling guilty. The problem is

    that the sleep doesn t come. It is like there is a high level of energy in my brain and tension in the

    body. I hope this is not a psychosis or something of a kind. I don t think it is because all this makes

    perfect sense to me. But it is totally new and totally quickly. Maybe to quickly for me. I will take

    medication because the insomnia is very profound and than I will still follow this process because is

    the right thing to do. I am myself. Just that I realized how low was my level of awareness before

    and how unhappy I was because of that. If I take medication, you think it will affect my awareness?

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    Andersonsays:

    July 22, 2012 at 10:54 pm

    Hi Sen,

    When I sit back to relax and just be aware, I have noticed that thoughts and images pop up in the

    mind, but they almost immediately dissolve or vanish again. Sometimes I wonder if Im kicking

    them out to get rid of them, but it doesnt feel Im doing that. I feel that the other option would be

    to put some focus on them, to let them stay at least for a few seconds, but I feel this is not correct as

    I feel this would be to feed the thoughts and images with energy and whatever little effort,

    something which is to be avoided.

    I also do not feel that I have any fear of my thoughts. Id be happy to let anything come up.. it

    would be great relief and steps forward, at least then something obvious is happening. So I dont

    think Im running away from my thoughts or mind. Perhaps I just need to get more stable in

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    residing in the aware stillness.

    I do feel a difference when I relax in awareness (as much as my current capacity allows) as

    compared to those few times I have tried to think about nothing or have no thoughts. To try to

    have no thoughts is impossible, at least to me. I just end up having a thought about trying to not

    having thoughts. There are always thoughts (I guess since I sit in the mind trying to have no

    thoughts, which is impossible). But when I relax in awareness as per your pointers, I feel an

    immediate difference. It feels like that thoughts just dont come up that much, and those that do,they evaporate or fade away almost immediately, and they dont have much persistence to them at

    all. However, I dont think this is what you call phase 3 (letting go of what arises) because I feel I

    havent yet gained enough solidity in the awareness to having moved to that phase yet.

    So Im wondering if you could shed some light on my particular experience. Where am I standing

    actually?

    Warmest regards!

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    Suhasinisays:

    July 24, 2012 at 9:59 pm

    Same here. Every time a question arises in me I find answer to that in Sens posts. thanks a million

    times Sen.

    Reply

    Abdisays:

    July 31, 2012 at 3:45 pm

    sen,thanks for your helpful article.

    one thing i want to tell you is that i feel pain and hurt when i give compliments to the people and

    they never thank me for that or if they ignore that. i feel stupid when the people ignore me or never

    show intrest what i did for them. I also feel needs of compliments and i crave for it dont know

    why. for example on the facebook when my friends put their photo there i always give them a good

    compliments with all my heart while when i put my photos on facebook they ignore it and never

    like and never give me any compliments but they give compliments to the other peoples photo etc.

    sometimes when i put status like meaningful words to encouraging the people they never like or

    they ignore it and they like and comments a bull shit status that other person put there. sometimes itkills me and i feel jealous because what i do is good things and they dont like it. i still dont know

    what to do so i decided to shut up and never like someones photo or status or give any

    compliments and never expect and compliments from the people ever again so am i wrong? is it

    good decision to leave the people alone and not expecting any thing from them ? sen i have been

    feeling this over sensitivity long time like 10 years and my childhood was horrible and scary. i was

    physically and emotionally abused by my parents, i was compared to my elder brothers by my

    parents and they always hate me for a little mistakes i make . I was also abused by my teachers,

    relatives, and some of the peers. I was been pulled by other children and elders many years of my

    life and now i am 26 years old. i feel sorry for my self and i need to overcome all this social

    anxious so please respond me and tell me something to do . your respond will help me a lot. thanks

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    Sensays:

    August 2, 2012 at 3:20 pm

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    Abdi, there is a lot of meekness within you, which creates a servile vibe, which makes you

    come across as a person needy of approval. Even your good nature of being kind to people,

    and appreciating them, can seem contrived in the sense that you almost do it from a place of

    wanting to come across as a nice person seeking their approval in return. This basically a

    behavior created due to a imbalance towards light nature, where you are trying to be nice and

    loving out of fear/lack within you. Youve also suppressed a lot of anger within you, a lot of

    hatred that you feel towards the way you got treated during your childhood lies emotionally

    suppressed in you and you suppress it because you feel rooted in meekness, and henceare afraid of allowing anger (which is a more powerful vibration than meekness) in you. The

    growth path for you is to develop your sense of inner power and worthiness by letting go of

    this tendency towards meekness and servitude, you can find this inner power as you stop

    being driven from your minds conditioning and start connecting with your inner space. Its a

    journey of connecting with your inner being and bringing the wisdom of this inner space to

    your mind. Your mind will only keep working from its present imbalance it will either try

    to be nice (defensive) or it will try to be distanced/aggressive (offensive), both these

    behaviors come from the same state of imbalance created from the state of inner lack/fear. So

    instead of trying to find a solution through your mind, spend time connecting with your space

    of being, and from this space of connection allow a release of all the pent-up emotions ofanger and fear created due to your upbringing. You can understand more about how to

    connect with your space of being, in these posts

    http://www.calmdownmind.com/the-space-of-being/

    http://www.calmdownmind.com/fearless-within/

    http://www.calmdownmind.com/working-with-thoughts/

    Dancersays:

    August 5, 2012 at 2:11 pm

    Dear Sen,

    I have a question about emotions. There exists a notion of the emotions being our guidance

    system. When something feels good, exciting, coming from a place of joy/passion/happiness, it is

    considered being in aligment with your desired reality, your Inner Being, your purpose. When

    something feels bad, or as if coming from a place of fear/hatred/confusion, it is considered out of

    alignment with your desired reality, an untruth, and an interpretation of a situation your Inner

    Being does not agree with.

    My question is: when, at some point on the path towards a wholeness-based being, feeling little

    emotion (good or bad) and being able to have sad/happy/angry thoughts without feeling a strong

    corresponding emotion, what about the emotional guidance ? How would one be guided if thoughtsdo not elicit that much emotion? Or would the thought tone, or flavour, be enough to point in

    the right or wrong direction?

    What is your experience and view on this?

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    Sensays:

    August 7, 2012 at 4:13 pm

    Dancer, actually emotions are never an accurate guidance system, mostly because emotions

    are created by your minds thought process/interpretations which can come from a narrow,

    and even imbalanced, perspective. The guidance system you learn to rely on is your inner

    voice also called inner wisdom in the form of instinct, intuition, inspiration stemming from

    your connection with your inner being. This connection becomes more and more clear, and

    strong, as your mind momentum (and emotional momentum) starts ebbing away. Basically,

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    when the mind momentum dies away (the emotional pressure is also done with) and in this

    place you wont have this inner conflict created by the two voices the voice of a

    conditioned mind and voice of your inner being (or voice of your life-streams intelligence).

    By voice I dont just mean words, I also mean a sense you get in the form

    instinct/intuition.

    If you notice, that the feeling excitement is not always an accurate guidance system it could

    just be coming from a deluded perspective in the mind. A lot of people commit someimbalanced action under the impulse of their over-excitement or under the impulse of

    passion. Also the bad feeling could be coming from a place of resistance in the mind for

    example the mind resists a low state, and spurs you to distract yourself instead of allowing

    the energy to release. Also, an imbalanced mind can create resistance (a bad feeling) about a

    wisdom based action so if you simply follow your minds reaction as your guidance system,

    you will just be lost to your minds responses, and the mind does have a lot of deluded

    thinking in its unaware state.

    abdisays:

    August 15, 2012 at 8:00 am

    sen thanks for your helping

    I want you to tell me how to concentrate on learning new thing like new languages, reading books

    and watching programs. i mean i cant focus on learning or doing something interesting. my

    learning ability is very week and i my memory isnt that good even my paying attention and

    focusing is bad . so please tell me how i can improve all these things ?

    please reply me and help me like you did before. thanks

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