Feelings

Fun fact: The first time I approached my teacher in this life, my mind was a cyclone of emotions. When he saw my state, he folded his arms across his chest and sternly said, “Push down your emotions.” And with that, I dropped my mind, and from a clear space, began to ask him my question.

Feeling insecure,
feeling afraid,
feeling confident,
feeling mediocre,
feeling stupid,
feeling smart,
feeling awkward, ugly, beautiful,
feeling, feeling, feeling.

We’re taught to honor our feelings.
To trust them,
cherish them,
work them out.
But this is a LIE!
Feelings are not valuable,
on the path to Enlightenment.

Instead, ignore your feelings.
Ignoring feelings is called Mindfulness.
Feelings are manufactured
by the body and the mind.
But you are not your body,
or your mind,
so do not listen to their products.

When the feeling that something is wrong
creeps in, seeps in,
do not listen to it.
When fear arises,
do not welcome it like an old friend.
Instead let it flow through the mind untouched.
Don’t consider it, engage it,
or try to figure it out.
It does not need your attention!

Instead, trust the greater Self—
which you can finally hear
when feelings are ignored.
Trust me that the greater Self
is smarter, more beautiful and more magical
than your mind and its feelings.

Trade in the Ford Pinto of your mind,
for the luxury vehicle of no mind.