"In the subtle realms of mind and emotion, applying force creates resistance." Yessss — continually learning this the hard way, over and over (and then immediately forgetting it). Thank you for this.
Thank you so much Mason!! When I think of the subtle realms your work is top of mind, adore the way you trace these moves through art and writing. Right there with you on the learning and forgetting cycle/spiral, it's prolly my biggest creative oof-not-this-again generator. Would love to hear more on how you navigate it
Aw, thanks! I think "how to navigate it" is always my question / dilemma. I absolutely agree that bossing around your inner life creates resistance. But I also feel like there's a lot of creative energy there? At least in writing, I'm always trying to find that point of pushing it but not pushing it too hard . . .
The psychic baggage is as real as the physical stuff and arguably more insidious since it’s private and invisible. I went through something so similar this spring and was glad to be reminded of the systems I have for clearing out my inner and outer worlds. As you said: no expectations. Just the lightness that makes room for a bigger mystery than any I could engineer, white knuckle or even imagine.
Uh, considering I journaled this morning something along the lines of "I have all these feelings I've been stuffing down my whole life and I don't know...how? what? to do with them?" I'm pretty sure this just changed my life.
Gosh thank you Julie, that is so meaningful to hear!! It can really be overwhelming at first, but it's major good news that you're in a place where stuff is safe to emerge. Sending good your way 💚🍀
This was highly relatable piece! I love how you wrote "mental clutter" as I always stress about the physical. This wording presents everything as a form of detachment that it is clutter. Not I. There is no sense of attachment so the right move is to let go and be present. Because that's all there is. Thanks for the article!
> I practiced those four questions pretty religiously for a month and a half, so much so that I forgot them. They’d been assimilated, just as riboflavin in a fried egg you had for breakfast eventually becomes the substance of your eyelashes and spleen. Because turning this into a to do list would have been another form of holding on. The point is to live what we learn, absorb it, and become reconstituted ever so slightly anew.
Even though I have read Marie Kondo’s books in an effort to declutter and let go, I’ve never heard of the Sedona Method. The method as you described it looks like something practical that I could try. Thank you for sharing.
“Damming the very flow of my life force”, might be “Damning the very flow…”? Thank you from savers, strivers and worriers, carrying old regrets and hurts, everywhere. Beautifully written.
This is really cool and something I’ve never considered, but just reading it makes me certain this is something worth trying. And like you, I’m sure I’ll have no idea how or when to start, but I’m so afraid to push it that it becomes another holding on
"In the subtle realms of mind and emotion, applying force creates resistance." Yessss — continually learning this the hard way, over and over (and then immediately forgetting it). Thank you for this.
Thank you so much Mason!! When I think of the subtle realms your work is top of mind, adore the way you trace these moves through art and writing. Right there with you on the learning and forgetting cycle/spiral, it's prolly my biggest creative oof-not-this-again generator. Would love to hear more on how you navigate it
Aw, thanks! I think "how to navigate it" is always my question / dilemma. I absolutely agree that bossing around your inner life creates resistance. But I also feel like there's a lot of creative energy there? At least in writing, I'm always trying to find that point of pushing it but not pushing it too hard . . .
The psychic baggage is as real as the physical stuff and arguably more insidious since it’s private and invisible. I went through something so similar this spring and was glad to be reminded of the systems I have for clearing out my inner and outer worlds. As you said: no expectations. Just the lightness that makes room for a bigger mystery than any I could engineer, white knuckle or even imagine.
So true! Grateful for how you share it
gorgeous and timely
Thank you Nix! 💚🍀
I was planning to write soon about surrender, one form of letting go. And here you are with the Sedona process. Beautiful.
Tysm and good news Ros - we def need more essays on surrender!
Uh, considering I journaled this morning something along the lines of "I have all these feelings I've been stuffing down my whole life and I don't know...how? what? to do with them?" I'm pretty sure this just changed my life.
Gosh thank you Julie, that is so meaningful to hear!! It can really be overwhelming at first, but it's major good news that you're in a place where stuff is safe to emerge. Sending good your way 💚🍀
You do romp!
Thank you Kenneth :) love the way you bring us along on far-flung romps too!
Ha ha! With you in rompaholism..
So very clearly expressed! This is great. Thank you.
Thank you B.A, really appreciated!!
This is a beautiful process - thank you for sharing.
Tysm Christina!!
This was highly relatable piece! I love how you wrote "mental clutter" as I always stress about the physical. This wording presents everything as a form of detachment that it is clutter. Not I. There is no sense of attachment so the right move is to let go and be present. Because that's all there is. Thanks for the article!
Thank you Simer, for such a thoughtful reading!
especially enjoyed your graceful prose here:
> I practiced those four questions pretty religiously for a month and a half, so much so that I forgot them. They’d been assimilated, just as riboflavin in a fried egg you had for breakfast eventually becomes the substance of your eyelashes and spleen. Because turning this into a to do list would have been another form of holding on. The point is to live what we learn, absorb it, and become reconstituted ever so slightly anew.
Thank you Jane! <3
Even though I have read Marie Kondo’s books in an effort to declutter and let go, I’ve never heard of the Sedona Method. The method as you described it looks like something practical that I could try. Thank you for sharing.
This is wonderful, Kristin. You have such a way with words about such meaningful subjects. You’re such an honest, fluid and lyrical writer. Thank you!
Thank you Margot, really appreciated! I love your storytelling and courage
“Damming the very flow of my life force”, might be “Damning the very flow…”? Thank you from savers, strivers and worriers, carrying old regrets and hurts, everywhere. Beautifully written.
Thank you Karen, really appreciate you reading. And too true, puns always welcome :)
This piece is exactly what I needed to read today. Thank you
Tysm Kate! Wishing you sun and spaciousness today
This is really cool and something I’ve never considered, but just reading it makes me certain this is something worth trying. And like you, I’m sure I’ll have no idea how or when to start, but I’m so afraid to push it that it becomes another holding on
Thanks Noha! Every moment is a fresh start (I remind myself) and every exhale a letting go, we can just keep it simple
All is now and it can be an emptyroom if we choose 🌹
Thanks Paolo!