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LETTING GO OF ANGER AND RESENTMENT<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Maintaining a sense of inner peace amid the chaos the world is currently in, means being able to let go—all the time, constantly, in every moment.<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As soon as you begin to hold on to any emotion, whether it be anger or resentment, joy or pleasure, fear or sadness, you create suffering for yourself.<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Your mind gets caught up in the emotion and you lose your state of inner balance.\u00a0 Letting go does not mean to deny your feelings—you let them come, and then let them pass.<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Utilizing the rhythm of your breath and meditation can help greatly with allowing this flow.<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I read a quote by the author of Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, <\/em>Richard Bach, several months ago that resonated deeply with me at the time.<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWhen you have come to the edge of all the light you have and step into the darkness of the unknown\u2014believe that one of two things will happen to you.\u00a0 Either you\u2019ll find something solid to stand on or you\u2019ll be taught how to fly,\u201d said Bach.<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We are in a time of uncertainty that so many of us have never really experienced on this level in our lifetime.\u00a0 It makes me think about the fear and anxiety that mothers must have felt as their young sons went off to volunteer in the Second World War or how the Great Depression left thousands wondering where their next meal would come from.<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But in our world today, many have been suffering and do we really stop to embody the compassion needed to reach out to those who struggle on the other side of the world or even in our own presence, homeless on our streets.\u00a0 I find myself asking the question in my quiet moments, \u201cWhy is this happening?\u201d<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I know that in consciousness we are individually given signs when we are going off track.\u00a0 It may start with a light tap and if ignored, the big board will often come down upon us.\u00a0 What is the earth telling us by this tsunami of tragedy that collectively we cannot avoid and must feel?<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In the quietness of our time of enhanced isolation that is now occurring again, it will be our responsibility to each ask ourselves these poignant questions.\u00a0 Life as we know it will likely not ever be the same and perhaps this is the opening to a new and more thoughtful world.<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It takes us each exploring ourselves deeply.<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One of the greatest spiritual teachings is the awareness that all things are impermanent; that all things come and go; that you cannot cling to anything\u2014not even pleasure\u2014without also creating suffering.<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As you integrate the truth of this teaching, it\u2019s wonderfully liberating, for it brings you back into the present moment.\u00a0 If everything is so impermanent, including yourself and your feelings, then it is our task to embrace this in order to find peace amid chaos when life is so unpredictable.<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It can be challenging and difficult, even unbearable at times, to focus our attention and intention on this.<\/h4>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The \u201cJust Being Meditation\u201d offered by Ed and Deb Shapiro, authors of \u00a0Be The Change: How Meditation Can Transform You and the World, <\/em>is a practice that may help and enlighten you in these circumstances we have no control over.\u00a0 Find a comfortable place to sit and close your eyes.<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Become aware of yourself, of your presence in the chair and in your room.\u00a0 Cast your mind around your body.\u00a0 Breathe into and release any places of tension.\u00a0 Now feel the flow of your breath as it enters and leaves.<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Here you are: alive\u2026breathing\u2026sensing\u2026your heart beating\u2026your feet on the floor.<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Be present with yourself and whatever is happening, without judgment.\u00a0 Now just sit and be and breathe\u2026 just sitting\u2026just being \u2026just breathing.\u00a0 Silently repeat, \u201cMay all things be well, may I be at peace with all things.\u201d<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stay with this for a few minutes or for as long as you like.\u00a0 When you are ready, take a deep breath, let go and gently open your eyes.<\/h4>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0This is a time of connection with your own inner landscape in quiet stillness to expand greater love and acceptance first of yourself, then to offer a greater compassion out to those around you.\u00a0 This is the calling to each of us to help heal the world.\u00a0 As the wise one Mahatma Gandhi once said:\u00a0 \u201cBe the change that you wish to see in the world.\u201d<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sometimes it takes stepping into the darkness.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LETTING GO OF ANGER AND RESENTMENT   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Maintaining a sense of inner peace amid the chaos the world is currently in, means being able to let go—all the time, constantly, in every moment.   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As soon as you begin to hold on to any emotion, whether it be anger or resentment, joy or…","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-larrynorton","post-1304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wisdom","no-post-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8bppg-l2","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nortonspeaks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nortonspeaks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nortonspeaks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nortonspeaks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nortonspeaks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nortonspeaks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1305,"href":"http:\/\/nortonspeaks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304\/revisions\/1305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nortonspeaks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nortonspeaks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nortonspeaks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}