What do you know to be 100 percent true in this current moment ?
In this moment:
I know that the sun is streaming through the window.
I know Billie Holiday is playing on the radio.
I know I must leave the house in fifteen min in order to get to my friends brunch on time.
I know that my dog is sleeping by my side on my couch.
I know that I am being still and quiet.
Sit quietly undisturbed and get present .
Sometimes we can only start with the simplest of things that we know to be true. Often, we can become so bogged down with a negative feeling state that we project that feeling onto everything around us.
We lose touch with what is the actual root of the emotion behind it all.
Once you have identified what you know , notice how what you know makes you feel?
- I know Billie Holiday is playing on the radio.
- I feel soothed by Billie’s music .
- I know that I am being still and quiet.
- I feel peaceful.
- I know I must leave the house now to get to my friend’s brunch on time.
- I feel stressed about needing to rush.
- I know that my dog is sleeping by my side on my couch.
- I feel relaxed .
Once you have identified what you know and how what you know makes you feel , then see what correlations there are and ask yourself next what you want .
I know I must leave the house in fifteen min in order to get to my friends brunch on time.
I feel stressed about needing to rush
I want to stay put and not go anywhere.
I need quiet me time
I know Billie Holiday is playing on the radio.
I feel soothed by Billie’s music .
I want time to listen to music that uplifts me.
I need nourishment
You will begin most likely to see a theme here. Most of the things that you feel and know will be linked to a similar want.
When you have completed your wants, ask yourself for every knowing , feeling and wanting, what is the “need” behind it ?
Think of the need as the grand dame of wants. Where as you can skim over a want, a need screams for your attention , it tends to be urgent and doesn’t wish to negotiate .
Following the needs ask yourself what the obstacles are if any to getting what you need or what you want . You may notice that the so-called obstacles are in your mind.
Return to how your feeling . Based on the information you gathered how do you really feel overall ?
