When the Dog Bites
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When the Dog Bites
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Hello friends.
How do you carry your upset? Your anger? Your disappointment? As we begin to practice re-associating with our bodies, you may find the answer is “not as well as I thought”. As we encounter these feelings that are yoked to our sense of embarrassment and shame, we touch into some brutal truths about our own defense mechanisms. We have more than one of us running this game. It seems there are times when we call out the commander of defense to take control when we are faced with emotional pain. The Commander has all sorts of tricks to avoid the reality of feeling the upset for what it is…upset. We create injustices, slights, affronts, and offenses from our own preferences for not wanting to be uncomfortable. We battle the world!
I could have said things like, ‘I think there’s something happening in the world.
Everybody seems to be upset.’
Well...
Oftentimes when you think everybody seems to be upset, it’s because it’s you who’s upset.
And, what is also true: we are allowed to be upset, and we don’t have to blame anyone for our discomfort. We can be okay with not being okay.
This is the practice.
All In Love,
Michael
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