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bewell
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 Posted - Nov 05 2010 : 10:43:55 AM
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Last Tuesday morning I confessed that I have a "fight response" in certain social situations, and that it is interfering with my wellbeing. I had seen that it is a pattern across various social groups. It happens in response to leaders who seem to press a point of view that I find mistaken, or at least mistaken as it applies to me and the people for whom I have particular affection.
I did something that, to my memory, I have never done before. Borrowing from the 12 step program, I admitted that I am powerless over my fight response. It felt completely true. When I shared this with a friend and teacher, she said that it was beautiful. She said that there is power in admitting powerlessness. I was immediately in tears, and I felt an immediate shift in my inner emotional life. The fight response energy evaporated, and it was just me, humbled, which is to say, true. |
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CarsonZi
Canada
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Posted - Nov 05 2010 : 10:46:44 AM
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Bodhi Tree
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Posted - Nov 10 2010 : 04:07:06 AM
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Your post resonates with me on various levels. I struggled with drinking alcohol recently, attended some AA meetings, and adopted the approach of acknowledging how I was "powerless" over the habit. Immediate and effective transformation.
I have taken to meditation like a fish to water, because it is an "active" exercise of powerless-ness, an active surrender to this calming whirlwind of energy that I am just beginning to discover in our nervous system. Beautiful. |
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bewell
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Posted - Nov 10 2010 : 8:28:49 PM
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Originally posted by Bodhi Tree
meditation... is an "active" exercise of powerless-ness...
Humm. That is a new angle for me to ponder. |
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vijikr
United Arab Emirates
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Posted - Nov 29 2010 : 08:53:02 AM
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She said that there is power in admitting powerlessness. I was immediately in tears, and I felt an immediate shift in my inner emotional life.
hey bewell this is awesome experience!
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