Jeff Brown, excerpt, Grounded Spirituality; Ellie Askew, Dhr. Seven (ed.), Wisdom Quarterly
I'm going to throw myself into my work to not feel my feelings. What could go wrong? |
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A tame heart is a wonderful thing! |
The primary cause of our unhappiness is not our thoughts. The monkey mind is not the source of our anxiety. It’s a symptom of it. Forget the monkey mind.
The mind is not the problem; unhealed pain is. Men have been blaming the mind for their neuroses for centuries, while deftly avoiding that which sources its maladies -- somatic constrictions and unprocessed emotions stored in the body itself.
Grounded Spirituality |
Until we stop blaming the mind and recognize that its anxieties stem from the unresolved emotional body -- there will be no liberation.
Shifting out of unhappiness is not a cerebral process. That’s just another ineffective band-aid. It [shifting out of unhappiness] is a visceral full-body experience.
It’s the “monkey heart” that’s the issue -- the state of inner turbulence and agitation that emanates from an unclear heart.
Be like us, guys. See, speak, hear... |
Flooded with unhealed emotions and unexpressed truths, the monkey heart jumps from tree-top to tree-top, emoting without grounding, dancing in its confusion.
Often misinterpreted as a monkey mind, the monkey heart is reflected in repetitive thinking, perpetual anxiety, and negative imaginings.
To calm and clarify your mind, you have to heal your heart.
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