Letting Go vs. Softening
In meditation, the suggestion to ‘let go’ can seem a bit abstract, a little either/or. Softening, on the other hand, is different. You can’t get it wrong.
Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life published the following articles in September, 2018.
In meditation, the suggestion to ‘let go’ can seem a bit abstract, a little either/or. Softening, on the other hand, is different. You can’t get it wrong.
When we just paint, or just do anything, we are working from our raw feelings. These feelings carry live connections to the whole context of life: everything which has ever happened and is happening right now, more than the rational mind could ever hope to be aware of.
Guided meditations have never been my thing. I’ve generally found them cringey, annoying, or simply superfluous to requirements — the very antithesis of the experience I was having, or wanted to have.
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