YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS

You are not responsible for your thoughts or feelings.

You cannot control their appearance or their disappearance.

They arise out of nowhere, fall back into the vastness.

They come to visit, not to stay; they are guests, nothing more.

You are responsible, however, for your response.

Do you judge your thoughts and feelings? 

Do you push them away? 

Try to numb them? 

Destroy them?

Do you cling to them, try to prolong their life?

Do you seek relief from them in destructive ways?

Do you hurt others to avoid the discomfort?

Or do you remember your spacious nature?

Know yourself as the wide open field in which thoughts and feelings can come and go

Breathe into them
Let them live, but not control you

Be their master, not their slave

You are not responsible for your thoughts and feelings.

But you are response-able; able to respond

from a place of slowness, and presence, and trust,

so your thoughts and feelings do not overpower you,

and you never blame, shame, punish or deny them.

But you think them, and feel them;

a loving parent to their child-like energies.

Your freedom lies in your ability to respond.

To let your thoughts and feelings freely arise,

and freely dissolve, in your great Heart.

So think your thoughts, and feel your feelings,

and never feel guilty again,

but recognise your true responsibility:

to be present, to be vast.

love light and peace
ps/smoh