It is important to remain detached and to not get caught up in the drama that is unfolding all around you. The moment you engage with chaos, you get sucked into it. The moment you polarize to something you observe, you get locked into that to which you polarize.
It is so important to remember -- especially at times of great dramatic impact -- that your safety lies within, that no solution that matters in the long run of things will be found outside of yourself. Your answers lie within. Even if you are not hearing "voices" or words, you do know -- in each and every moment -- what is true for you.
If unpleasant feelings arise, allow them to flow through you. Do not block them or repress them. That does not mean you have to act on them. Just allow them to flow through you.
Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, just close your eyes and focus on your breath. Disconnect from what "hooked" you and got you caught up in the drama. Close your eyes and focus on your breath. Deliberately take slow, deep breaths until you have regained a sense of your own self and are calm, grounded, and centered. Then very slowly open your eyes again and let yourself remain calm, grounded, and centered.
Allow yourself to witness what is going on around you without getting caught up in it. If you find yourself getting "hooked" again, repeat the exercise. You may have to do this several times but do it.
You always have three choices: to do something, to not do something, or to wait for clarity before acting. Wait for clarity. There is very little in life that can't wait. It is important to attain clarity before acting. Deepening your breathing is telling yourself that you are choosing calm over chaos. It is like a message to your body, "calm down."
There is nothing you can't handle if you remain rooted in the moment. A moment is a unit of experience. It has a beginning, a middle, and an end. You can feel when something begins to rise in energy in your life. It presents, then it swells to a climax, and then it recedes and resolves. That is a moment -- from the time it arrives into your life until it recedes and resolves.
Even when you are in the midst of a challenging time, you can remain rooted in the moment and thus move through it with Grace. Think of a tree with a stream flowing around it. The tree remains in place when it is rooted and grounded.
Keep your inner ear turned on and listening at all times. If you feel overwhelmed by the speed of everything, just let it flow. Become still in the midst of the movement that is going on all around you. Let it flow. Breathe. Center. Ground.
Bring calm to yourself as a choice.
Choose calm. Choose peace. Choose serenity
Pam
"We must be willing to let go of the life we had planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us"
