Thought and feeling are the energetic power packages that create our experience. 

Most of us are aware of the paradox that thoughts both unconsciously arise within us, AND that we can consciously generate thought.  For instance, we can notice a negative thought, and simultaneously be aware that we have choice about its meaning and about the duration of our focus on it.  Perhaps you've also experienced consciously choosing a positive thought and noticing how that contributes to a desired outcome.

We tend to be less aware that the same dynamic exists in our relationship with our feelings.  The old paradigm of extremes delivered limited choices between suppressing feelings so that they could not interfere, or somehow being at the mercy of our feelings, overindulging in them and being subsequently overwhelmed.

We now live in times of new possibility.  We can paradoxically BOTH feel feelings as they arise, valuing the rich information they offer, and consciously generate feelings that serve our intentions for our life experience.

There can be tremendous release and satisfaction in the awareness that we are not merely at the effect of feelings, but that we also possess the ability to generate chosen feelings within us. Thus, we create an experience of life we choose.  We can both feel freely without fear of being swamped, AND intentionally create a feeling of freedom within ourselves to deliver an experience of greater ease.

© Kirin Inc, 2004 Teresa Callahan