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For me, an example of experiencing the quality of darkness<\/strong> within thoughts and feelings<\/strong> is when I’m faced with entering a social situation with numerous people and\u00c2\u00a0I feel a shyness, an impulse to hold back or pull back. Looking into that anxiety I see myself scanning the room looking for signs of danger that might justify this inner sense of threat.\u00c2\u00a0While this kind of looking is outward, it’s a very narrow focus, a compressed and dark<\/em> outlook that is closing off<\/em> the fullness of the current available experience.\u00c2\u00a0Realizing this, I can look into why I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m reacting this way and trace, in an instant, all these types of holding back<\/em> behaviors to my childhood fear of my father, a primary authority figure. Suddenly, that tracing reveals my pattern of thinking, of \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcbeing wary\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/em> and watching for negative intentions, and I relax, lightness<\/em> and light<\/em> enter my being. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m now open<\/em> to the others in the room, no longer preoccupied<\/em> with myself, but interested in the current situation.<\/p>\n David<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For me, an example of experiencing the quality of darkness within thoughts and feelings is when I’m faced with entering a social situation with numerous people and\u00c2\u00a0I feel a shyness, an impulse to hold back or pull back. Looking into … Continue reading