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by Dr David Mickel
"To know how to choose a path with heart is to learn how to follow intuitive feeling.
Logic can tell you superficially where a path might lead to,
but it cannot judge whether your heart will be in it."
Jean Shinoda Bolen
In the last newsletter we talked about avoiding analysing the past and how the best option for regaining health and moving towards happiness was facing forward and being present in the now.
In this edition, we would like to talk a little bit more about moving into the future in directions that are right for us.
For those unfamiliar with Mickel Therapy, a general principle is a move away from the 'mental-body' towards the 'emotional-body'. This means a move away from analysis towards awareness. We do this by quite literally reorientating our attention from our head into our body - around the heart/ solar plexus region of our abdomen.
When it comes to the future, setting specific goals and rigidly adhering to them tends to be a mental exercise requiring an almost complete focus on thinking and the absence of feeling. This very often can result in large amounts of frustration.
We suggest that there is a part of you that knows in which direction to be going. Of course this is in conflict with the idea that we need to think very hard to work things out looking at pros and cons and the like. In order to do this then let go of the shackles of analysis and thinking and let yourself be guided by e-motions only.
To put this into action we start by reverting attention into the body and reviewing potential futures and options, you can begin to feel yourself being pulled towards certain things and nudged away from others. Without analysis, allow yourself to flow where you feel these gentle 'pulls' and 'nudges'. Your body will let you know whether you need to change direction. This makes life effortless in that energy need not be expended on mental analysis and complicated thinking.
"If moment by moment you can keep your mind clear then nothing will confuse you."
Sheng Yen
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