Re: 'Consciously' 'depressed' ???

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Have you ever been 'consciously' 'depressed'?

I haven't

[...and, I have tried!*]

What if you try to be 'consciously' 'depressed'?

'How long' will your 'depression' last...

[...if you " chose " to 'consciously' 'experience'** it???]

To me,

following is about the BEST spiritual practice

that I have ever found.

Live each moment, each experience,

each feeling, each thought, each action, each step...

as if you have 'consciously' " chosen " it!

Stay 'conscious' to that 'experience'...

[feel it with full 'willingness',

experience it with full 'consciousness'...]

Whenever I have done that,

it has always resulted in... PEACE.

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* Strangely, unless I try to 'escape' it at some

level, 'fight' it, 'resist' it at some level,

or try to somehow " spiritually " " overcome "

or " surpass " it;

I can NOT stay 'depressed' for Long!

Anytime, I stop 'struggling'...

I " allow " it to FULLY Be... 'depression'

soon starts disappearing!

It needs the fuel of my 'resistance' to

survive! Ironically, my very attempt to 'escape'

it - keeps it in place - and, no matter, whether this

'attempt " is physical, psychological or " spiritual " !

I have learned that I can not really cheat my inner!

I can not say an inner " yes " as a 'trick' to get me

past what I don't want to " really " experience!

**Conscious experience: Full experience of all the

feelings, all physical sensations, impulses without

mental labeling! Clear and complete observation

of physical sensations in the body without any

mental commentary.

***If you find yourself unable to avoid 'mental commentary';

try this - each time, you become aware of a thought arising

in the middle of the experience; Simply say, this

is EXACTLY what I want to feel, experience Right

Now! Ego being 'resistance', it can not last without

your inner resistance to What Is. Once ego

subsides, direct perception required for 'conscious

experience' will return again!