Re: Digest Number 1080

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Dear Steve,

You wrote :

I am investigating the " feeling " under the

assumption that it is

negative, which is exactly what a psychiatrist or

Doctor would do. I

am assuming there is " something wrong " and therefore

I am

experiencing that there is " something wrong " which

therefore needs to

be " fixed " . However, when I do my investigation, I

find that I can't

really know that that is true.

This thought that there is " something wrong " is just

my thinking and

it's purpose is the same as all my other thinking,

to take me out of

the Now and therefore out of my stillness and peace

and self-

awareness.

I would just like to ask a question that is puzzling

me, as I have read research that points to the body

'remembering' incidents (usually traumatic) in our

life which sometimes cannot be accessed by the

conscious mind; so a similar 'event' can set off a

response in our 'mind' (or our body) that we have no

control over. It is like a 'cell memory', but it can

be any 'sensory' memory that we won't necessarily

connect with the past. (A lot of work on

Post-Traumatic Syndrome uncovered this finding

apparently.)

So my question is that is it always a good idea to

control our 'negative' thoughts... if it might be the

unconscious 'problems' trying to rise to consciousness

- because if it doesn't manage it, research points to

the possibility it might then 'somatise' it - in order

to bring it to the individual's attention - what we

call dis-ease ?

Maybe people who have been doing " The Work " for awhile

can share whether this is relevant .... or not!

(As you can see - I'm having a lot of trouble getting

my head around doing the Work ... but I expect someone

will tell me to do the Work on my question ? :-)

Warmly, Barbara

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