What it means to "fully feel." Emotions should be left as they are once felt. This is what it means to "accept."

Hello. This is "One Heart," a piano instructor and mental coach.

Well, today I would like to write on the theme of "feeling" rather than "thinking."

The header image features a quote by Rumi, an Islamic preacher and theologian.

He was also a poet.

Someone who wrote many poems about the exploration of the inner self.

I created this header image in the hope that you might be able to take something away from it.

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Taking cough medicine because you have a cough,
taking medicine because you have an upset stomach and are going to the bathroom repeatedly,
or taking painkillers because you have a headache.

There are times when we take medicine to suppress physical symptoms.

A long time ago (when I was in my 20s), a friend's father-in-law was a chiropractor,
and that friend invited me, saying, 'I get treatment once a month, why don't you come with me?' so I went along.

During the treatment, the doctor would chat with me while cracking my joints, and even though it hurt, he didn't change his tone at all as he observed the state of my body.

Then, he suddenly said, 'You should let out what needs to come out.'

The doctor continued,
'This is happening because your body is trying to return to its original state.
If it's painful, there is the option of taking medicine, but
if it's a minor symptom, it's better to leave it alone because the body naturally wants to return to its normal state on its own, so it will be fine.'

At that time, I had just started working,
and I had mentioned that I sometimes got stomach aches from stress,
so that might be why he said that.

The body is a mystery,
he told me quite seriously.

I still haven't forgotten that experience.

After that, I went several more times with my friend to get treatment and listen to the doctor's stories.

The body knows itself (its own body) very well.

That's why it's better to leave what comes out as it is,
especially when it comes to pain.
He also said things like this.

Someone like a Buddhist monk.

They say that just by touching a person's body, they can tell where they are weak.

That teacher does not deny the use of medicine.
They said that if medicine is necessary, you should be grateful to take it,
and they also said that if you are worried, you should go to the hospital.

We tend to judge pain as something "bad."

Moreover, because we hate being in pain, negative thoughts naturally arise,
and we think things like "I have to get better quickly,"
or we try to push the pain away, thinking "Pain, go away!"

That is fine in its own way, but
the problem is judging pain as "bad."

Pain is just pain.

Emotions are also a type of "pain," so
especially with negative emotions, we tend to want to control them, thinking we don't want to feel them or that we want to get rid of them.

What the chiropractic teacher said was,
what comes out, comes out, and that is all.
They said, "The body knows its original state, and this is a purification process to return to that clean, original state."

They said that illness is the same way.

It is said that illness is the accumulation of pain and suppressed "feelings" over many years. The same applies to emotions.

The same is true for emotions.

Without judging the emotions that arise,
just feel them and then let them go...
I think this is what it means to "feel completely."

Do not assign "good" or "bad" scores to your emotions.

Leave the emotions that arise within you exactly as they are.

Since emotions are directly linked to the body, perhaps the chiropractor meant that the body and mind are connected.

Whether it manifests as physical symptoms or
mental symptoms,
do not judge them; just let them flow (let them go).

Because judgment itself is an act that narrows your perspective.

Thanks to this, the stomach pain has since disappeared.

Medicine is fine, but
if you practice feeling completely, you might be able to reduce unnecessary medication.

Even the minor discomforts you have now,
might disappear if you stop judging them as "bad."

Please take a look at the article below if you have the time.
I feel that the body is intelligence itself, without limits.

The fact that "I (the true self)" am the one steering both mind and body.

The ego (the false self) thinks it can control the mind and body, but it naturally believes that there are limits to doing so.

If it were "I (the true self)" who possesses infinite, boundless potential,
I could control my mind and body as I wish...

I plan to write more in-depth articles on these topics in the future.

✧˙⁎⋆ A story about realizing that time spent just zoning out without thinking, while seemingly wasteful at first glance, is actually very important time.

✧˙⁎⋆ This one is written about the "body."
It is an article where "feeling good" is the keyword.
Please read it if you have the time.

It has been about a year since I felt my body start to change,
and I did not even take the "annual health checkup" I used to get every year.
(Because I felt it was unnecessary.)

Even so, I still go to individual clinics for necessary regular checkups.
(Like ophthalmology, gynecology, dentistry, etc...)

I am currently 50 years old, but I live every day energetically without any menopausal symptoms!
(Added September 2024: I am now 52, and I am still just as energetic!)

Finally, from here on, I will write down an example of how to "fully feel."

The emotions you have now will eventually disappear.

Everyone tends not to cling to positive emotions, so they can leave them alone, but because people tend to cling to negative emotions, they come rushing back again and again.
(This is called circular thinking, or in psychology, "rumination.")

If you leave them alone, they will eventually disappear.

"Oh, there it is again, my negative thinking,"
you say, and let it flow by smoothly.

This may require training, but first, you must "notice" your own emotions.

And, instead of lumping them all together as "negative thinking," try labeling the emotions you can identify, such as "comparison," "jealousy," or "anger."

If you are not sure about those either, "negative thinking" is fine too.

Just by noticing, "I was just having a negative thought," you are in the "here and now."

In this way, you train yourself to notice your 'current' self every single moment.

It keeps you quite busy, haha.

So busy that you don't even have time to worry... haha.

If you keep doing this, the version of you that was worrying will start to seem insignificant.

You'll start to be able to look at things from a bird's-eye view, thinking, 'Why was I worrying about such a small thing?'

Since this is one method, please give it a try if you find yourself going around in circles with your thoughts.

There are other ways to purify each individual emotion, but
I have introduced the method that I practice every day.

The method of 'taking a bird's-eye view'.

Please, do give it a try.

Beyond this training,
you might become able to view world events, things that happen to you, and human relationships
from a 'cosmic scale' perspective.

Everything in the outside world starts to look "very small," lol.

Please have another day filled with "love" today.