“In late 1985, the Reagan White House blocked the use of CDC money for education, leaving the US behind other Western nations in telling its citizens how to avoid contracting the virus. Anyway, this is something I started doing at a time in my life when I was wracked by jealousy, loneliness, self-doubt, excessive self-criticism. Like if you catch it early, try countering the negative physical feeling or emotion by doing something nurturing for yourself (exercise or pleasant bath, calling a friend, going to a movie, or whatever). By observing what’s happening to your body when you go into these head states, you can learn little tricks to alter your body & mood.
This observer self is the deepest part of you – deeper than your fearful self, guilty self, emotional self, or intellectual self. If you notice that you’re being critical of yourself – then try to observe yourself doing this without judging it as good or bad. Where does the physical feeling start? Does a tightness go up or down your stomach for instance. If you feel jealous, or depressed, or guilty – just try to pay attention to how your body feels. “Through meditation or reflection or whatever, find out how to go to that place in yourself that can observe without judging.
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