Something will happen "out there" and I'll have a reaction - maybe a subtle reaction or maybe a bigger reaction. Then my thoughts will kick in and start saying something about it. Then my emotions kick in in reaction to my thoughts. This all happens in a split second.
What I have been doing is to catch all this happening within me. Then I do the following:
I separate the thinking from the actual sensation in my body. I separate what I am saying about it from what is actually happening in my body.
I have noticed that as soon as I disengage thoughts from the emotional response, the feeling that is left dwindles and dissipates. The emotions and the sensations in the body are charged by my mind. The feeling of hurt is kept alive by my mind re-creating and re-playing the scene over and over again.
I re-live the pain by talking about it in my head.
Watch how the mind wants to come back in and say things about the situation. It wants to make plans about it. It wants revenge - even a small revenge. It wants to be justified, righteous. It wants all kinds of things.
It is hard to put it aside. We have been conditioned to listen to it. We think the mind holds our salvation.
When the mind is put aside, the turbulence within the body subsides. Then a deep silence is revealed, slowly, bit by bit.
That is the tip of the peace that surpasses all understanding.
Try it out.
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