Elese Coit

Recently I've been testing the idea that 'suffering is optional' to see if it's more than a soundbite.  I've found some interesting things.  One that suffering is, actually, a choice. And two, that despite that, painful things do happen.  I can see  that sounds like a contradiction, so in the show I retrace  how I learned to meet my thoughts with understanding and to loosen my mind from the grip of repetitive thinking. 

I promised to post the ways you can get more familiar with your witness, from Wayne Dyer's Your Sacred Self (paraphrased in some sentences) Here you go:

• Notice the noticer.
• As you notice the noticer, remind yourself you cannot be hurt or suffer in any way. (you have a body, but you are not your body)
• Use this affirmation: "In my world, nothing ever goes wrong". 
• When you find yourself troubled say: "I am more than what bothers me"
• Open to the idea that this will work for you - you've been conditioned to belief that your body is the essence of your humanity.
• Don't evaluate your progress at noticing the witness
• Practice new kinds of self talk. (You'd never say, "I am my broken leg"!) so let the noticer say "I am that which owns this body..."
• Practice observing thought 30 minutes a day

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