Dear Girija:

Well, I’ve been following your communication on the other thread in regard to Dukkha, Anicca and Annata, let’s use it in regard to your recent post:

“I don’t want to live right now” -it’s okay to feel what you feel, but notice: feelings are not solid, they are not permanent… let them flow through you, in and out. Don’t get stuck in this or that feeling. Don’t get attached to any particular feeling, be it joy or sorrow. Peel off fear from this feeling, and any other. Hush the fear, Girija, hush….

“I don’t want to be who I am in the situations I’m in” – it’s okay to not want to be you, and to not want to be in the situations you are in. Over time, you will change some things about yourself and about the situations you are in. But for now, lessen your attachment to these wants (or non-wants). Take a slow, deep breath and let go of the intensity of these wants, hush these wants…

“I want a break from this” – Your face, your body, your thoughts, perceptions, sensations, feelings- all these will get their final break. It is a certainty. Take comfort in this certainty, and don’t rush it. Take a walk outside and as you walk, notice your breath: in and out, the breath of life, for now.

anita