"Your thoughts are the  
children of your emotions."
-Hugo Cory  

 

e·mo·tion, n.  
An intense mental state that arises subjectively
rather than through conscious effort and is

often accompanied by physiological changes.  
  
to think, v. 
To formulate in the mind;
To reason about or reflect on;  
To judge; regard; believe; suppose; 

expect; hope; intend; visualize; imagine;  
To concentrate one's thoughts on:

“Think languor” (Diana Vreeland).  

  
when you forget to breathe,  
your emotions [located in your belly]  
become thoughts [located in your brain]  
without first being mediated, transmuted and

softened by your heart.  
   
someday you'll live in your heart so often that  
you'll notice an emotion forming in your belly  
and breathe it into your heart before it  
becomes a distracting thought or angry interaction.  
 
now,  
it's more likely that your emotions become thoughts readily,

and those thoughts become challenging moments,

so what's called for is the practice we've  
explored in recent months.  
  
first,  
notice that your thoughts  
[since they're manifestations of your mind],  
aren't actually events, they're thoughts.  
  
second,   
inhale those various thoughts

[doubts/worries/fears/judgments],  
one at a time, into the space of your HEART,  
until you exist momentarily in silence.  
  
that silence is the access to your intuition.  

INTUITION is that momentary inspiration  
- that little seed of silent awareness -  
only noticeable when you soften a distracting emotion or thought  
by inhaling/taking it into your heart.  
   
INTUITION is the "knowing" that comes  
from listening from your heart.  
  
as one student pointed out, "weirdly unexciting."     
exactly.  it's not meant to come with fanfare.   
intuition exists subtly in your awareness.
you must be quiet enough to receive it and  
patient enough to allow it to percolate, wordlessly,
 to reveal what needs revealing. 
  don't get too excited when it comes,  
simply watch, listen and NOTICE.  
  
read, re-read and practice this all summer.
by the fall you should have some edifying observations.  

 

enjoy your summer.