{"id":152,"date":"2015-10-25T00:07:29","date_gmt":"2015-10-25T04:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marshasummers.com\/wordpress\/?p=152"},"modified":"2015-10-25T00:07:29","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T04:07:29","slug":"an-experiment-reporting-with-feeling-not-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marshasummers.com\/wordpress\/?p=152","title":{"rendered":"An Experiment \u2013 Reporting with Feeling, not Words"},"content":{"rendered":"

So many of us think of reporting as words: \u00a0“Hank is feeling sorry for self,” or “Mary is angry,” or simply, \u201cThat\u2019s a not-I,\u201d thinking that saying the words will change the feeling and we\u2019ll leave our \u201cfunk\u201d. \u00a0And though the words have value so that the intellect can recognize and define, what gets reported to X is the FEELING, not the words. \u00a0It’s fine to say, “I’m feeling guilty,” or “Jerry is feeling guilty,” yet just saying<\/em> or thinking<\/em> the words isn’t reporting to X and the feeling of guilt usually remains.<\/p>\n

The feeling is what’s reported to X. \u00a0<\/strong>For example, if one is feeling fearful, that\u2019s what X gets (no matter how much I say to myself I\u2019m confident or thankful).\u00a0 However, we can report with feeling <\/em>accurately and X will do the appropriate thing for the information received.\u00a0 The first step is to recognize the “what is:” \u00a0(Ok, I’m feeling pretty fearful about _____.) \u00a0We can then ASK ourselves, “Is this to \u201cmy\u201d advantage?\u00a0 Do I want to stay this way?” \u00a0If we do, that’s perfectly fine. \u00a0If we don’t, we can CHOOSE another feeling a little higher up on the Tone Scale where it\u2019s not so hard on the ole\u2019 bod.<\/p>\n

One good, simple, work-a-day feeling is Vital Interest. \u00a0We can always get interested in something – even if it’s cleaning a closet or doing the dishes or running an errand. \u00a0We can get vitally interested in situations, people, animals, conversations, work, anthills, scenery; the list is endless. \u00a0So if we choose Vital Interest as an inner feeling, what\u2019s next?<\/p>\n

ACTION. \u00a0Set a timer and for the next 20-30 minutes, ACT the way you want to feel. \u00a0Getting the body involved is the key here. \u00a0The inner feeling will change (from fear, self-pity, guilt or boredom, resentment, anger, anxiety or worry, feeling “better than” or “inferior to”) to a feeling of Enthusiasm or Vital Interest. \u00a0And as we ACT, so shall we FEEL. \u00a0And that’s<\/em><\/strong> what X responds to.<\/p>\n

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So many of us think of reporting as words: \u00a0“Hank is feeling sorry for self,” or “Mary is angry,” or simply, \u201cThat\u2019s a not-I,\u201d thinking that saying the words will change the feeling and we\u2019ll leave our \u201cfunk\u201d. \u00a0And though … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marshasummers.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marshasummers.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marshasummers.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marshasummers.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marshasummers.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marshasummers.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153,"href":"https:\/\/marshasummers.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marshasummers.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marshasummers.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marshasummers.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}