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What You Resist Persists

The idea

Resistance builds an extra layer of suffering around an experience. The sensation is usually survivable. The war around it isn't.

The reframe

You're not struggling with the feeling. You're struggling with the rule that says you shouldn't have it.

The practice

Find one sensation you're trying to get rid of. Don't change it. Notice temperature, pressure, tightness, movement, heaviness, buzzing, for 30 seconds.

The question

What happened when you stopped fighting it?

Real life experiment

Next time it arrives today, greet it instead of managing it.

Now close the app. That bit's important.