Every flood begins with a single raindrop; the small streams they create become careening waters whose combined might washes away whatever stands in its path. All dark, destructive interior states begin with a single moment of unconsciously identifying with a negative reaction that soon turns into a torrent of tormenting thoughts and feelings. Your willingness to choose watchfulness over resistance to these surging states is the same as allowing them to pass by, leaving you safe and dry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Every flood begins with a single raindrop; the small streams they create become careening waters whose combined might washes away whatever stands in its path. All dark, destructive interior states begin with a single moment of unconsciously identifying with a negative reaction that soon turns into a torrent of tormenting thoughts and feelings. Your willingness…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[580,7],"tags":[1457,2416,2415,288,44,723,21,2417,1687],"class_list":["post-4497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dark-thoughts-2","category-self-remembering-awareness","tag-being-watchful","tag-destructive-states","tag-flood-of-thoughts","tag-identification","tag-letting-go-2","tag-negative-reactions","tag-resistance","tag-tormenting-feelings","tag-watchfulness"],"yoast_head":"\n