Hi Michael
What a nice little piece of noticing!
Feelings of joy and how lucky I am are firmly set in my head, which is grand:)
What appears to happen is a sense of guilt arises and smothers the joy:(
Fine observation! Do you also notice that you do not have to DO anything about what happens. Sense of quilt arises and disappear again. If you notice them without the feeling that YOU made them happen.
Not thoughts, true feelings which seem to go on and on, stuck:(
Notice what happens when you notice feelings without making them 'yours'.
Then attention is focused on the next happening which dilutes the underling apparent problem/obstacle and thoughts fade.
Exactly, feelings, thoughts fade away and others take over in a constant - or almost constant - rhythm - like waves in the ocean.
Today dropped off my daughter at school because the weather was pretty bad, seeing a school kid walking to school and it starts raining, I feel sorry for him? What can I do to help? Nothing!
True. Nothing YOU can do. You are not the doer, nor the thinker. Help may be offered, maybe not. You are not the doer. Help happens or it doesn't.
Sounds pathetic but this is what happens. It`s a genuine feeling, which leads to thinking:(
The thought of 'guilt' makes it feel pathetic. It isn't. It simply is. That can be hard for 'mind' to accept.
How this silly little tiny insignificant thing has an affect:( Compassion or over active caring? Feeling sorry for everyone.Certainly not for myself:/
Great! What is the difference between compassion and over-active caring? (from direct experiencing)
These are feelings not thoughts?
Yes, they are. Are you the feeler of feelings? Direct experience, please
So seeing anything, hearing anything my body seems to feel the apparent problem, or joy of the event. Then solving the insignificant problem appears to take over and drowned the sense of being.
Rephrasing: So anything seen, anything heard seems to arise feelings in the body. Then solving the pronlem happens, or not.
The sense of being apparently 'drowning' when the thought of 'I' am the doer, thinker, feeler are identified with.
Can you sense the difference in this answer and the answers based on thoughts?
A joy to work with this
Greetings Vivi