Light hearts in darkness..........decompressing

I call this 'Light hearts in darkness'

Lots of challenging circumstances for so many of us. In response to my own situation, I started listening to some of David Hawkin's lectures again and was reminded of his concept of 'decompressing'. How upset, which is any emotional energy, is stirred by outside circumstances but not the cause of them. That energy is within us and is our lifetime of experiences and responses. The outward circumstances are almost like a gift we give ourselves to be able to release some of the old energies in little spurts and actually decompress so we don't explode. The key is remembering the energies are within us and not 'caused' by the outside circumstances.  When we focus on them as energy, we can handle it. Releasing any thoughts of 'why's' and 'what ifs', staying focused on the sensations. Can you handle a tight stomach? Yes. Can you handle wobbly knees? Yes. Staying focused on those sensations will begin to dissipate them. Imagine them escaping out of those 'Light hearts' in this picture I took inside a cave in Hawaii. He even says if you want to decompress more - ask for more! A little scary and yet I can testify that it works. I sense this practice has allowed peace to replace the angst. So, now I am in a situation to practice more! On to decompressing!