BE THE PERSON YOU WERE MEANT TO BE: ANTIDOTES TO SELF-INDUCED TOXIC BEHAVIOR – CENTERING – FINDING ONE’S CENTER IS AN EVOLVING PROCESS
Finding one’s center is an evolving process rather than something one suddenly discovers. The willingness to do nothing and cut off external stimuli sets the stage for greater contact with one’s self. When a person is intensely in touch with himself, he automatically cuts off the processes that would normally distract him from his state of being at the moment. When he is intensely involved with his experiencing self, other activities may cease or even be impossible. When, for example, a person is talking, he may be so overwhelmed by the welling up of his emotions that he is unable to continue and must stop trying to talk until the intensity of his feelings diminishes.Sometimes even a few hours of emptiness can enable us to get more in touch with our center. It is a kind of psychic sleep in which a maximum amount of our energy is at rest and available, and we are aware of this. We may see the absurdity or futility of much of what we do and actually laugh at our self’s breaking through our unawareness.*139\350\8*
