For those of us who use our intuition to determine our path, this fuzzy feeling can be really frustrating, not to mention confusing!
Eugene Gendlin, founder of Focusing, called this the "felt-sense," a feeling that is sensed but not known fully in words. It's experienced in your body.
How many times have you thought to yourself that the answer to a problem was not yes, and not no, but also not maybe? That maybe was leaning too far toward yes?
Have you ever had the experience where the answer inside you was this in between place, and then it changed more clearly the more you sat with it? That it became more clearly yes or no? It's kind of like not liking a book at a certain point in your life and then, at a later point in your life, the book becomes more relevant or understandable. Or, you like it more.
Do you want to try an exercise based on Focusing?
1. Take a moment to notice how you feel right now.
2. Close or lower your eyes.
3. Ask yourself, "How am I today?"
4. Notice how this question feels in your body. Is there a response? Perhaps a pressure behind your throat or eyes or tension in your jaw. Maybe a leap or buzz in your stomach.
5. Study the sensation without going into it. Is it heavy or light? What color is it? How does the rest of your body feel in relation to it?
6. If this feeling were an object, what would it be?
7. Will the object allow you to remove it and imagine putting it on the floor in front of you?
8. Ask the object what it's needing.
9. Allow yourself to fulfill that.
10. Notice how you feel now.
How is it to get to know the part of you that doesn't know?
#Mindfulness #Focusing #Indecision #Making Decisions
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