Don't let your problems wear you down. No matter how big you feel they are or how many years or decades you feel you've carried them around with you. You really can release them forever.
Our "map of reality", ego or sub-conscious mind consists of the sum total of everything we have ever experienced and reacted to. The unresolved feelings and emotions from the past are constantly playing over and over beneath our conscious awareness.
Because we have sometimes endured deep hurt and suffering from these unresolved issues we feel this is who we are and we create elaborate stories about why we should feel the way we do.
We then defend and justify our predicament and go on to beat ourselves up for being the person we perceive ourselves to be... and this becomes a video incessantly playing. Can you imagine how draining this is and how much of your time is taken up on these negative, damaging perceptions?
As you live more consciously through regular meditation you will love finding the real peaceful and happy you. Your conscious self is already there waiting to be re-discovered.
When you are not being drained by the ego you will create the space to flourish, feel more alive and confident. You will develop a passion for life and use your energy to achieve and become the best you can be.
Whenever you experience a negative emotion, just allow yourself to be consciously aware of it and accept it. If you allow your mind to analyze how and why you are feeling like this it will block the view from your consciousness.
Remember, the first step of success is becoming aware. When you consciously observe any negative emotion it will simply fritter away. If you allow the mind (ego) to analyze it you are giving the ego the power to cling onto what is really only an illusion.
The secret is - don't resist whatever comes up to be released because whatever you resist, persists.
I'll leave you with this famous quote:-
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Albert Einstein
