I just finished work for the day. It’s interesting how some days seem to have a common theme. Today was such a day. Everyone was, in their own way, describing an issue or personal situation where there appeared to be a “wall” or an energetic riff between themselves and what they wanted. Common to each client was the fact that their thinking was interfering with their ability to simply have a direct experience of life – hence the “wall.”

Unfortunately, the smarter we are the less likely we are to surrender our thought. But for the sake of communion and a direct experience of life we must be willing to let go of our habitual analysis of each moment.

So many of us believe that we are our thinking, or at the very least, that we can’t differentiate ourselves from our thinking. This makes surrendering our analytical approach feel a lot like self-annihilation – not something most people would voluntarily risk. Here’s where finding a really good therapist, someone who has transcended his or her own thought-based self, would come in mighty handy.

It’s like the essential Self is saying, “You’ve got to walk out across this abyss”. And you’re looking down and you go, “No thanks”. And the inner voice says, “Go on, go on.” And you’re going, “No way!” Here’s where a good therapist can help you understand that the ground will appear when the step is taken. It’s so amazing to watch people take that step, then not tumble to what they imagined would be their certain demise. But instead, to triumphantly stand in a new and wondrous appreciation of themselves and life.