Brianna Wiest - The Mountain Is You_ Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery (2020)

THE MOUNTAIN IS YOU
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In a world that constantly tells you that your gut knows
everything and that your feelings are real, and that if you
reach in deep enough, you’ll uncover a well of wisdom that
can guide you... it can be really easy to assume that every
feeling and idea we have is not only real but is somehow
forecasting what’s going to happen in the future.
Your feelings aren’t predictions. They are not fortune-telling
mechanisms. They are only reflecting back to you what
your current state of mind is. It’s like having a nightmare:
The monsters aren’t real, but they could be metaphors for
something you’re worried about in your waking life.
What holds so many people back from finding their inner
peace is the fact that they can’t tell the difference between
which is correct: their fear or their peaceful feeling.
Remember this: The feeling of peace is the one telling you
the truth.
Your feelings aren’t here to tell you what’s going to happen.
They’re only here to inform you of where you are
energetically and mentally and how you should respond
to what happens around you. Fear is trying to scare you
into staying small and keeping safe. It is a mortal, limited
thing. The feeling of peace is trying to remind you that
everything will be okay because it always is...and always
will be, no matter what.