Breaking Free from Thinking: A Guide to Embodied Awareness

William Linville guides us through the crucial distinction between thinking and feeling, offering practical techniques to transition from mind-dominated existence to heart-centered living. Moving beyond intellectual understanding, we explore how to access our natural state of presence and higher consciousness through simple breathing practices and body awareness.

• Thinking traps us in a conglomerate of thought forms based in past and future
• True feeling connects us to our higher consciousness and is only possible in the present moment
• Emotions like anger are experiences, not feelings in the deeper sense
• Breaking energy patterns through breath work creates space for presence
• Letting go of control is the biggest obstacle to transitioning from thinking to feeling
• Our higher self operates at higher frequencies that can integrate with our physical body
• Heart-centered living results in more simplicity, fluidity, and harmony in daily life
• Regular practice creates a "chasm" between mind and heart, reducing mind's dominance
• Effective meditation focuses on body awareness rather than mental engagement
• Our natural state is one of love, beyond all misperceptions we've accumulated

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Transcript

Speaker 2 0:20

Hello and welcome to the Relevance of Now with William Linville. My name is Michael Connelllevance of Now with William Linville. My name is Michael Connell.

Speaker 1 0:30

I'm here with William. Hello William, Hi Michael, How's it?

Speaker 2 0:32

going, buddy, it's going wonderful. Thank you, how are you? I'm doing great man. Thanks for asking how to manage the transition from thinking to feeling in your day-to-day life. I know in my day-to-day life the transition is occurring between thinking and feeling and it truly is a transition. And for clarity for all of us, william, how do you define thinking or how we just go along our day thinking?

Defining Thinking vs. Feeling

Speaker 1 1:24

And then, how do you define this state of feeling? Well, when you're thinking, it's a whole conglomerate of thought forms, michael, a whole conglomerate of thought forms that are fully surrounding your mind level, where the mind is constantly scanning thought after thought, after thought, after thought, after thought, after train of thought, train of thought after thought, and you're kind of then really trapped in your headspace. You're dodging thoughts, you're engaging thoughts, you're deflecting thoughts, you're going with thoughts, you're letting thoughts run you and you're totally in your headspace. A feeling is when you're in your whole body. It's a presence. It's a presence that you're feeling and so like. When you're out in your mind and you're feeling, you're feeling a presence that's calm, that's coming in waves like love, bliss, harmoniousness, feeling of openness, openness, vitality, vibrancy, healthy whole and completeness. Those are all presences that you're feeling rather than thinking. And when you're in a presence of feeling, everything in your day-to-day life, even the mental level, everything starts to flow. It's not so choppy, it's not so jumpy, it's not so all over the map.

Speaker 2 2:52

In order to feel do we need to be in the relevance of now?

Speaker 1 2:57

Yes, it's the only place you feel. You cannot feel when you're in time In time.

Speaker 2 3:05

you're constantly thinking and so that, uh, this definition of feeling is very sensory yes because I know that when I've been evaluating, well, what's a feeling, I could say well, I'm feeling anger, yes, but in that situation that's an emotion. But I use the word feel. It gets a little confusing at times.

Speaker 1 3:40

But I would change that to. You're experiencing anger, but I would change that to.

Speaker 2 3:45

You're experiencing anger, okay, right. So in this definition of feelings, we're talking about the sensory feelings of the body in the relevance of now, and you described some of them and I'm wondering why are they such uplifting feelings?

The Relevance of Now

Speaker 1 4:09

Because you're out of space and time and you're connecting with your higher levels, your higher levels, you're making room for the rest of yourself to come through where you're not engaged in the third or fourth dimension. You're opening up to higher dimensional planes of yourself and you're going direct within, opening up to higher dimensional planes of yourself and you're going direct within yourself to allow for the rest of yourself to come into within and through the physical embodiment, without being so wrapped up in all the day-to-day survival mechanisms.

Speaker 2 4:42

Ah, that's so clear. Thanks, that really really hit the point of being clear about. We experience emotions, even though a common way of speaking is I'm feeling angry. But what we're really talking about here, the difference between thinking and feeling is feelings are innately connected with our true self and we feel them in the body. It's when our hair sticks up on our arms or we start feeling a frequency flow through ourselves our body and to break it down further.

Speaker 1 5:30

You don't really feel anger. You experience anger Right. You experience emotions you don't really feel them.

Speaker 2 5:40

And now let's go into making the transition from the thinking Is thinking just based on the past or the future? Yes, okay, and we have a conglomerate of conflicting, varied thoughts based on the past and future, beliefs, judgments, and now we want to transition to moving into the relevance of now and feeling yes. And how can we start making that transition?

Speaker 1 6:23

Well, by stopping everything for a moment, taking a nice slow, deep breath in through your nose, all the way down through your solar plexus. Hold so as a rule of thumb, inhale for 12 or as high as you can Hold, for the same number, and then slowly, actually first a deep sigh, ah, then doing it again, hold for the same number and then gently exhaling through your mouth like you're trying to blow out a tea light candle or trying to whistle, exhaling as slow as you can, really bringing your consciousness down through your heart and through your solar plexus, just bringing yourself into this present moment, letting the whole world disappear, closing your eyes, focusing your eyes towards your third eye unless you're driving, then you should probably keep your eyes open and just feeling your heart or your solar plexus Releasing the tension. Sing to ourself Body, you're safe, I'm safe, all is well. Mind, you're safe, I'm safe, all is well. Mind, you're fine, I'm fine, all is well. Body you're fine, I'm fine, all is well. Body, you're fine, I'm fine, all is well.

Speaker 1 8:09

Just relaxing, just going into that flow of feeling, feeling the warmth, feeling the energy, your presence coming in and, right now, welcoming in your higher levels and your creator levels to come in and to come forth with ease and grace, where you can actually start to feel it in your body the calmness, the light beingness for some joy, for some energy, for some higher vibratory levels. It's all the same. It's just different experiences for each and every one, depending on where you're at on your journey. And now, just slowly opening up your eyes, now that you're totally present, and now looking around and feeling your body. And now, what deserves your attention? Do we get back to work? Do we continue to go from point A to point B in the car vehicle? I mean, what really warrants your attention at this moment, now that we're not being ran around by thought forms or trauma dramas? And how does that feel, though, michael?

Speaker 2 10:10

I feel my presence and the answer to whatever questions I'm asking myself seem to be. It's direct, yes, it's direct. Yes, the mind might come in and evaluate it after, but I can tell now what is the thinking.

Speaker 1 10:34

Exactly.

Speaker 2 10:39

And so this in our day-to-day life. This is a tool we can use to break the pattern of thinking yes and get more clarity on decision-making in our day-to-day life, and I'm struck by the shift of awareness within me, just even from before you started doing that.

Speaker 1 11:11

Exactly, and the more you do it, the longer it's going to last. Right, because you're creating a chasm between the mind and the heart. So the heart's going to stay open. Longer You're going to stay connected, longer the mind's going to start to lose its power. I mean, the mind's not your enemy, it is your tool and your friend, but it's just kind of been taking over. So what's going to happen is it's going to fall back into alignment and you're going to be in charge again.

Speaker 2 11:49

Is meditation another tool to assist in quieting the mind, separate from our busy day?

Speaker 1 12:00

It really depends on the meditation, mike. Many meditate, but their mind is still engaged, so it really depends on the meditation.

Speaker 2 12:12

Yeah, I've experienced that where you know I'll follow a protocol of meditating guided meditation or otherwise and then it didn't make any impact on my day-to-day life.

Speaker 1 12:28

Yeah, so a meditation that is where you're actually turning off the mind is most beneficial.

Speaker 2 12:36

Like a guided meditation.

Speaker 1 12:39

It depends on how much it brings you into your body and out of the mind.

Speaker 2 12:48

Good point. Yeah, I can see how there are many different guided meditations that I've done and some of them really put attention on the energy centers of the body. Yes, as opposed to when I was first learning to meditate, you know, it might be like a white light and this and that, and I really couldn't relate to it. Yeah, relate to it. Yeah, and the meditations that had me putting my attention on energy centers and expanding them have enabled me to now put my attention on my heart and it's easier to expand it Exactly and break energy.

Speaker 1 13:32

Then it takes you out of your mind and brings you into your body, to open your body up, to bring it into optimal health and well-being and homeostasis, but also expanding through it.

Speaker 2 13:46

Awesome, and what I heard you say is the more opportunity we have in our day to break energy. We have in our day to break energy. We don't have to do it with our eyes closed. So if we were at our desk, we could be pretending we're looking at. If we're in a group setting, we could be pretending we're looking at our screen, but really expanding our awareness of our body. Exactly what's the most common obstacle people face when trying to make this transition?

Speaker 1 14:21

Letting go, letting go of control, letting go of the mind trying to be in control.

Speaker 2 14:30

Letting go, and letting go and then trusting yourself.

Speaker 1 14:36

Yes, and the universe, the universe and your higher levels.

Speaker 2 14:43

Because you tied that together at the beginning. Then we're truly feeling in the state, that is, a state of our presence, which is connected to our creator consciousness and awareness.

Speaker 1 14:56

Yes, Because you are your higher levels. It's just your higher levels are part of you that's vibrating at a much higher frequency, that you're welcoming into the heavier part of you, the denser part of you, which is the body.

Speaker 2 15:13

What changes can listeners expect to notice when they consistently practice feeling overthinking?

Speaker 1 15:22

A lot more simplicity, a lot more fluidity within their live stream, a lot more enjoyment coming into their live stream, a marriage of the heart coming into their live stream, everything in their live stream really starting to work together and to flow together and everything, everything starting to work in harmony.

Speaker 2 15:44

Our higher states of consciousness program, so to speak, to assist us in in feeling this harmony.

Speaker 1 15:54

I wouldn't say program. No, I would say it's your natural state.

Speaker 2 15:58

That's how we were created.

Speaker 1 15:59

Yes.

Speaker 2 16:01

That's how creation created things to be.

Speaker 1 16:03

Yes, all the rest is top behavioral mannerisms and experiences that took you away from that.

Speaker 2 16:14

What advice would you give to someone just starting this journey of heart-centered living?

Final Thoughts and Farewell

Speaker 1 16:22

The advice I would give is that you deserve to be loved and you are love. You are love and you are loving and lovable. Everything that you've experienced are nothing more than experiences. You're saying goodbye to all of that which no longer serves you and you're saying hello to your natural birthright.

Speaker 2 16:48

Yeah, we're saying goodbye to all the misperceptions of how we've identified ourselves as who we are.

Speaker 1 16:57

Exactly, and all the misinterpretations of who you are and who you have perceived yourself to be, and you're saying hello to the truth of all, that is, of who you really are and how much more that you really are.

Speaker 2 17:15

Thank you, william, that's really awesome.

Speaker 1 17:18

Well, thank you, buddy. This has been awesome. It's been a total blast, so thank you.

Speaker 2 17:23

Thanks all of you for joining us. Please click subscribe. Join us next time. And William has had a number of other podcasts on the topic of feeling and thinking. If you do a search, you can find additional perspectives around this that William has shared in detail in previous podcasts. We look forward to next time. Namaste, namaste, namaste.