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change its form by allowing it to be expressed

consciously in the real world, or remain buried

deep as denied feelings. But, the fact that it

has been cognitively denied doesn't mean that

it's gone away!

In our modern, Western world, we’re taught

to rationalise, to rely heavily on the thinking

part of our world experience. We are trained

to ‘master’ our feelings. But the truth is, we

can’t bury our feelings, nor should we attempt

to – they’re an essential key to unlock a deeper

understanding of what’s really going on.

Although our highly-developed intellectual

process is capable of over-riding our

autonomic or involuntary nervous system, it

can only do so after due consideration. We can

think, or we can act spontaneously.

Unfortunately, we can't do both at once. But

then, who says we have to? It can easily be

demonstrated that we don't need to think or

talk in order to perceive what's going on in the