I have recently discovered your blog and find it very interesting. I’m a huge fan of ‘The Work.’ Thank you for your inquires, and in particular for this:
‘What types of feelings do I get to avoid when I hold onto that belief? I get to avoid feeling sadness for so much going on in the US, especially in terms of health care, wars, corporations acting in ways destructive to people/communities/ecosystems, and the non-productive public debate on so many important areas. I get to close down my heart.’
I recognise in this something I often do myself, and hadn’t understood why till I read your words.
thank you
Yvonne