What you may not know about ANXIETY

This entry is specifically for the benefit of those of us who suffer more than we wish of anxiety:
So here's a question - when you are in a state of stress, worry or anxiety what are you doing? Are you reacting to all that is going on and feeling bound up by the tight grip of anxiety?

~or~
Are you calmly aware of the physical sensation of the thoughts that created the sensation in the first place, enough so to know "I don't have to do this" and shift into another polarity?
If the second part didn't make sense to you, or that was the first time ever reading something like "that" - chances are the first part may be more familiar. I know that many of us do all sorts of things with the intention of unwinding when things become challenging from a standpoint of anxiety welling up inside to dangerous levels. I will not pass judgment on the choices people make to lessen the powerful grips of anxiety - as I too have gone to great lengths in hopes of experiencing sweet escape from suffering. However, many of the "sweet escapes" I ventured into were of a quick nature and did little to help me let go of the reoccurring pattern of suffering, which to me, is another name for anxiety, that I had been so good at practicing for so many years.
So the questio
I have for you here, now is this:
If there were another way to go about reducing suffering from anxiety that could reduce the occurrences of anxiety in the first place, are you interested?
Of course you are. But not for the obvious reasons...
If you think about it, many of our actions are taken with care to steer us into a life that is "desirable" in some way shape or form. We do what we can to set aside finances for retirement. We do what we can to feel and look good. We do what we can to have a fulfilling love life - and we do what we can to stay healthy. Many of the actions we take are done with the intent of moving towards something we want, regardless of how well defined, in mind, that want, or destination is...
However, along this path, there are sometimes often THOUGHTS that arise from some sort of event that cause our mind to take us into a space we don't feel comfortable with. For example, if you were in charge of investing money for your company of a friend and the market dropped some, the thoughts of what might happen as a result and all the places the mind can take you - THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO GO - bring with them a physical resonance, or feeling. In this example you may have lost money for your company and then started pondering all sorts of horrible realities that MIGHT or COULD go along with this potential loss.
And what do you think this does? If you drew the conclusion that it creates a neatly done road-map to ANXIETY, I would agree with you. So, if anxiety is merely the sensation physically that goes along with holding onto the things we can think about that we don't want to experience (aren't we experiencing them by holding onto them in thought?) - doesn't it make sense that by holding onto a different sensation with the same thoughts in mind we can break the chains anxiety consumes us in?
Even though that may seem foreign to many of us, it is a practice I have learned to get very good at over the years that only requires willingness and the power of the mind. In fact, it was in 2003 that I learned the specific techniques I have used and continue to use to eliminate anxiety in little know
Holistic Personal Development course, in which the teacher has since moved away. Recently, I have come to discover that these practices were used in Ancient Egypt as practices leading up to Initiation in Priesthood. While this is nice, my main focus is they work.

Over the years I have modified the work in which I now feel is crucial in developing what I call "Emotional Intelligence" and found myself sharing it with just about all of the people I work with. I wrote this email to inspire though. If you are interested in learning more about Getting Past Anxiety, please visit my new coaching website, http://www.soulisticpath.com or just call me and I can perhaps share the practice of Polarities with you too!
Namaste,
Paul Bunting