
Living Beyond the Mind: The End of Personal Suffering

you are accessing the essence of all creation—just as you do when practicing with your hands. The sensations we experience in life are not inherently sadness, grief, anger, or any other emotion; they are simply raw facts—pure expressions of Spirit. The labels we assign to these sensations are constructs of the mind, adding a story or placing them w
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This is why seeking “healing” can be so dangerous—because the vibration you send to the universe is one of being incomplete or broken.
Troy Valencia • Living Beyond the Mind: The End of Personal Suffering
Their presence was replaced by the mind’s label, dividing the experience into duality: me and the birds. Similarly, the essence of the black snake was lost through interpretation.
Troy Valencia • Living Beyond the Mind: The End of Personal Suffering
To free yourself, you must address the sensation, not its label.
Troy Valencia • Living Beyond the Mind: The End of Personal Suffering
this labeling process is seen as emotional intelligence—the ability to name and identify feelings, a quality often celebrated. While these skills have their place, this process goes far deeper and requires a critical understanding: the label your mind applies is nothing more than memory. And memory, as we now understand, is just the past. You are n
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Labeling Is necessary but not sufficientlabeling attaches memory to it and still.obscures tbe underlying energy And experience
Here’s how the sequence unfolds: an unconscious thought arises, and at some point, you become aware of it. This thought produces a sensation, which, for a brief moment, exists in its pure, unprocessed form. But almost instantly, the mind applies a label to the sensation—judging it as “good” or “bad”
Troy Valencia • Living Beyond the Mind: The End of Personal Suffering
analysis, while often well-intentioned, has a way of imposing intellectual frameworks onto raw, unfiltered experiences, stripping them of their vitality and transformative potential.
Troy Valencia • Living Beyond the Mind: The End of Personal Suffering
Work with the sensation and experience not tbhe content tbatgs tbe opportunity to gain self masteryremember tbhe snake dream and jungian therapist storh hereor you embracing tbe cobrA and goving it place at round table
There is no need to dive into the endless rabbit hole of analyzing why a particular thought arose; this only strengthens identification with it. Mastery lies in understanding the broader process: the mind thinks based on past impressions—it’s as simple as that.
Troy Valencia • Living Beyond the Mind: The End of Personal Suffering
The sooner we notice the thought, the less we identify with it, allowing us to respond consciously.