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The most beneficial idea for me, perhaps due to recency bias, was the practice of “surfing the urge.”
I think I’ve heard of this before, but after attempting it with a not-so-great-habit, I noticed I was less stressed and the desire to give in was weakened.
And I did not give in!
So practicing self-awareness, allowing myself to feel what I’m feeling instead of trying to attack or suppress the feelings, and then recognizing I don’t need to act on those feelings is something I’m going to try to implement in my life.
This has parallels to the Biblical method of confronting and dealing with sin/temptation/pain.
I think the practice of “surfing the urge” can be found in the Psalms of the Old Testament, but I hadn’t noticed the particulars of what the Psalmists were portraying. Of course, the Psalms add the element of trusting God and relying ultimately on His provision, which takes “surfing the urge” to another level.
Eg the Psalmists sing/speak to the LORD of their sorrows, their fears, their angers, etc, they are aware of their feelings, they bring them to God, they work through them, and they recognize they don’t have to act on them, they can even receive strength from their God to walk in the way of righteousness.
What I hadn’t really thought about was that the Psalmists aren’t simply using God to get rid of the bad feelings they are actually sitting with their unwanted feelings, observing them, and then bringing them to God and reinterpreting those in light of God’s promises, as well as asking Him to give them new strength, not so much to say no to the feelings, but to say yes to following/trusting Him.
The elements of time/sitting and becoming more of an observer, rather than making myself the instigator, of the feelings is something I haven’t really practiced very well. So seeing that I think will be really helpful.
(Psalm 73 is probably an example of Biblically “surfing the urge.”)
The most beneficial idea for me, perhaps due to recency bias, was the practice of “surfing the urge.”
I think I’ve heard of this before, but after attempting it with a not-so-great-habit, I noticed I was less stressed and the desire to give in was weakened.
And I did not give in!
So practicing self-awareness, allowing myself to feel what I’m feeling instead of trying to attack or suppress the feelings, and then recognizing I don’t need to act on those feelings is something I’m going to try to implement in my life.
This has parallels to the Biblical method of confronting and dealing with sin/temptation/pain.
I think the practice of “surfing the urge” can be found in the Psalms of the Old Testament, but I hadn’t noticed the particulars of what the Psalmists were portraying. Of course, the Psalms add the element of trusting God and relying ultimately on His provision, which takes “surfing the urge” to another level.
Eg the Psalmists sing/speak to the LORD of their sorrows, their fears, their angers, etc, they are aware of their feelings, they bring them to God, they work through them, and they recognize they don’t have to act on them, they can even receive strength from their God to walk in the way of righteousness.
What I hadn’t really thought about was that the Psalmists aren’t simply using God to get rid of the bad feelings they are actually sitting with their unwanted feelings, observing them, and then bringing them to God and reinterpreting those in light of God’s promises, as well as asking Him to give them new strength, not so much to say no to the feelings, but to say yes to following/trusting Him.
The elements of time/sitting and becoming more of an observer, rather than making myself the instigator, of the feelings is something I haven’t really practiced very well. So seeing that I think will be really helpful.
(Psalm 73 is probably an example of Biblically “surfing the urge.”)