Sometimes, when emotions like anger or frustration take over, it feels like everything inside us is in a knot. Our thoughts, feelings, and physical reactions all seem to swirl together into one heavy, jumbled mess.
It’s like a tangled ball of yarn. You can’t tell where it starts or ends—just loops on loops, twisted tight. That’s how strong emotions can feel. But what if, deep down, it’s still just one single strand?
That image came to me today: that emotions aren’t something separate from our awareness. They’re what happens when our thoughts, sensations, and reactions get wrapped around each other too tightly. The energy is the same—it’s just gotten tangled.
If we begin to notice what’s happening—what we’re feeling in the body, what thoughts are repeating in the mind—we can start to gently loosen the knot. Just like untangling yarn, it takes patience. We don’t have to force anything. We just notice. This is a tight spot. Here’s a loop of thought. That sensation feels hot, or tight, or heavy.
As we separate things out—sensation from thought, thought from reaction—something begins to shift. The jumbled mess becomes a single line again. The energy hasn’t gone away. It’s just easier to see. Easier to follow. Easier to be with.
And here’s the key insight: confusion and clarity are made of the same stuff. One is tangled. The other is not.
We don’t need to invent peace or create awareness from scratch. It’s already here. But like yarn, it can get tied in knots. And like yarn, it can be gently untangled—one strand at a time.
Spiritual Gravity 