The biggest difficulties that many of us face are our own feelings. “Unpleasant” feelings, like anxiety, fear, anger, envy, guilt, frustration, grief. While something in the world might trigger these – a problem at work, in a relationship, around money or health – it can quickly become the feelings themselves that are our principal concerns.… Continue reading 3 Steps to Respond to Anxiety (“The Distressed Pet Approach”)
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No Wrong Emotions
“What is so problematic for Western man is not so much his struggles with other people and their needs and problems as his struggle with his own feelings. With what he will allow himself to feel and what he won’t allow himself to feel.” (Alan Watts, ‘You’re It’) Many of us come to meditation because… Continue reading No Wrong Emotions