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saturday Dharma-- Goodbye, Thoughtssherab said Nov 7, 6:05 AM: |
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When negative emotions are strong they tend to overpower you; you could never take suggestions, never be able to apply an antidote. You need time and space. First, find out if you’re willing to see whether your anger is valid or not valid. If you are not willing to see that, then take a break. Walk outside. Got to a nice place when there’s a beautiful view. Divert your attention through something neutral, like nature. In Tibet, many of my teachers liked to go up on a high mountain overlooking the valley, the river, and the mountains. They let their disturbing thoughts fly away—if they had them at all—and took in the fresh air. Certain traditions even recommend that you watch the sunset from a slightly high vantage point, stand lightly, bouncing gently on your toes. Breathe out gently three, nine, or twenty-one times, using breath as a vehicle to carry your thoughts away. Let your heavy thoughts go with the setting sun and bid them goodbye. |
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Re: saturday Dharma-- Goodbye, ThoughtsNicole said Nov 8, 5:12 AM: |
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Yesterday, I got really mad at the computer. I was trying to network our computers for internet as I had easily done yesterday and fussed and fumed trying for two hours while my beloved uncomfortably waited for me to resolve the angry feelings which were causing him deep upset. |
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Re: saturday Dharma-- Goodbye, Thoughtssherab said Nov 11, 2:10 AM: |
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I know what you mean Nicole, “Even though I have spent sixty years practicing Buddhist kindness and compassion, when I see the collapse of the buildings and the people running, unable to breathe, the anger comes. When I hear about the plans for retaliation, the thought comes, “Okay, good.” When something happens and we say “good,” but say it with anger, we must see that our anger will soon be controlling us. We have to be very careful with this… “Our real challenge is to develop compassion even for those who did this. Developing compassion for them does not mean you cannot stop people who are going to hurt others. People should not misunderstand this. Compassion does not only mean love and light. On the contrary, if we don’t stop them when we have the opportunity, we may even have the negativity of not stopping them.” I do think that anger arises for a reason, and we should not dismiss it easily. but as you say we don't need to hang on to anger as much as we do. I remember a stress full job that had me always angry and caught up in thinking. One of the ways that I dealt with it was working on an old fingerstyle blues on the guitar. There was this on moment where I remember everything changed. Instead of distracting myself with the music, I some how put all those feelings into my hands, and my focus on the music. It was as if all that hate got funneled into twelve bars and I understood the motivation behind that piece of music. The next day was just as frustrating, but i found that I could return to that feeling of letting the energy run out into something else. peace -s- |
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