Feelings. What To Do With So Many Feelings?

From feeling lucky to feeling sad, feeling funky, feeling glad. Strong feelings, other people’s feelings, from being one of our senses to making no sense at all, how do we explain feelings, and what are we to do with all of them? I’ve been taught to observe my feelings with curiosity, like looking at an interesting cloud shape that is temporarily overhead, rather than identifying with the feelings that come-and-go or even claim them as my own. From that peaceful place of serenity, we can see things clearly without them being distorted by strong feelings for-or-against something. Can you pause between impulse and response? This is a lifelong practice...

Reviews

Thank you for the bubbles and triangle analogy!! I loved the content of this talk; however the speech was super fast. Thank you 🙏

Exactly what I needed to hear today. And every day.

Another excellent talk! I have found over time that my meditation practice has made me … less reactive to the feelings that arise from moment to moment when I am off of the cushion. But … I still struggle with the idea that I do not have to identify with the feelings that arise …that I can just observe them.

This is a good reminder that I am not my Feelings and that I choose them. Being at any point of the triangle is my choice.