but seriously, #janhitmeinjari focussing on an emotion strengthens it. if you want to not grow an emotion (like anger), you have to not give it a source of resonance within you, response. when the provocation doesn't meet a hook, it falls away. focussing on it cultivates the hook twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Buddhist systems: dont give the anger or thoughts of anger a peg to hang its hat on. dont invite it in and serve it tea
emotion/thoughts focussed systems: oh anger, come in, come in, stay for dinner. oh you want to stay over? sure. oh, wait, what, you're moving in now?
emotion/thoughts focussed systems: oh anger, come in, come in, stay for dinner. oh you want to stay over? sure. oh, wait, what, you're moving in now?
what you give prominence is prominent. if you want it not to be prominent, don't focus on it, (its sources, causes, expressions). dont give it sunlight and water its roots.
Instead:
1) shift focus to physical sensation
2) observe its inherent impermanence
& thus disempower it
Instead:
1) shift focus to physical sensation
2) observe its inherent impermanence
& thus disempower it
the simplest way to this is focussing on the now. actually if we just focussed on the now (truly, in action and not as a buzzword) half of our problems would be solved, so easier said than done. I agree. and yet. that is as simple as the solution gets.
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