Mindfulness Meditation and Emotional Control

Contemplatively, consider this: mindfulness, contrary to some beliefs, isn't about passive acceptance.

Rather, it's about complete presence, enabling us to discern the raw experience from the narrative we subsequently construct around it.

Imagine an emotional state flowering within you. Can you perceive the distinction between the immediate emotion and the layers you might append to it?

Delve deeper into the principles of mindfulness meditation, and you discover a profound truth: we can't dictate the thoughts that spring up in our minds.

This revelation, however, isn't a summons to helplessness. It doesn't imply we lack any influence over our mental landscape.

Yet, the notion of achieving total, unadulterated control? That's simply not grounded in reality.

These words of wisdom come from Sharon Salzberg.

-A gem found in the Tricycle Archives

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