Monday, April 22, 2013

Contemplative Monday


The following quote is taken from 'Heart Advice, Weekly Quotes From Pema Chodron'. 

CONTACTING PAIN


"When you contact the all-worked-up feeling of Shenpa {getting hooked on a negative emotion},


the basic instruction is the same as in dealing with physical pain.


Whether it's a feeling of I like or I don't like, or an emotional state like loneliness, depression,


or anxiety, you open yourself fully to the sensation, free of interpretation. 
If you've tried this approach with physical pain, you know the results
can be quite miraculous.


When you give your full attention to your knee or your back or your head......


whatever hurts......and drop the good/bad, right/wrong story line 
and simply experience the pain directly for even a short time,


then your ideas about the pain, and often the pain itself, will dissolve."






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