Thought, emotion, and awakening: a deep dive. Links, transcript, and more: https://zdoggmd.com/awakening-emotion
Topics:
00:00 Intro
02:26 Consciousness as a movie screen vs. the story of our lives displayed on the screen
09:24 Why the sense of separation returning can make things feel worse after an experience of expansive presence
14:58 Awakening and repressed emotion, the shedding of inauthenticity
20:18 How and when to investigate the source of emotions
22:38 Untangling thought from emotion, dealing with habitual fixations, thought storms
27:55 Resistance to emotion vs. surrender and acceptance
33:00 The effect of meditation retreat on emotion
35:48 The standing wave of thought identification and the pandemic of emotional repression
42:03 Zubin’s post retreat experience of thought and emotion
44:40 The effect since our first shows on awakening, the way out of suffering
48:14 Wrapping up
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I came home from work the other afternoon to find this precious trio (with mom) standing to the right of my driveway. They were so tiny! So cute!
In the middle of the night when your past misdeeds come back to berate you, you should do two things:
1. Honor the lessons and realize that it is because you're a better person now and be thankful of that!
2. See that persons who do harms against you and others are harming themselves more. Others are as yourself in the need compassion. Just as you needed compassion when you were in dark times, everyone needs compassion.
We are all a moment. We are not :that" moment, or a "future" moment. We are "this" moment!
