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Teacher: Rodney Smith
Date: 2011-01-11
Venue: Seattle Insight Meditation Center
Series
- The Satipatthana Sutta 2010-01-19
Description
Mindfulness of the body gave us stability of focus and mindfulness of feelings gave us the mechanism for how we project ourselves onto the world. Now we are sufficiently prepared to look at the mind itself.
Homework
This week focus on the relationship between emotions and thoughts, two aspects of how the mind forms. Pick an emotion that you find difficult to experience (e.g. grief, anger, depression, fear, loneliness). Emotions often govern thoughts, and thoughts in return feed back into emotions. Pay particular attention to the thoughts spawned by the emotions. Notice how thoughts convince you your mood is an accurate depiction of the world. Ask if these thoughts are true or just perceptions of a reality colored by an emotion. The quieter and more allowing you are with your emotions, the fewer the thoughts; the fewer the thoughts, the easier it is to be with the emotion.
Video
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