Zen and Emotional Balance
Zen and Emotional Balance–there’s nothing “Zen” about blocking emotions. In fact, Zen is all about being real, which means being elegant–including with your emotional expression.
Emotions
Irrationally Furious
Our emotions and feelings are as much a part of us as our thoughts. We profit from learning to express them, as opposed to judging them, and then shutting them down.
Getting in Touch
I just worked with a client who was new both to me and to bodywork. I realized that I tend to assume that people “get” what I do, prior to my explaining it, especially if they found me on my website. This week, with 3 new clients, I discovered that the interconnection between body, mind, feelings, and “teachings” is not so clear to them.
Drop Your Story
The straight-jacket of delusion is caused by an internal process. In other words, we are straight-jacketed by what goes on between our ears. Not all of our mental games, but assuredly the “knowing” part.
More on Self Discipline
We all do stuff we later regret. The point of having the sensation of regret is to fix in our minds the negative consequences of the errant behaviour.
Caught Tail
Self-responsibility is the ceaseless action of walking a path. The wise path, the one path, in all cases, is dropping the ego.