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Thoughts and emotions as gateways to liberation
Overthinking, overfeeling, being stuck in the mind or stuck in the heart. Quite often, the source of suffering is self-inflicted, and we seek to get rid of these “bad” thoughts or feelings.
And there are times when destructive thought patterns or emotional reactions need intervention and to be dealt with, for sure. But in this article, I would like to offer an alternative piece of contemplation.
What if your thoughts and your emotions can be a gateway to your liberation, rather than being an obstacle?
How to sit with emotions and not be consumed by them
There are times when what we feel is what we want to kill, rather than heal.
All the feelings that are almost too much to bear are what inevitably make us human. And we are meant to allow ourselves to feel it all, but the reason we end up suffering is not the feelings themselves, it is that we resist them.
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