Pema Chödrön references Jill Bolte Taylor’s book My Stroke of Insight, which “points to scientific evidence showing that the life span of any particular emotion is only one and a half minutes. I want to be able to accept all of my emotions as impermanent energy that is passing through me. However, Pema Chödrön expresses what I hope to work towards. Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an opening pathway to awakening.” – Pema ChödrönĮasier said than done, of course. In this way, anything we experience becomes the perfect opportunity for touching our basic goodness, the perfect support for remaining open and receptive to the dynamic energy of life…. “Instead, we can acknowledge the powerful energy of our fear, of our rage-the energy of anything at all that we may feel-as the natural movement of life, and become intimate with it, abide with it, without repressing, without acting out, without letting it destroy us or anyone else. There is much to gain if we can sit, stay, listen, learn. Yet, all emotions are messengers from our heart. Happiness and joy is more comfortable than sadness and grief. To not try to rush past what you’re feeling, to push away uncomfortable feelings to attempt to feel “better.” We tend to label emotions as “good” or “bad” based on how comfortable we feel when experiencing them. It’s also an opportunity stay with yourself. It’s a wonderful reminder of the power of the breath, of the connection to the present, of the connection to the self. Abiding with our own energy is the ultimate nonaggression, the ultimate maitri.” Staying present with our own energy allows it to keep flowing and move on. Confusion only begins when we can’t abide with the intensity of the energy and therefore spin off. It’s a way of working with our negativity that appreciates that the negative energy per se is not the problem. All we are doing is breathing in and experiencing what’s happening, then breathing out as we continue to experience what’s happening. It sounds dramatic, but really it’s very simple and direct. In the process of doing this, we are transmuting hard, reactive, rejecting energy into basic warmth and openness. We touch the experience, feeling it in the body if that helps, and we breathe it in. “Breathing in and leaning in are very much the same. The exhale focuses on giving the sensation some space, relaxing any tension you’re carrying. The inhale focuses on keeping the feeling inside, giving it attention and warmth. It’s about staying with the emotion or feeling and breathing in to it. Pema Chödrön speaks of a style of meditation practice called compassionate abiding. I’m feeling defensive, reactive, and quick to anger. Lately, I’ve been feeling a lot of strong emotions. I devoured it in about 72 hours, before bed, at restaurants, at coffee shops and finished it finally on a bus from Chiang Mai to Pai, Thailand. And this book truly did come to me at precisely the right time. It was with eagerness that I picked up my first Pema Chödrön book. I’ve heard of Pema Chödrön’s name before, referenced in other books, or mentioned here and there in ways I just can’t place. It’s easily digestible, short in length and casual in tone. It is in no way, shape, or form dense or obtuse. OL14931936W Page_number_confidence 78.26 Pages 140 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.11 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210416142702 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 507 Scandate 20210406070226 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781590309810 Tts_version 4.Pema Chödrön’s book, Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears, came to me exactly when I needed it. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 21:00:44 Associated-names Boucher, Sandy Boxid IA40088604 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
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