Ep. 27 - Transforming Afflictive Emotions
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
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Acceptance Is Impossible
At one time, I was feeling what I thought and what I was taking to be sadness. As soon as I saw accurately what it was, that allowed for the alignment with it so that I could be accepting. The next essential piece first is recognition and then it's mindful acceptance of the emotion. So they are afflictive, right? And if we're not aware and we're not accepting, they are going to be the cause of a lot of suffering.
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