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Originally Posted by mncz  nodnod to wolfgang. |
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I found this site and got to the book Power of Now. Now I am practicing the ideas of this book every day and feel that my emotional states have changed a lot. Whenever I feel a sudden rush of anger, sadness, low self-esteem, fear, I detach from it and observe it from the standing point of Now. I even visualise myself standing in "Now" much like a tree  . The harmful emotions always go away within seconds. I always allow myself to experience joy/love/passion fully. My life truly has changed a lot for the better from this practice.
Edit: PS, I am a woman.
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I suppose it's a practice to not get overwhelmed by emotions. Stress and not doing things to relax and having the mind trained on the past or future a lot, crowds out the ability to have the awareness you speak of - to be like a tree and let the feelings wash over you.
It occurs to me that a feeling may show up and a lot of the reactions are coming from having the mind trying to label it based on regretting the past or fearing the future. Then the feeling gets stuck because the mind is kind of interferring.