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Originally Posted by fwellers  What Tolle says, and I tend to agree with, is a bit different. Instead of just using the brain ( thought ) to control emotion, by acknowledging it, seeing it through thought for what it is, and then denying it, what you do is to feel the emotion. Allow it to run it's course in you and observe it in as detached a way as possible. Focus your full attention and awareness to it. Bring light to it.
You've heard the term 'follow the money' ?
Well this reminds me of that. Instead, 'follow the feeling'. It will bring you to the source. |
We are not actually contradicting each other. Following the emotion is an activity you can perform that will cultivate the right mode of thought, i.e. the mode of thought I described in my last post. It's a bit like meditation. Tolle with this suggestion was hoping for you to understand the nature of emotions. It's an exercise.
It's not about denying emotions, it's about not being driven by them. Use emotions as a compass, rather than a driver.