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Old 05-20-2007, 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by SuperStar View Post
One thing my meditation teachers emphasized is that the goal of this is never to "eliminate or overcome" any emotions - that will only lead to denial and repression, the opposite of acceptance and awareness.
Sure. To clarify, I mean you should also either change/remove what causes the emotion if it doesn't help you, or learn how not to act on the emotion. Trying to suppress emotions which just make them manifest less directly.
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