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Originally Posted by 3rdTimesTheCharm
I thought Pema Chodron really put it well in her book, Taking the Leap. She says:
"There is a formal practice for learning to stay with the energy of uncomfortable emotions—a practice for transmuting the poison of negative emotions into wisdom."
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"1. Acknowledge you’re hooked (with humor, if possible).
2. Pause, take three conscious breaths, and lean in to the energy (with kindness, if possible).
3. Relax and move on."
Anne
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This is really interesting to me. I learned over the last (rough!) year to just let myself feel the emotions - not fight them - and that they would pass. It was just a survival technique. But reading this quote makes me realize there's an even better way, a more purposeful way. Lots of wisdom here to mull over. And now I have to go google "Pema Chodron"
