Working with Emotions
How to identify disturbing emotions, their causes and antidotes, and transform them to bring inner peace.
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Three types of emotion and their influence
The threat system, the drive system and the safeness system from the psychological and Buddhist…
View PostGetting a handle on anger
If we can be calm with an attitude of compassion in conflicts, then there's a…
View PostConnecting with others with an open heart
By opening our heart we can connect to others in a meaningful and healthy way…
View PostComparing the Buddhist and scientific views of emotions
A look at two viewpoints on the source of disturbing emotions, how they cause problems,…
View PostHow our emotions impact our mind
Understanding how emotions impact the mind helps us work with disturbing emotions and positive emotions.…
View PostMisconceptions about compassion
While everyone admires compassion, there is a lot of confusion about it. In addition to…
View PostOvercoming the obstacles to developing compassion
Recognizing the four qualities of self-centeredness that impede developing compasssion and looking at the ways…
View PostCompassion and interdependence
When we see that we are dependent on others we see the importance of caring…
View PostA warm heart in a complex world
In terms of having a kind heart it doesn't matter if the world is more…
View PostCultivating emotional balance
Learning to handle our emotions instead of being under their control strengthens and makes us…
View PostCaught up in consumerism
Acquiring things and going into debt does not fill up the empty hole of dissatisfaction.…
View PostTransforming the mind with compassion
How to cultivate compassion and transform the mind that insists on taking care of "ME."
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