Re: Meditation and ADD

[Anonymous]

I like it, gameguy.

I do a similar practice although I don’t will the emotions to fade, I just try to stay fully connected to them, completely aware rather than ignoring or suppressing them. They aren’t permanent anyways, so there will always be a beginning, a peak and an end (and perhaps it will start right back up again). I just don’t know when the end will happen, maybe 5 minutes, a day, a year…..

It’s that gap that you’re creating, the pause between emotion and reaction, that gives you choice. So if you’re angry, instead of just dumping the anger or repressing it, you have a choice. My teacher says “it might be the right decision to yell at someone in anger, but at least you’ve made the choice and are prepared to accept the consequences”.

I would like to be able to feel the subtle beginnings of anger arising in my body and mind, it’s difficult because it gets stirred up so quickly, like a tempest at time!

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