Irrational Emotions?

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Rational Emotions?
There are no “Rational Emotions!”
But couldn’t that also mean that there are no “Irrational Emotions” either?

Hey ya want logic,
then go to the prefrontal lobes,
ya want emotions,
then go to the limbic system.

Neurologically they are as separate as
east and west.


Why?
Why are we concerned about the rationality of emotions?
Be cause a short, cigar smoking German told us to.


But hey, if you wish to treasure the advice of
a man who did enough cocaine to kill a small horse,
then don’t let me stand in the way.

Hey, wanna know a secret?
Other folks don’t have to understand your emotions to
respect your emotions.

In fact, {and this could make me even more unpopular}
whether or not someone respects your feelings is
really a test of their love for you.

But of course, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander so,
you guessed it,
your willingness to respect another’s feelings
{whether you like those emotions or not}
is also the test of your love for them.


Folks, there ain’t NO bad emotions,
there ain’t NO good emotions,
there are simply those that are pleasurable or painful.

As long as we don’t confuse emotion with wisdom we’ll be fine.
As long as we don’t allow emotion to guide our:
• intellect,
• will,
• choices,
• words or
• behavior,
they can’t hurt us.

Come let exercise the courage to be authentic and honest to
ourselves about what we feel in the present moment.


Who we are is NOT determined by what we feel,
rather who we are is determined by what we DO with
what we feel.

Do you feel the emotional pain of
sadness, anger or fear, then:
#1 use it to fuel your Compassion practices
that intend to free all others from the pain that
you now experience and also
#2 use it to fuel your Wisdom practices that help you to
utterly, completely and therapeutically let-go of that pain.


In the Bible we read of an angel who tried to be God…
he came to a very bad end.


But are we any better?
Aren’t we also striving to play God when we try to control
all our:
• circumstances,
• physical sensations,
• emotions and even
• thoughts?

No, there’s nothing wrong with trying to gently influence the
aspects of our experience.
But that’s a far cry from our megalomania that can make
big brother from George Orwell’s 1984 look like
a blushing, introverted wall flower.

Balance is important to a tight rope walker.


But it’s also important for us.

If we are to be respectful of others we must control our
choices, words and actions,
BUT if we are to be respectful of ourselves we must master
Buddha’s mental yoga of awareness...

we must exercise the courage to
observe exactly what we feel with the
naked awareness of courageous vulnerability that is
FREE from every:
• filter,
• shield and
• self defense mechanism.

And then, if we really have a pair, we’ll
bring that same vulnerability into
every relationship and every interaction.


Come, let us exercise the courage to be vulnerable and authentic.
“But that could hurt my feelings!” you might say.
And you’d be right.
But couldn’t we hurt ourselves even MORE by
trying to protect our selves?


The more vulnerable we are, the more emotion we’ll feel,
be it pleasurable or painful.
The more emotion we feel, the more
empowered, engaged, relevant, authentic and transformative our
meditation could become.

That, my friends, is the key to accomplishing
full enlightenment, in only ten months by
practicing for just 9 minuets, twice daily!

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May you and yours be

happy and healthy!

Om Mani Padme Hum,

Lama Jigme Gyatso: Rime Manipa Tantrika

NON-sectarian Buddhist: Monk, Teacher, Healer and Tantrika





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