Ep. 181 - Mindfulness of Emotions with Buddhist Teacher, Gil Fronsdal

Gil Fronsdal offers Buddhist wisdom on relating skillfully to our emotions and seeing them as messengers of our inner worlds.This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/insighthour and get on your way to being your best self.In this talk, Gil Fronsdal lectures about:Identifying emotions without getting lost in the storyThe necessity and benefits of feeling painKnowing what's happening as it's happeningHow most of us are driven by our desires and aversionsSimply knowing and how free our knowing can beMaking room for our experiencesHow our emotions let us know what we should pay attention toLearning how our emotions live in the intelligent system of our bodyHow reactivity blocks us from processing emotionsBeing in our body and allowing processes to unfold“One of the primary functions of emotions is to let us know something is important. They’re knocking on the door of our capacity to know. They are not accidents, they’re not incidental, they’re not annoyances, they’re not unfortunate. They’re actually a very important form of which your inner life is presenting itself to you.” – Gil FronsdalThis talk was originally published on DharmaseedSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.