If we can stop even saying what we don't want, then we can start treating what we want as an enemy. The fear of threats – fear of what people might think, fear of what people might say – that is the root of all evil in the world. This is an essential lesson in life. And what's more, when people don't feel any fear of these emotions then they feel not at peace. When they don't know they can have this experience, then they feel there is something outside.
When you understand that your emotions cause you the most trouble, you can get through them. When you understand the cause, it changes how you experience them. In my experience, most of the time, people who are very hot, or whose emotions flare, are actually very strong people who are already feeling extremely well. People who stay in control of their emotions are usually very confused people.
If you do not let yourself feel happy feelings, you will never feel happy in the future. You are missing out on many, many pleasant experiences. This is the most basic principle of life: emotions make us who we are. You will never be happy if you never let yourself feel happy. Every emotion has an inner beauty. But too many are unhappy; too many of us don't recognize our feelings.
During meditation, our conscious mind is silent. There is no lying, there are no false ideas. We only listen to the facts and feelings, hear the music and we meditate with our friends. The mind just simply relaxes and slows down. For some people it will take some time to get used to the silence. But, after a few weeks, they find the silence in the silence. I spent most of my days with my mind humming from one word to another; I got so distracted.
As we learn to be more compassionate, we will eventually experience incredible increases in our empathy with our fellow man and woman. This is a much needed experience for the world. We are all connected. We are all the same. Every single person is made of the same stuff. Just because we live in different parts of the world doesn't mean that its a bad or different from each other.
When we start thinking that we are going to turn our very emotions into enemies, we would get into a dilemma. But that's not the way it is. In fact, we are in fact going to turn our emotions into allies, and learn to deal with them more carefully. And if we need to overcome our limitations, or become "more emotion-free", we need to not take our emotions as our enemies.
In reality, feelings are a good thing. They are the peace we seek in everyday life. For most people, feelings are a normal part of life. And feelings can sometimes be good, Positive emotions, or positive expectations, are a powerful tool to bring a feeling state to a person. Positive expectations open the door to all the other positive emotions