karmarider wrote:Enlightened2B wrote: I found it difficult to release emotions because even when I thought I was releasing them, they still came back. Maybe I'm confused on the premise of the technique and the definition of 'release'.
Emotions have not gone away. I wouldn't want them to. An emotion rises and there is the noticing of it. There is an allowing. There is the making of space for the emotion in the body. There is the intention to fully feel the emotion and the full feeling of it follows, without resistance. There is an appreciation of for the ability to experience it. There is feeling of the emotion and there is the decision to let go and it goes.
If there is reaction to the emotion, there is no resistance to that.
Yes KR, this is what is meant by 'fully embracing your feelings' ... it does NOT mean repression or suppression, but rather
staying with the emotion, living and feeling it fully, without any judgement or resistance, until it dissolves ... then the emotion is nothing else than an energy motion which happens in the body ... and it passes away easily when it is not resisted or fed by thought, fears and desires ...
This is also what Eckhart means by 'inhabiting your body' ...
Unfortunately most people do not want to face their negative emotions, they look for escapes in distractions, entertainment, addictions, violence, rituals etc ... so those negative emotions come back again and again, endlessly replaying the same dramas and scenarios ... and this is called human suffering ...