Befriending Feelings

Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower. 

Shigenori Kameoka

The following meditation on befriending feelings comes from a beautiful little book:  Meditations for Forgiving and Moving On, by Tian Dayton

In our society it we seem to have a difficult time with accepting and understanding our feelings.  Developing emotional insight and intelligence has been a huge part of my recovery from addiction and co-dependence.  I  was at a meeting today where several people were sharing their difficulties and it struck me that a lot of the time they were judging themselves for feelings that were just human responses to challenging circumstances.   So for what its worth and in an attempt to inspire and uplift below is Tian’s meditation on making friends with our feelings.

Today, I befriend my feelings without judgement.  If I am still lonely or depressed, I need not act on…