What’s the right way to deal with the emotional pain during meditation? Often, difficult emotions arise in meditation when we least expect it. We don’t tend to welcome those feelings with open arms. For most of us, the natural response to any sort of uncomfortable feeling is to tuck tail and move swiftly into the opposite direction. But like your physical body, which uses pain to alert you when your body is injured or compromised, strong feelings and emotions are often signals. Your emotional body is traumatized or injured, and it needs your attention. Of course, it is an easy to stay open in those moments. There are a lot of reasons for this.
First, our culture is addicted to distraction and stimulation. There are more ways than ever to distract ourselves from our pain.
Second, it’s not very sexy to experience vulnerability, confusion and discomfort. In the West, we promote happiness, achievement, and a paradigm of success that tends to exclude the messy business of tending to our emotional and mental health. Ironically, this very attitude prevents a lot of us from healing and thriving.
Third, I don’t know anyone who really likes to sit with their emotional pain, stop struggling, and just feel it.
That’s where meditation can help you deal with painful emotions in a healthy way. It can help you cultivate a nonjudgmental space of awareness in response to challenging emotions. Instead of labeling these feelings as bad or wrong, you can learn how to be with them just as they are. That’s a solid first step towards healing.
Meditation can also help you identify the thoughts that trigger painful emotions or memories. Often we unconsciously ruminate on the thoughts that re-trigger painful memories and feelings again and again. Making this process conscious helps you feel less helpless and gives you a sense of control. In time, you can better understand the source of these triggers and stop running from them. ~ Article originally written from aboutmeditation.com
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