Understanding negative emotions is central to accepting ourselves despite friction and disharmony. If we can calmly look at parts of ourselves that are unpleasant, we acquire the ability to focus on right action irrespective of personal or interpersonal difficulties. Very often, the problems that arise in the workplace, community or home stem from our inability to accept others and ourselves. What is jarring incites difficult feelings, and we are at a loss in processing what might be going on in our inner milieu.
Negative emotions range from fear and anger, envy and covetousness and more. Perhaps the primary mental state or formation with negative emotions is ill-will. Ill-will is destructive and disturbing. It saps us of enthusiasm and joy and impedes effort and endeavor. Understanding negative emotions is important not only in generating goodwill but in accessing potential that is latent in ourselves as well as possible in others.
Resilience and wellness stem to a large extent from our ability to look past what might be incongruent and disturbing. When we attempt to fathom difficult mental states, we become open to exploring avenues of growth and learning that we might not have considered before. In such an endeavor lies challenge and the possibility for greater reward.
On this page, we hope to explore and investigate the causes and effects of negative emotions. We will continue to present and discuss information, methods and approaches that aid in understanding negative emotions. Such an open ended line of enquiry and discourse will help not only in becoming more resilient, it will provide fuel for generating wellness despite the activities, distractions and distress of daily life.
Achieving wellness and resilience is a process that requires vigilance and resolve. Getting to the roots of what causes difficult emotions is most important to optimize abilities, which are always limited and to maximize efficiency.
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Even though it seems to go against what we think is good for us, there is a lot of sense in not looking for too much. Think about it. Can we ever change what is coming and going? In your experience, is there anything the doesn’t arise, and then cease? In the face of this ceaseless arising and ceasing, if we constantly look for something, there will always be disturbance. What is occurring causes reactions. And amongst these responses are likely our feelings.
In understanding negative emotions, we don’t merely respond. We try and understand that which is disturbing or difficult. In looking at the more unpleasant facets of our experience also, we ought to not look for much. That means, when difficult emotions arise, our primary response should be aimed at clarity.
With practice of this kind, when difficult circumstances do arise, we learn to depend on understanding.