![]() ![]() And what “getting in touch with your feelings” ultimately means is not being so oblivious to them that you get pushed around by them. So what “not making judgments” ultimately means is not letting your feelings make judgments for you. Still, you do this not in order to abandon your rational faculties but rather to engage them: you can now subject your feelings to a kind of reasoned analysis that will let you judiciously decide which ones are good guiding lights. So you can stay close to them yet not be lost in them you can pay attention to what they actually feel like. And the reason this is possible is that you are, in a sense, not making judgments-that is, you are not mindlessly labeling your feelings as bad or good, not fleeing from them or rushing to embrace them. It can let you experience your feelings-anger, love, sorrow, joy-with new sensitivity, seeing their texture, even feeling their texture, as never before. It is said to be about “getting in touch with your feelings” and “not making judgments.” And, yes, it does involve those things. Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being. Why Buddhism is True Quotes Showing 1-30 of 157. ![]() “Mindfulness meditation is often thought of as warm and fuzzy and, in a way, anti-rational. Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment by Robert Wright. ![]()
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