How to overcome emotions?

In our daily life, we all experience a wide range of emotions like happiness, sadness, frustration, anger, disgust, aversion, liking, attraction and so on. We are all undoubtedly a bundle of emotions. And, we can never avoid emotions coming to us. And, we should never try to suppress any such emotions.

Some of these are like our reactions to something. And some of these come for no reason which we can understand. Whatever it is, we they do disturb us from our normal state of equilibrium and we want to overcome them.

But, Sri Madabusi Subramaniam ji says it differently here: "Emotions are not something to overcome at all!"

He says, there are 3 things that one can do with emotions:

1. Express
2. Suppress
3. Release

When you express your emotion, in one way it is released. But when you tend to over-do it, you are actually hanging on it which is not going to help at all. When expressing emotions, you give importance to it and encourage them which will disturb your equilibrium.

When you suppress emotions, it is a disease. Suppressed emotions lead to depression, anxiety and many other emotional & psychological problems which will make life worse.

The only way to choose is to release them. Let them come and let them go. You don't need to control any of these emotions. Do not give importance to them. Do not suppress them as well. Just accept them, acknowledge them and let them go. Just stand as a third person and watch them. They will automatically fade away..

Do not try to find out reason for emotions! Do not try to analyze them! They will not stay with you for long!

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