03-19-2010, 09:39 PM
Ok, I get this now, and rather than distill the feelings at the end of the day, I do it when they come up. Of course, this can be done at either time. I just find doing it as the emotions arise to be more efficient, and I don't miss any that way.
The normal state is/ should be contentment and peace. Anything other than that state requires distillation, including happiness, sadness, anger, frustration... literally anything other than peace and contentment.
If doing this at the end of the day, then visualization of the event that occurred to bring the emotion is the easiest way to bring the emotion back. If distilling as the emotions arise, the process is very quick.
When an emotion arises, there is no need to identify it, but simply hold onto it and intensify it as much as one can. At some point while doing this, the opposite emotion will manifest, and there is no need to think about what emotion to manifest; it happens naturally! When this opposite emotion manifests, hold onto it and intensify it. At the point this opposite emotion can no longer be held, visualize placing both these emotions into a container. I visualize a large clay vase. Once the emotions are both in the vase, I imbue the emotions in the vase with love, and then I give it a mental push and send it floating away. At this point I am left in peace and contentment again.
The normal state is/ should be contentment and peace. Anything other than that state requires distillation, including happiness, sadness, anger, frustration... literally anything other than peace and contentment.
If doing this at the end of the day, then visualization of the event that occurred to bring the emotion is the easiest way to bring the emotion back. If distilling as the emotions arise, the process is very quick.
When an emotion arises, there is no need to identify it, but simply hold onto it and intensify it as much as one can. At some point while doing this, the opposite emotion will manifest, and there is no need to think about what emotion to manifest; it happens naturally! When this opposite emotion manifests, hold onto it and intensify it. At the point this opposite emotion can no longer be held, visualize placing both these emotions into a container. I visualize a large clay vase. Once the emotions are both in the vase, I imbue the emotions in the vase with love, and then I give it a mental push and send it floating away. At this point I am left in peace and contentment again.