Question
QUESTION:
I have only been practicing meditation for a short time, and after reading your site, I think it is terrific, but the answers you give to the questions people ask leave me puzzled???
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO CONTROL MY EMOTIONS. MY JOB DEMANDS A LOT OF PATIENCE AND SELF-CONTROL, AND LATELY I HAVE BEEN WORKING WHILE SICK. IT IS NOT EASY, BUT I KNOW I HAVE ENOUGH LOVE FOR THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH NOT TO LET MY FEELINGS OF FRUSTRATION TAKE OVER. STILL, A FEW TIPS WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
May your day be sunny in your heart as well as your mind.
Agapé: little wolf
Agapé (petit loup)
Answer from Master Kosen
This is a subject that has concerned human beings for a very long time. We discover that the human mind is unfathomable, and it is not so easy to know where our emotions come from. What we consciously perceive is only a tiny part of our emotional universe. It is as if you claimed you could control the ocean. At most, you can learn to navigate it with respect and humility.
Kosen