Tricycle Daily Dharma November 10, 2013
Breaking the Sadness Habit
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times our tendency is to indulge in sadness—we don’t want to get rid of
it, we want more. But there are many other situations in which we can
see clearly how much energy is invested in trying to get rid of sadness.
Lots of energy is literally thrown into the desire to get rid of it. Of
course, I am not referring to those small acts of wisdom in which one
gets together to talk things over with a friend, for example, or goes
into nature. I am referring to something compulsive, something
obsessive—thinking, judging, reacting about how to get rid of this
unpleasant feeling. We might as well talk about total nonacceptance of
sadness; we might as well talk about aversion to sadness. A lot of
energy goes into this desire.
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- Corrado Pensa, “Breaking the Sadness Habit”
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