Wednesday, 2 April 2003

Dealing with that feeling



A feeling does not necessarily need action. 

Like a small child creating trouble in order to be noticed, all it needs is some loving attention lighting it up and soothing it with a beam of awareness. Thinking that all feelings expressed by a child need to be acted upon is ignorant parenting. An aware parent will mostly satisfy the child by giving it attention. After that, the course of action (including inaction), will depend on what the parent knows to be ultimately good for the child. Ignorant and reactive parents raise spoilt and dependent children. 

So it is with the mind. Let us recognise the feeling, giving it loving attention to satisfy its demand to be noticed, and then get on with what needs to be done as per yukti. Action should ultimately arise from yukti, while ensuring that the feelings have been duly recognised and assuaged, so that they do not hijack the action half-way.

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