Comments on: Fear is my ally

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:02:33 +0000

Emotional judo through mindfulness! Very little energy expended.
Thank you for this insight.

By: Mohan Paudel

Mohan Paudel — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:02:30 +0000

Dear Sundana,
thank you very much for insightful idea of fear. I truely believe that unless we operate fear, hate and hurt, we have only seeming love.
. The feeling of insecurity, fear and sadness doesn´t easily fade away. When we get dissolved into it and know its nooks and corners then one day it goes its way naturally. I am practising it now. Thank you, I feel strenght with this community of yours.

Mohan

By: Sunada

Sunada — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:37:06 +0000

Thank you, Durga Ma and Lesley, for your kind comments!

By: Lesley

Lesley — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:13:10 +0000

Great piece, Sunada! This was just what I needed today. Thank you.

By: Durga Ma

Durga Ma — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:05:38 +0000

Horray! Finally, someone who sees the value in fear. I think fearlessness is only possible when we see that fear has a valid function and is natural to the body.

By: Sunada

Sunada — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:26:57 +0000

Thank you, Padraig O’Morain, for honoring me with this reply in your blog. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/health/2009/1110/1224258467006.html

By: Cynthia Dell

Cynthia Dell — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:52:14 +0000

Wishing you the best! To master the attitudes and responsiblities…to be the observer.

By: Sunada

Sunada — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:13:24 +0000

Hi Frey,
Thank you, you’re very kind! Yes, I think this approach would apply for anger as well. In fact, I posted something in my other blog about that exactly. See here: http://tinyurl.com/yhh6c78

metta,
Sunada
http://www.mindfulpurpose.com

By: Frey

Frey — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:33:41 +0000

Thank you Sunada, great article.

I was just thinking, most of this would also go for anger, wouldn’t it? Anger could just be seen as the “fight” component of the fight or flight response. It also involves heightened, unpleasant emotion and a sense of urgency, as well as distorted, exaggerated thinking. Also sitting with it, not expressing it but not denying or suppressing it, can be helpful and very instructive… Would you have any comments on that?

BTW, I think it takes far more than a “little wisp of courage” to share your journey & reflections with the wider public… so again, thank you :-)

With Metta

By: Sunada

Sunada — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:38:35 +0000

Thanks, Elizabeth, Patricia and Sanjana. I’m working on seeing everything (negative emotions and all) as simply no-nonsense, helpful parts of our experience. It makes life a lot less of a struggle!