The Conscious Nature of Emotions

As I practice deepens, we can see with greater and greater clarity that the eye and mind is extra. And it would be interesting for you to notice when you feel caught up in some state. You know, there's a certain tightness that happens when we're identified with these emotions. One of the ways of not identifying,. of learning not to identify so much with these powerful states when they arise is to see the conditioned nature. They're arising out of certain conditions. And when the conditions change, the emotions change. So it's actually possible to be with them. It's like watching cloud formations in the sky. If we're just sitting back watching them form, the conditions change