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**bestbyV** · 12-14-2011, 12:49 PM

I think that's what I'm referring to, in part, when I refer to making the negative emotion the object of your meditation. You watch it; by watching it you observe the way it arises and ceases.

Hi TJ,

Just curious, why are you externalizing your emotions? If all that you see are "emptiness", why are you creating "emptiness" in your mind? What's the purpose of creating "illusions" that you can defeat? Defeating illusions will only accomplish one thing, and that is defeating illusions.

I have always wondered why people who love to say everything is "empty" are so fond of creating things to see and to feel in their mind.

12-14-2011, 12:49 PM	#13
bestbyV Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 406 Senior Member	I think that's what I'm referring to, in part, when I refer to making the negative emotion the object of your meditation. You watch it; by watching it you observe the way it arises and ceases. Hi TJ, Just curious, why are you externalizing your emotions? If all that you see are "emptiness", why are you creating "emptiness" in your mind? What's the purpose of creating "illusions" that you can defeat? Defeating illusions will only accomplish one thing, and that is defeating illusions. I have always wondered why people who love to say everything is "empty" are so fond of creating things to see and to feel in their mind.
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