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**uncoosesoge** · 11-05-2011, 10:10 AM

I thought I would ask this question to my online friends.

A friend has been aware of having a problem with anger recently and was telling me of the hope that increased mindfulness would help them deal with this.

I suggested that awareness of the anger was only the first step and that mindfulness of angry thoughts, sensations, feelings and actions alone would not help. In fact just becoming aware could lead to stress, preoccupation and possibly guilt and other unskillful states arising if we do not do anything else.

In many Suttas very strong language, utilising terms like crushing, removing, eradicating is found in regards to dealing with
" defilements"/ unwholesome mental states.

Any thoughts or comments?

11-05-2011, 10:10 AM	#1
uncoosesoge Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 398 Senior Member	Can mindfulness deal with all problems we face? I thought I would ask this question to my online friends. A friend has been aware of having a problem with anger recently and was telling me of the hope that increased mindfulness would help them deal with this. I suggested that awareness of the anger was only the first step and that mindfulness of angry thoughts, sensations, feelings and actions alone would not help. In fact just becoming aware could lead to stress, preoccupation and possibly guilt and other unskillful states arising if we do not do anything else. In many Suttas very strong language, utilising terms like crushing, removing, eradicating is found in regards to dealing with " defilements"/ unwholesome mental states. Any thoughts or comments?
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