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**YmolafBp** · 07-25-2010, 12:20 AM

Also, if you think the teacher is actually angry, rather than pretending to be angry for your benefit (which I find a little odd, anyway), then I would seriously consider looking elsewhere.

Your unhappy feelings can still be a positive. I know this may be "out there" for some people, but Ajahn Brahm has said that even if you are terminally ill, be grateful, because your illness is teaching you the Dhamma, teaching you how to transcend suffering. I myself have spent a huge amount of time and effort over my lifetime being afraid. Now I have come to the amazing conviction that I would actually be able to follow Ajahn Brahm's teaching in such a circumstance. I would suggest you try to think of your unhappy feelings as an unavoidable illness (though not terminal in this case!): they are not to be ignored, but neither are they to be dwelt on, given more weight, time and effort than necessary.

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07-25-2010, 12:20 AM	#8
YmolafBp Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 425 Senior Member	Also, if you think the teacher is actually angry, rather than pretending to be angry for your benefit (which I find a little odd, anyway), then I would seriously consider looking elsewhere. Your unhappy feelings can still be a positive. I know this may be "out there" for some people, but Ajahn Brahm has said that even if you are terminally ill, be grateful, because your illness is teaching you the Dhamma, teaching you how to transcend suffering. I myself have spent a huge amount of time and effort over my lifetime being afraid. Now I have come to the amazing conviction that I would actually be able to follow Ajahn Brahm's teaching in such a circumstance. I would suggest you try to think of your unhappy feelings as an unavoidable illness (though not terminal in this case!): they are not to be ignored, but neither are they to be dwelt on, given more weight, time and effort than necessary. :hug:
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