Why We Donāt Need to Feel Bad About Feeling Bad
āFeelings are just visitors. Let them come and go.ā ~Mooji
I once thought that the goal of meditation was to reach a state of constant positivity,Ā a natural euphoria in which a person simply does not get angry or depressed.
I think that a lot of people begin practicing meditation thinking that their teacher has reached this euphoric state of being. I have learned, though, that these negative feelings are never permanently banished from anyoneās mind.
As someone that has been struggling with anxiety and depression disorders since early childhood, I turned to meditation as a teenager as a …