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Meditated this morning again, of course, or I wouldn't be writing this. You'll know when I pause meditating again because you won't see a new post on that day.
Yesterday morning while I was grumpy, I could feel a renewed critical distance between my Ego and the rest of me, I could not stop my Ego from getting grumpy and feeling a righteous anger at how other people suck, but I could also choose not to identify so closely with being grumpy.
That's probably the maximum practical benefit from meditation practice, that you may not identify as closely with your emotions. You'll still have them, and you should still express them in safe ways, but your emotions-of-the-now are not your entire self, and your emotions-of-the-now will pass in time, to be replaced by other emotions-of-the-now.
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Looking forward to some morning snuggles with K, and then about 24 hours to self. Back at the house I'll play some video games and some Gloomhaven, I hope. Day 2 of 5, vacation time.
Yesterday morning while I was grumpy, I could feel a renewed critical distance between my Ego and the rest of me, I could not stop my Ego from getting grumpy and feeling a righteous anger at how other people suck, but I could also choose not to identify so closely with being grumpy.
That's probably the maximum practical benefit from meditation practice, that you may not identify as closely with your emotions. You'll still have them, and you should still express them in safe ways, but your emotions-of-the-now are not your entire self, and your emotions-of-the-now will pass in time, to be replaced by other emotions-of-the-now.
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Looking forward to some morning snuggles with K, and then about 24 hours to self. Back at the house I'll play some video games and some Gloomhaven, I hope. Day 2 of 5, vacation time.
