Something told me once: sometimes there is a feeling that, in itself, is not too bad - but another, subtler feeling poisons it.
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Experienced this now in a weird way. Something had been bothering me for ages. Resolved itself, and I suddenly feel completely different.
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Not just in a particular area or in general feeling, but in attitude towards more or less everything that had anything to do with that issue.
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But it wasn't a big, bothersome thing - it was this tiny, niggling issue that got worked out of the system - and that made all the difference.
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This all feeds into yoga and other contemplative practice not being about feeling great all the time, but being fine with feeling bad.
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The issue isn't that you're sad - it's that you're ashamed of being sad. It's not that you're angry - it's that you're afraid of that anger.