it normally goes something like this story of Cohen practicing with anger:pic.twitter.com/PNnGSiCE4w
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Well, I'm glad you found it useful and/or enjoyable. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by 'remove everything else from life'. I should have been more precise in my communication, perhaps. In principle, one doesn't need to remove/add anything, but practically it can be helpful.
I think it's important to make that distinction, because I personally find that treating any emotion as something fundamentally open and workable, a very powerful frame. The problem is solidifying our experience, such that 'anger' (e.g.) is a big problem that we need to remove.
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one runs the risk of trying to use meditation to improve/change the content of our experience....which in itself is fine, but it is a different method to the practice of looking into the 'essence' of all experience, no matter how open/closed, spacious/solidified, good/bad, etc.
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I suppose it might be a pernickety distinction, but it's helpful (in any sort of practice), to be able to distinguish the underlying principles, from situationally contingent practical details, eg: whilst in principle nothing needs to be removed, some people just shouldn't drink!
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