Seed of All Emotional Pain

Seeds of all the emotions we feel are already present deep inside us. If you are tired of riding the emotional roller coaster, then the only way is to look at the seed from which this tree is growing. As it is said only a mango tree can give mangoes.

When someone says something hurtful to us, we feel a sudden surge of painful emotion in us. This emotion soon changes into anger and we say something hurtful in return, thinking it will make us feel better. Which it never does, instead we end up feeling more miserable.

It is because these seeds of pain and anger have not come from outside, but are buried some where deep in our unconscious mind. Word which someone spoke to us  were just the matchstick, which ignited the explosive emotions already present in us. If there was no explosive in us, matchstick would have quickly burned out without causing an significant damage and emotional pain.

Only way to get off this emotional roller coaster is to look deeply within our self. To look for seeds within us which are causing us this emotional pain. Because these seeds are buried so deep in our subconscious layer of mind, we cannot see them by searching from them superficially.

This is where role of regular practice of meditation and solitude comes in picture. Vipassana a popular meditation technique means ” To see things as they are.” Meditation is the only way to remove the seeds of emotional pain present in us. 

Thank you and please share your views

Jai Shree Hari