Dealing with Emotional Triggers

A meditator asks Sathi how to prevent ourself from jumping to conclusions and making snap judgments. Sathi replies that there are two situations in life. Mindful and unmindful. When we are mindful we are not caught up by outside influences. When we are not mindful we are easily influenced by outside things beyond our control. Becoming more mindful is a process. We need to pay attention to the input from our senses without losing ourselves. How? By recognizing the sensual experience for what it is. Seeing and recognizing what you are seeing. Hearing and recognizing what you are hearing. Being an observer. As a mindful person, we are practicing not to worry, blame, or complain on what happened in the past. The only thing we will can do is learn from the past and move forward. A discussion follows touching on the ideas of: -- How to not get triggered by different situations. -- Is righteous anger in the face of injustice acceptable? -- Is it okay being angry because someone hurt someone else? Or, because someone is being mean to someone else? -- How our personal experiences can trigger something that doesn't affect other people. -- Recognizing anger as a weakness and using that to build yourself into a better person.

Triple Gem of the North · Sathi