22 - Dealing With Difficult Emotions

Secular Buddhism

Noah Rasheta

Spirituality, Buddhism, Mindfulness, Society & Culture, Meditation, Secular, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

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🗓️ 13 July 2016

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In life, difficulties arise. This is a universal aspect of the human experience. Knowing this, how do we deal with difficult emotions? We don't like feeling angry, sad, or afraid, but these are normal and natural emotions just like happiness or joy. Emotions, like everything else, are impermanent and interdependent. In this episode, I will discuss the topic of dealing with difficult emotions.

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0:00.0	Hello, you are listening to the Secular Buddhism Podcast, and this is episode number 22.
0:06.5	I am your host Noah Rasheda, and today I am talking about understanding difficult emotions.
0:23.6	Welcome back to the Secular Buddhism Podcast, a weekly podcast that focuses on Buddhist concepts,
0:29.6	topics, and teachings presented for a secular-minded audience. The Dalai Lama has said,
0:34.6	do not try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist, use it to be a better whatever you
0:39.5	already are. Please keep that in mind as you listen to this episode. If you enjoy this podcast,
0:45.3	please share it with others, write a review, or give it a rating and iTunes, and if you're in a
0:50.6	position to be able to help, I would encourage you to make a one-time donation or become a monthly
0:55.6	contributor to the podcast by visiting SecularBudism.com. Now let's jump into this week's topic.
1:03.9	A few weeks ago I was attending a workshop in Phoenix, Arizona, and I was one of the presenters,
1:09.8	and we were discussing several different topics, including the topic of going through transitions
1:14.6	or changes in life, and one of the individuals, a gentleman who was there in the audience throughout
1:21.8	the presentation, was visibly aggravated or angry by the circumstances he was going through in
1:28.5	his life, and he was attending this workshop looking for some solace or some peace with reconciling
1:36.1	with the changes and the transition he was going through in his life. But what I found interesting
1:42.3	is that at one point in the conversation towards the end, he brought up the idea that he was angry,
1:50.1	and he said something to the effect of, look, I know that the point is that I need to get over
1:56.0	being angry, and that I need to be more mindful and have more peace in my life. That's kind of
2:01.2	what SecularBudism promotes is this idea of living a more peaceful or compassionate life.
2:07.9	And he said, but I'm just angry and I'm upset, and I want to be angry, and I don't want to not be
2:12.8	angry right now. And I thought I was an interesting segue in the discussion because
2:19.6	one of the things that I had been talking about in my presentation was the nature of learning
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