Enlightening the Passions – Experiment: Day 4 (Powerlessness)

November 20th, 2008 | Posted by Mushin in being | being present | emotions | experiment | feeling | here and now | passion | powerlessness - (4 Comments)

Powerlessness, limitations, the powers of those and that beyond me… this day was filled with intimate encounters with that very feeling. But first I need to touch on some considerations that have come up in me regarding this exploration as a whole. It’s next to impossible to separate feelings, the essential emotions that I’m exploring … Read more →

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Enlightening the Passions – Experiment: Day 3

November 18th, 2008 | Posted by Mushin in general - (5 Comments)

Today was challenging – yes indeed. Maybe because I took another close look at “powerless anger” (ohnmächtige Wut), and maybe also because a major triggering event recurred today in my relationship. Maybe also because I experienced strong waves of (unfulfilled) desire, and maybe because all of this came on strong together. What’s clear is that … Read more →

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Enlightening the Passions – Experiment: Day 2

November 17th, 2008 | Posted by Mushin in anger | being | being present | emotions | experiment | feeling | here & now | passion | powerlessness - (7 Comments)

Once there is the resolve to move in a certain direction out of a basic understanding that this is “the call of my destiny”, things are more easy, even if from another point of view they might be hard. Last night I was reading about suffering from a Buddhist point of view – suffering’s nature, … Read more →

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