Y2Q11) Feeling

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    • #2939
      Rik vanKeulen
      Keymaster

      Feeling is a term which keeps on coming back. How different is the term feeling in Buddhist psychology from our day-to-day usage? For example, compared to “I feel cold”, “I feel I need a vacation”, “This house really feels good”, “You really hurt my feelings”. “Feel how soft this material is”. How can we apply the Buddhist term feeling in our meditation practice?

    • #2944
      Mircea Mocanu
      Keymaster

      In popular language we use feeling to define different phenomena including emotions and senses or even refer to views or meaning generalities. In our studies we refer to feeling as of 3 types: pleasant, unpleasant and neutral. They mean a self preference posited due to ignorance. We separate and prioritise the likes, dislikes and lack of interest. All of them are a form of appropriation, of mine making, sorting the mental objects in those that satisfy us, oppose the intended satisfaction or are of no interest. The power of freedom comes when we know none of the tree are of more importance, but signs of our making.

    • #2957

      In ancient Asia there were 3 feelings: pleasant, unpleasant and natural, all the rest are experiences.

    • #2960
      Carol Christopher
      Participant

      Observing pleasant feelings when the following occurs: I have cultivated skilful intentions, I have cultivated skilful aspirations.
      Observing unpleasant feelings when these skilful intentions/aspirations are missing.
      Are 2 ways I cultivate the term in Meditation practice.

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