EMOTIONAL WISDOM
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01-04 Aug 2024

(Opening : 31st july eve)
with: Swami Vivekanand

"Every time an emotion arises in you, it is a great chance to experience pure energy. Just watch, and the donkey will go. And, energy is certainly a delight. Once you know the secret of delight, you will enjoy every emotion; and every emotion arising in you is a great opportunity. Just watch, and bring a shower of delight on your being."

Osho - The Invitation

When we are peaceful and upbeat, we see life in a positive light. People around us resonate that feeling and good things happen. We all know the value of emotional well-being and the effect of emotions on clarity, health and relationships. However, when faced with real life situations- emotions seem to have their own agenda. They overpower us and leave us drained over and over again. Times of unconsciousness and strong negative emotions cause much destruction in our lives and we close-down. However, fear of emotions and running away will only make us numb and insensitive.

This retreat is about knowing the spectrum of emotions and delighting in watching them transform. Buddhist master Atisha talks about three stages- Feeling comes first, then a thought and finally it translates to an action. How do we sharpen our awareness further and know right when the ripples of feeling start? How do we transform these emotions to energy? We try to explore these questions in this meditative retreat.

First we get in touch with and know our emotions, make peace with them. That is to make us more sensitive. We will try to understand the characteristics of these emotions. Then, we learn to move away from repression and destructive expressions using awareness and meditation as a key. In the process allowing that blocked energy to flow and replenish us.

Osho says- Thoughts are not intelligence and sentimentality is not love. Thoughts have to go if you want knowing to arise, and if you want loving to arise in your heart then your sentimentality and your emotions have to go.

Come, let us discover that state of pure heart beyond thoughts and emotions.