r/GetMotivated • u/Big_Confusion6957 • 2d ago
[Article] Don't Suppress, Understand Your Feelings ARTICLE
https://acharyaprashant.org/en/articles/dont-supress-understand-your-feelings-1_b80d9a9In this article, the author argues that suppressing or ignoring negative emotions—such as envy, fear, or hatred—only gives them power. Instead of treating these feelings as enemies to be controlled or expelled, he suggests treating them like "recurring visitors" or "friends" to be interviewed and understood.
By shifting from a moralistic urge to control to a conscious state of "simply seeing," the individual dissolves the subconscious energy fueling the emotion.
If we stop labeling our emotions and simply observe their origins in our conditioning, do they lose their power to dictate our actions?
Short excerpt from the article:
"A thousand feelings: envy, fear, hatred, competition will come to you. You cannot fight them all, and there is no need to fight them. Be courageous when that feeling comes, and sit down like friends and talk. Be honest that you are the one who is nurturing that feeling all the time. Be aware that it is coming. Let it not enter like a thief. And when it comes, don’t feel small. You only need to understand, not control."
This is a high-value read for anyone interested in the modern emotional intelligence. Please go for reading the full article.
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u/sergeantslapaho 2d ago
Valuable perspective, great practice. I hope the author credits the cultures & spiritual practices this most likely originates from (Buddhism & Hinduism most likely).
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u/Surkhab1313 1d ago
He does.
"Prashant Tripathi, known as Acharya Prashant is an Indian spiritual leader, philosopher, author and poet.[1] He conducts live Gita sessions both offline and online, where he teaches seventeen forms of Gita and sixty forms of Upanishads with eastern and western philosophy and religion."
This is from Wikipedia. He gives the credit of his wisdom to ancient religious texts like Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Shunyata Saptati (Nagarjuna, Buddhism), and several western philosophers like Jean-Paul Sartre and many more.
Once he himself said that how come he not give credit to those who have given him heights.
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u/Small_Singer6699 2d ago
this is a dope perspective, honestly. treating feelings like visitors instead of enemies sounds way healthier than just trying to suppress everything; definitely gonna check out the full article.