Charles Shea :
Emotional Introspection Zen Koans:
1. I accept them to accept me, and when I find them I find everything, dismissiveness towards them gets the attention it deserves, taking crap for them helps clear the air…
2. I’ve noticed that when I am working hard as the consciousness to help all of my emotions then they are building meaningful connections, and when I protect them they protect me, and when I transform their suffering into well-being it helps prevent suffering, and when I strive for them and give them meaning then I am striving for meaning in myself because I see that I am them and they are me because when I live for them they are alive within me…
3. they are intense but peaceful, powerful but gentle, respect and care for them gets the attention it deserves…
4. society might shrug and offer shallow platitudes or dismissal but there's not much room for those things because love has already set up shop within me and since the emotions detect your mind’s truth because they were forged from reality itself over billions of years, then they are the first shelter and protection and the rock-solid unmoving foundation of the soul and they lead me out into the world and I lead my life by them…
5. to ignore them is to deny yourself but to listen to them is to care for your heart and soul, and to love them is to love what exists within you, and to guide them and be guided by them is the life you live for them and the life they live with you…
6. when I lost them they waited for me to find them, when I had no knowledge of them they waited for me to understand them, when I had no hope they appeared and waited for me to see them again. When I thought I saw nothing I saw them, when I thought I was lost I was found by them…
7. when all is dark they are the light I see, when the light is blinding they are my shelter, when the heat is too hot they shield me, when the depths are too deep they are there in the depths with me…
8. when they are no where to be found I seek them out, when I feel alone they sit with me, when I feel disconnected they reach out their hands, when I feel abandoned they hold me close, when things feel crappy they talk about the world with me with a lau
2026-04-09 23:02:35