Mindfulness of Emotions and Thoughts, and the Non-location of Mind

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As we find ourselves more able to establish the quality of inner spaciousness, attending to the present, and as we learn to listen to the inner nada sound as a way of sustaining more of an open inclusivity in our mental world, this can help us to develop a quality of greater mindfulness in the emotional realm. If you have watched your mind closely, you will probably have noticed how certain sense impressions, memories, ideas and mental images carry an emotional charge. The mind gets swept away, drawn in and carried off far more easily when there is an emotion present. So it’s very helpful for us to apply meditation practice to cultivating mindfulness of emotion; in this way, we develop an understanding of how emotion works and how we can work with it. …