Emotions and moods are often what we most personalize. When we identify with them, we build a superstructure of self on top of the shifting landscape of experience: “I’m angry,” “I’m sad,” “I’m happy.” But as we practice this mindfulness of mind, we notice more clearly what mood or emotion is present and how it is coloring or conditioning the mind, without adding the idea or sense of self. We simply know the angry mind is like this, the sad mind is like this, the happy mind is like this.
