The Tao of Fully Feeling: Harvesting Forgiveness out of Blame

by Pete Walker

We cannot be healthy human beings without accepting and experiencing the full range of human feelings.

“The only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid unavoidable pain.”

When we do not attend to our feelings, they accumulate inside us and create a mounting anxiety that we commonly dismiss as stress.

They rage and sob convulsively at the drop of a hat, often in a manner that makes us feel controlled and manipulated.

Most people like themselves when they are feeling love or happiness or serenity, but the person who befriends himself in times of emotional pain possesses a more solid and authentic self-esteem.

Children who are not allowed to blame their parents’ bad behavior often become adults who do not protect themselves from abuse.