Home Is Here by Liên Shutt

Author:Liên Shutt [,]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781623179052
Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Cultivate

Whenever unskillful mental or emotional qualities are overly strong, we can turn to cultivate skillful qualities. To “cultivate” in this context is simply to direct or redirect our attention to positive or easeful qualities. Generosity and virtuous conduct are two qualities that the Buddha often put at the beginning of many lists of practices for this reason. Metta, karuna, and the other Brahma Viharas are qualities the Buddha prescribed as “antidotes” to challenging emotions. We will cover these in the Five Hindrance section later in this chapter and throughout the book.

Cultivation of easeful mental and emotional qualities during meditation offers us a chance to practice knowing, connecting with, and resting in them with intention. This strengthens our ability to access these qualities in moments of challenge or distress, such as when working with old or present experiences of racialization or racism. Additionally, the more we are able to know and access easeful qualities, the more confident we become that they are emotions and mental states available to us at will, thus empowering our sense of agency for self-regulation.

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