How to Experience Your Full Range of Emotions
Practical ways to begin unmasking yourself and experiencing the full range of your emotions
By Mark Epstein, MD
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the November 2000 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine 
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The false self lives for others; the true self is more likely to emerge when you're alone. Arrange a stretch of unstructured time—a long walk or a solitary sit in a quiet place—and see what bubbles up. Or try meditation, a time-honored way of both disciplining and opening up the mind. Habitual thoughts tend to choke awareness; banishing them by means of meditation allows something new to happen inside you. (To learn more, see Daniel Goleman's book The Meditative Mind: The Varieties of Meditative Experience.) |
