Hi John,
Thank you so much for your books, and for this forum. I am someone who practiced Falun Dafa for over ten years, so I do have some experience with meditation. However, last year I developed chronic neck pain, which I finally managed to get under control using an emotional exercise called Journalspeak. I realized through reading Dr. John Sarno’s books and listening to Nicole Sachs’s podcast that my neck pain was a product of suppressed emotions. I also realized that part of the reason I had been suppressing my emotions was because of my understanding of Falun Dafa, which does teach that the emotions are something to be overcome. The problem is there is very little real guidance as to *how* we overcome our emotions. Long story short, I left off my ten year practice of Falun Dafa, a very painful and drawn out process. Sometime along the way I came across your work, and your books have really resonated with me, and I feel like they are offering me a new way forward. So thank you very much.
I have a question about the meditation. Maybe I’m just not good enough at it yet. But I’m having trouble when bringing up an event and associated emotion to drop the event or person who caused the emotion and focus only on the emotion. It’s like once I’ve dropped the event or person and try to drop the blame I lose the emotion. So it’s difficult to have the direct experience when I’m not thinking of the particular event. The same thing happens when I enter the witness. At that point we are supposed to detach from the emotion, though, so maybe it’s okay that I lose touch with the emption at that point? Infind that when I try to enter the witness the feeling that sometimes comes up is compassion. I feel really sorry for myself. Like I see myself as though I were an observer and I feel pity for myself. Is that okay? I feel like this may not really be the witness? I hope my questions makes sense.
Once again thank you for this wonderful resource, and I look forward to hearing back from you.
