Everyone wants to feel good. We naturally develop attachment to people and situations that we desire and aversion to those that we resist. This natural disposition, if not skilfully investigated, gives rise to afflictions when the feel-good-factor is not sustainable. Precisely because of the vital role that feelings play in our suffering, it is the means by which we can deepen our spiritual practice. It is thus through relating to our feelings in an unconditioned manner that we can seek revelation. Through connecting with our feelings without any trace of resistance, we will realise that feelings, like thoughts, are entirely neutral in nature. They are accompanied by our thoughts and thus are also passersby. Thus we can leave them alone as they are; as after all, they are nothing but energy running in us that we have put concrete labels on. Fundamentally, we need to understand that the protagonist of the tragic story can only be "I" -- our self-centredness. The real culprit is then not our feelings. It is the egoistic mind which we identify so strongly with and leads us to produce all the judgements we have on ourselves and others, thus further strengthening the "I" -- my body and mind.
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