https://appliedbuddhism.wordpress.com Applying Buddhism to Everyday Living Wed, 26 Jul 2017 17:51:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ https://secure.gravatar.com/blavatar/ad12c1b551cba3ded4e73dd89d0bacfbaa7f3425da719fc74548eced9283d56c?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png https://appliedbuddhism.wordpress.com https://appliedbuddhism.wordpress.com/2016/12/01/the-pitfall-of-spiritual-achievement/ https://appliedbuddhism.wordpress.com/2016/12/01/the-pitfall-of-spiritual-achievement/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2016 20:23:44 +0000 http://appliedbuddhism.com/?p=725 https://appliedbuddhism.wordpress.com/2016/12/01/the-pitfall-of-spiritual-achievement/feed/ 2 who-are-you-ahmad-al-charif-blog dragonflydm pious-guru-woman-20828560 top-10-spiritual-gurus-of-india-u1 long-view https://appliedbuddhism.wordpress.com/2015/10/06/are-most-mentally-ill-not-ill-2/ https://appliedbuddhism.wordpress.com/2015/10/06/are-most-mentally-ill-not-ill-2/#respond Tue, 06 Oct 2015 18:18:08 +0000 http://appliedbuddhism.com/2015/10/06/are-most-mentally-ill-not-ill-2/ https://appliedbuddhism.wordpress.com/2015/10/06/are-most-mentally-ill-not-ill-2/feed/ 0 IMG_0006 dragonflydm https://appliedbuddhism.wordpress.com/2015/09/04/secret-to-happiness-there-is-no-secret/ https://appliedbuddhism.wordpress.com/2015/09/04/secret-to-happiness-there-is-no-secret/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2015 22:45:17 +0000 http://appliedbuddhism.com/?p=695 https://appliedbuddhism.wordpress.com/2015/09/04/secret-to-happiness-there-is-no-secret/feed/ 5 Happiness dragonflydm secret_of_happiness_2 long-view struggle Resilience-bend-or-break- flowmodel gratitude-piglet https://appliedbuddhism.wordpress.com/2015/08/10/why-do-we-have-negative-emotions-darwin/ https://appliedbuddhism.wordpress.com/2015/08/10/why-do-we-have-negative-emotions-darwin/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2015 21:31:01 +0000 http://appliedbuddhism.com/?p=678 https://appliedbuddhism.wordpress.com/2015/08/10/why-do-we-have-negative-emotions-darwin/feed/ 1 Why do we have emotions? dragonflydm Our limbic (or reptilian brain) creates the physical responses to emotions. All too often then our thinking brain creates meaning of those experiences and responses. Rarely the other way around. All too often our minds convince us that we must stay in negative emotion states to justify the feelings we have. Our body reacts to our mental and physical sensations. We then label them good, bad or neutral. This determines our feelings. Our body and mind then acts on the evaluation of those feelings to create emotions. Our body reacts to our mental and physical sensations. We then label them good, bad or neutral. This determines our feelings. Our body and mind then acts on the evaluation of those feelings to create emotions. 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