YEAR OF ZEN: SPRING: DAY 82

Q: Give yourself permission to have the full range of emotions. Are there things you think you shouldn’t feel when meditating?

A: I am a novice at meditating and for better and worse, I don’t have prohibitions on how I feel during it. I have never had an overly emotional reaction while meditating but if I do, I would hope that I would analyze it, sit with it, reflect on it, and honor it as a moment of power on the spectrum of experience. Our emotions are sacred fire and the most sacred and beautiful piece of our complicated and messy humanity.