Turn Towards Difficult Emotion and Challenging Feel-Image-Talk Eruptions - 1 of 2 ~ Shinzen Young

In part one (of two parts) Shinzen talks about working with challenging feelings, and the "good news" of having strong feel-image-talk eruptions.
Feel = emotional body sensation - any body sensation that feels emotional
Image = mental images - the visual component of thinking
Talk = mental talk - the auditory component of thinking
He shares the strategy of using the weakest link as a starting place before including the other stronger senses, and the challenge of "fighting Darwin" as a vaccination against future suffering.
00:05 - People usually present specific emotions or emotional conditions as "How do I deal with ..."
00:42 - Turn Towards strategies include untangle and be free, work with the parts and work with the whole, starting by working with the weakest link
02:06 - The good and bad news of intense emotion and feel-image-talk eruptions
03:50 - What's the weakest link?
04:44 - "Fighting with Darwin" - Dealing with emotional body sensation and the limbic brain
06:43 - Detecting how the interest flavor drives entertaining fantasies
07:09 - Feel is designed such that we can't ignore them and it's hard to have equanimity with them
07:36 - Will we have a lifetime of emotions controlling us or will we develop growth and skill?
08:30 - Retreat practice as a "vaccination" against future suffering
08:56 - Suggested strategies
Filmed in Nov. 2009 at Mt. Carmel Spiritual Centre in Niagara Falls.

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Beautiful. Thank you

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I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT FEEL IMAGE TALK IS!

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Feel = emotional body sensation - any body sensation that feels emotional Image = mental images - the visual component of thinking Talk = mental talk - the auditory component of thinking