"An argumentative spirit cannot learn."

Negative feelings are resistance.


The pain that you create now is always some form of nonacceptance, some form of unconscious resistance to what is. On the level of thought, the resistance is some form of judgment. On the emotional level, it is some form of negativity. The intensity of the pain depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment, and this in turn depends on how strongly you are identified with your mind.


"Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Work with it, not against it. Accept -- then act." ~ Eckhart Tolle