There is a word in Tibetan Buddhism that describes what we’ve all felt at one time. It’s the word shenpa.
Shenpa can be translated as “attachment,” but as author Pema Chödrön explains, it can also be thought of as feeling “hooked.” It’s when we experience, as she observes, a “tightening, a tensing, a sense of closing down… withdrawing, not wanting to be where we are.” Shenpa can “hook” us into other emotions such as jealousy, anger, and not feeling at ease in one’s life.
The remedy to shenpa, Chödrön suggests, is the Tibetan word shenlok, which means to “renounce,” and to create space in our heart, soul and mind for the “hook” to slide out from inside us. Shenlok creates space in our lives, shenpa closes it.
How do you create space in your heart, soul and mind when it feels like things are tightening, tensing, and closing down.
How do you let that emotional “hook” slide out of your life?
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