Sometimes, I have trouble not getting irritated when someone’s irritated. And then, I might get further irritated with myself for getting irritated.
In turn, my spouse might get irritated with me for being irritated. And then irritated with herself for being irritated… which might further irritate me.
This hall of mirrors is a trap for a type of emotional mirroring that is most always not helpful.
The same endless cycle can arise for anxiety, anger, fear, or sadness among others.
Meditation brings stillness to this endless frenzy of mirrored troubled states.
Meditation is the mirror that does not deflect these turbulent states, but accepts them with compassion and love, knowing difficult times can be difficult, and accepts them without spreading them further.
Meditation can bring peace to the frenzy, accepting it, and making it no longer something to fight, resist, and spread.
The Every Day Yogi 