I feel like I can only genuinely feel sadness and anger. When I'm out talking to friends I and content but I feel like it's more of a reflexive automatic thing. Does that make sense? I also have no sympathy for others and am annoyed if a person isn't very seriously injured and gets out of things they have to do. My best friend has a concussion and I feel no sorrow or pity for her, only annoyance. Is there any explanation to all this or am I just a horrible human being?
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Hi, Natalia.
Don't worry, since you admit and understand how you feel, you definitely are not a bad person.
We all have our moments when we feel frustrated, we are humans and we feel a lot of things.
So keep calm, let things go, everything will be alright, you cannot force yourself to feel sympathy, it will come and surprise you :)
You don't feel sad and anger. You need to go deeper to understand who feels sad. It is the mind, the mind is creating sad thoughts and therefore, the sad thoughts become sad feelings and manifest as you feeling sad. But you are not the mind, you are not even the ego that gets angry. The ego is the one who says I, me and mine. We think we are separate from each other, and it is the ego that lives with anger, hate, revenge and jealousy. If you let go of the ego, you will let go of all that agonizes you. Therefore, the way to overcome sadness and anger is to realize we are not the Mind and Ego, ME, we are Divine energy, we are the Divine Soul. Once we realize this, which is our ultimate goal, we will be liberated from all anger, sadness and suffering.