Quotes on Emotional Reactions

The emotional reaction in the peak experience has a special flavor of wonder, of awe, of reverence, of humility and surrender before the experience as before something great.

I never even thought about whether or not they understand what I'm doing . . . the emotional reaction is all that matters as long as there's some feeling of communication, it isn't necessary that it be understood.

The essence of practice is always the same: instead of falling prey to a chain reaction of revenge or self-hatred, we gradually learn to catch the emotional reaction and drop the story lines.

You can never predict what little things in the way somebody looks or talks or acts will set off peculiar emotional reactions in other people.

The more we witness our emotional reactions and understand how they work, the easier it is to refrain.