A. You should not think that your mind is separate from your emotions. You should know that your mind, your emotions and yourself are one. As long as you are entrenched in the thought that they are different from each other and try to make your mind stronger than your emotions, you cannot achieve your goal no matter how hard you may try.
All you have to do, to escape from being swayed by your emotions and losing yourself, is to realise what the root is from which they come. When you realise what the root is, you become aware that all things, including them, are essentially the same just as all waves in the ocean that appear different from each other are essentially one as water in the ocean. Then, you can’t lose yourself even for a moment, and your emotions turns out to be beautiful things to make you happy, not obstacles to overcome.
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