Student:
In the past, I mistakenly believed that suppressing emotions was a form of spiritual practice, but it felt very conflicting inside. Now, through the teacher’s guidance, when emotions arise, there is a steady inner voice that lets me know I can simply be with them.
Teacher Suzhen:
This is also a process I went through when I was much younger. Because I had gone through it, I was able to develop practices such as meditation, emotional release, and working with family energy.
All of these are meant to give space to what originally exists within us—the so-called toxins or obstacles—the parts we are unwilling to let surface.
We must acknowledge, accept, and see these parts in order to become a whole human being, a whole life.
If we only suppress them, the force that builds up inside can become very strong—and even dangerous.
Because of this, I have observed that people who rely on suppression or mental reframing often develop issues, either in the body or in their mindset. This is also how these teachings began: to help these energies be seen.
When we are able to truly see, our capacity to hold expands—like a thermos that once held 500cc, now expanding to 10,000cc.
When our heart can contain what we call “negative energy,” there is no need to suppress it. We can simply be with it.
Like the vast sky, it does not need to eliminate you; it allows everything to exist simultaneously. In such a state, what is there left to suppress?
This is also where the idea of family energy begins. What we perceive as “bad” feelings are not inherently bad—they are inherited patterns of denial and resistance passed down over thousands of years.
These so-called negative energies are stored within us, creating tension in both body and mind. They prevent the heart from opening and are passed from one generation to the next.
When these “negative energies” are truly seen, and no longer labeled as negative, then all your problems cease to be problems. This is the fastest and most expansive way.
It is not about suppressing them, not about fighting them, and not about reaching some special state. What arises is something natural—something that must be experienced, step by step.
Suzhen Liu
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