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What does it mean?
Emotional suffering correlates with deep awareness.
In plain terms
Depression comes when thinking and feeling.
What can you take from it?
Seek balance between thinking and feeling.

Where it applies

  • creative work
  • solitude
  • mental health

Putting it to work

  • engage in activity
  • limit rumination
  • seek connection

Questions to consider

  • When do you feel most?
  • What stops the cycle?

Another view

It generalizes depression as purely introspective.

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