Introduction to Mindfulness - Dean Amory

sorry for ourselves and certainly it does not mean that we indulge in
reactive thinking, such as worrying. Rather, we learn to be fully
present with our inner felt experience of an emotion with a keen level
of attention.
The third quality is investigation.
We turn towards our pain, we become attentive and then we take this
further step and investigate the deeper inner structure of the
experience. This has a profound effect on whatever is observed and
the observed responds by differentiating into its component parts.
What seemed like the solid emotion of anger or resentment, fear or
anxiety begins to unfold into a complex interior landscape of subtle
feelings and memories and very often, some form of experiential
imagery.
4. Experiential Transformation
This is the fourth phase of MMT. The term "experiential" is a very
important term in mindfulness work and MMT and has a very
specific meaning. By "experiential" we mean that we allow experience
to unfold in its own way and in its own time without any interference
or agenda or beliefs about what should happen. Mindfulness provides
the ideal therapeutic space in which experiential unfolding can occur,
because of its open and non-judgmental quality.
What unfolds is often unexpected and unpredictable, but has a very
clear felt meaning and felt sense of being relevant and important. The
exact nature of what unfolds is unique to each person and cannot be
predicted. There is no attempt made to interpret what arises, only to
fully experience it with mindfulness and full presence of mind. The
effect of becoming aware of this inner detailed structure that arises
naturally as we focus mindfully on an emotion is highly
transformational. Often, beneath anger there is sadness and beneath
resentment there is fear. These more subtle feelings may give rise to
further feelings and experience.
64