Dear grounded:

Regarding the course- I didn’t take it so I can’t comment on it. You can get information about it in the tiny Buddha Home page.

You wrote that you would like to “live such a carefree loving and happy life without bring brought down ..”- I personally don’t know anyone who does live a carefree loving and happy life on a regular basis. Feelings change, like the weather. Sometimes a person feels good, at other times, not. To expect to feel always good is unrealistic. Anxiety and stress are commonplace. I think of it as the human condition.

Best a person can do is aim at feeling better tomorrow by making better choices today. When you feel anxious, sad, unhappy- don’t get alarmed, as if it is an unnatural state of affairs. Don’t try to escape the feelings (that will only make it last longer). Stay with it, for as long as it last. Be as CALM as you can and the feeling (good, bad) will pass.

Did you ever attend psychotherapy?

anita