2.1 The Gate of Emotion: Dissolving Self‑Grasping in Relationship

2.1 The Gate of Emotion: Dissolving Self‑Grasping in Relationship

【Insight】
Relationship is the finest whetstone for No‑Mind. Most painful relationships are, at their core, two individuals with "mind at work" demanding from each other---two impoverished stories trying to fill their own voids from the other.

【Reality】
From the view of the Deep Sea of No‑Mind, the other is not your "better half," but another manifestation of Self‑Nature. When you feel hurt, see clearly: it is merely one dream‑character attacking another. No ocean is wounded by colliding waves.

【Embodied Practice】
Next time a loved one provokes you, try not to defend or retaliate.

Simply watch the anger rise and fall within your body, like observing a thunderstorm that has nothing to do with you. You will find that the moment you stop protecting that fragile "self‑story," you not only gain freedom---the other's aggression dissolves on its own, for it finds no target to strike.