{"id":816,"date":"2009-09-21T16:32:25","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T16:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/09\/buddhist-leader-karmapa-video-war-games-satiate-my-feelings-of-aggression.html"},"modified":"2009-09-21T16:32:25","modified_gmt":"2009-09-21T16:32:25","slug":"buddhist-leader-karmapa-video-war-games-satiate-my-feelings-of-aggression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/09\/buddhist-leader-karmapa-video-war-games-satiate-my-feelings-of-aggression.html","title":{"rendered":"Buddhist Leader Karmapa: “Video war games satiate my feelings of aggression”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today is The International Day of Peace!<\/a> The Karmapa<\/a> recently shared one of his methods for avoiding aggression … by playing video games<\/a>!<\/p>\n

“All of us have emotions, happy emotions, sad emotions,
\ndispleased emotions and we need to figure out a way to deal with them when they
\narise … If I’m having some negative
\nthoughts or negative feelings, video games are one way in which I can release
\nthat energy in the context of the illusion of the game. I feel better
\nafterwards.”  (Link to full article<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Maybe I’m just an amateur meditator, and maybe Karmapa has mental discipline like a ninja, but in my personal meditation practice I’ve noticed that ANY<\/b> indulgence in reacting to an emotion perpetuates our habitual reactivity to it.  The Karmapa says more:<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

“The aggression that comes out in the video game satiates
\nwhatever desire I might have to express that feeling. For me, that’s very
\nskilful because when I do that I don’t have to go and hit anyone over the
\nhead.”
\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nI’m glad that video games allow us to not actually be hitting real people over the head, but isn’t this perpetuating the same
\nmental instinct for aggression as acting violently in the real world does?<\/p>\n

I love a good video game, but I don’t know if I buy it, what do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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