Is there a non-dualistic view that values all emotions?

Are you up for taking a deep dive into emotions and feelings? Are you ready to question your possible framing of emotions as “good” or “bad”?

Joshua Freedman of 6 Seconds offers a pathway to more nuanced approach to understanding and approaching how we view and can experience emotions. Here is Joshua’s article with the following excerpt to hopefully a section to hook your interest.

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“However, I’d like to go a step further. How could we step out of the “negative emotions” trap and find a way of characterizing emotions without judgment?

In Buddhism, and many other faith traditions, there is a notion of “non-duality.”  Rather than good and bad as opposites, they can be seen as one, a whole with balancing sides.  This is visually represented in the yin-yang symbol.  In that graphic, the universe (a circle) is half and half… but not actually divided.  The black and white are interlocked – they are one circle with two aspects.”