Yet in a sense everyone is. Every human being lives within a field of characteristic moods. Our basic moods may have much greater power over us than we realise. We tend to confuse them with objective reality. For example, you may not experi ence yourself as an anxious person.
Moods can determine life choices.
Reducing their power is important for personal growth. In relation to our own emotional undercurrents, we easily become nearsighted. We have no distance to them, and therefore objectify them. In meditation, moods are intensified and thus more easily identified as the subjective undercurrents they are. Through meditation, we can penetrate the blind ness that our characteristic moods inflict upon us.