Buddhism Without Beliefs by Stephen Batchelorby Parker on TwosTo escape this trap is not to pretend to feel otherwise but to start looking at things differently. We are free to choose how to perceive the world.A compassionate heart still feels anger, greed, jealousy, and other such emotions. But it accepts them for what they are—with equanimity, and cultivates the strength of mind to let them arise and pass without identifying with or acting upon them.Just as we need to know when and how to give ourselves fully to a task, so we need to know when and how to stop and rest.