Getting Unhooked

From the Morgan Greer Tarot, the King of Cups; from the Celtic Book of the Dead deck, the Island of Sorrow:

The calm sea behind the King of Cups is a reflection of his inward self. He doesn't numb or avoid his feelings; he realizes emotions are like energy waves that wash through him and then recede. A few of the Otherworld voyagers, however, got hooked by past memories when some went ashore on the Island of Sorrow. Instead of focusing on the sensations of the emotional waves, they fed the mental stories that created them and ended up becoming mourners who had to be rescued from drowning in their own memories. As Mark Williams and Danny Penman explain:

Pure awareness transcends thinking. It allows you to step outside the chattering negative self-talk and your reactive impulses and emotions. It allows you to look at the world once again with open eyes. And when you do so, a sense of wonder and quiet contentment begin to reappear in your life.