“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.”
~ Albert Einstein ~
We can simplify and say that there are only two emotions... if it is not love it is fear. Better yet, it either feels good or it doesn’t. If we pay attention to the way that we feel then these emotions can be used to guide us in the right direction. If it feels good, then you are on the mark. If it does not feel good, then stop and wait for further instructions (find a new direction).
Oh, please, my emotions have always been my undoing, esp. when i am mad, my husband always said that when i was mad, he didn't want to even be around. he told all his friends that i am irish and a redhead. they would say, we're sorry, but i'm not that bad, just don't piss me off, i laugh and cry at the drop of a hat. when i lost my babe, randy in may i thought i would never live again, my emotions were everywhere on the map, now i think i am just barely starting to recover, but i still have moments where i wish the world would have ended when he died. or maybe it did. emotions can sometimes get in the way of anything i want to say, i try to speak but i get that lump in my throat and there they went. thought i would get over it when i got older, but here i am 60 and they still are a pain in the a--. love, cc lyda
Masterbenny, you pose an interesting and wonderfully simple answer.
Thank you. And if I may say, wonderfully logical. Spock would be most pleased. Oh.....but then....that would be an emotion.
Fascinating......
My feelings:
My emotions tell me I'm in touch with, truly living, Life. When I go thru my life numb, or not feeling what others seem to feel so easily, I feel like the kid with her face pressed to the fence around the playground, watching others play & not being able to participate. When I can feel things -- joy, sadness, glee, satisfaction -- I feel connected, included, a part OF.
I'm not talking about over-reacting emotionally to things (which I do, usually to my embarrassment). I'm talking about feeling the true feelings that belong to living here.
Also, I've found that my feelings are a good guide. They tell me when I need to change something -- myself or my circumstances. But I really hate the "stay still & wait for further instructions" -- sooooo frustrating! May be necessary, but I want to DO something!!!!
Namaste
Marsha
Love the Einstein quote, MasterBenny. I completely agree. The emotional and the rational are the Yin and Yang of each other. It's often difficult for us to keep both in balance. And balance in anything is most often, the key.
Namaste.
I agree with mb on this one. Emotions speak to us & if we listen we are able to respond in a way that does not hurt/hinder us. They are a blessing.
Without the INTENT, the EMOTIONAL drive behind ALL action, there would be NOTHING!!
There is something else to contemplate, eh?
Namaste
Don't forget Spock was half human. Being cool on the outside doesn't mean without emotion but controlled emotion.
Be who you are. Some of us are more emotional than others. It would be a pretty dull world without emotions-zombie-like.
Emotions are okay. It is how we choose to act upon them that makes the difference. It is doing the work relating to our unconscious contents that allows us to make conscious choices regarding our emotions. If we can acknowledge and love those parts of us contained in our unconscious, we can choose to, or not to, act upon our emotions. If we do not acknowledge and love those unconscious parts of us, we are mostly driven to act out our emotions.
