Feelings
The last post spoke about happiness and the energy connection as well s using the power of your mind. One of the things that I (Karen) notice a lot is as people try to shift into more positive mind states they think that they cannot have “negative” feelings. We are meant to feel. We are human and are wired to feel the full gamut of emotion. We cannot simply hop over to a positive mind state and gloss over whatever negative feelings we may have.
All our feelings are messengers. They are giving us important information about ourselves and our world. For instance, anger can be a signal that our boundaries are being continually crossed. The anger is a signal to us. Of course it is not useful to volley t anger out into the world onto whoever crosses you! But we do need to honor the feeling. Finding positive ways that allow the feeling to move through you with no harm to self or other is the way to go. Once you have allowed the feeling to move through you in a healthy way, you will be able to return to balance again and it will then become possible to shift into a higher mind/feeling state.
If we a lot of accumulated baggage in the emotional department this shift may not be as to accomplish as it would be if we were simply handling this one episode of emotion. In that case you may need to give yourself some time on a regular basis to develop better emotional management skills. Working with your breath to release powerful pent up emotions, EFT, journaling, imagery or communicating feelings appropriately can all help you.
Being a human being means embracing and accepting all parts of ourselves—body, mind, emotions and spirit. And perhaps more importantly—having a means to “work” with each aspect to integrate them intoa cohesive whole that allows you to live your life with peace, harmony and optimal well being!
