You feel the swell of tears in your eyes.
Or the surge of anger that tightens your fists.
Emotions.
The Latin derivative for the word emotion, ’emotere’, literally is e-motions → ‘Energy in motion’.
Why?
When emotions arise they are reflecting your soul expressing itself.
This is good.
Our emotions are key indicators of our spirit, soul, and inner psyche.
Emotions are like indicators that when properly identified provide immense insight into why we are the way we are.
For example, say at work in a meeting, you get spoken over when sharing input. You sense a swell of anger taking form.
It’s not necessarily the person intentionally trying to hurt you? – though you may be framing it that way.
In this situation, ask yourself, why am ‘I’ feeling angry when this person spoke over me?
How does this reflect me as a person in my development?
Look deeper – is it something that has been repressed or past experiences that hurt you deeply?
As I said, our emotions are indicators. They are essential in understanding parts of us we may not even be aware of.
Upon further analysis, you realize your anger stems from the social need to be valuable in the eyes of others.
That when you are silenced you feel the risk of being forgotten, lesser or invaluable.
We are told to repress our emotions, mask them, and not feel.
Bad. Not healthy for you or anyone.
Allow the energy of the feeling to move through you.
Remember ’emotion’ → energy in motion.
Takeaway steps:
- When the situation arises, notice the emotion emerging [anger, sadness, envy, lust etc.]
- Don’t suppress or dismiss, instead allow it to flow.
- Feel it. You are allowed to. Suppressed emotions are dangerous later on if not checked.
- Deep breath, ask yourself internally, “what this emotion/feeling is revealing about me.”
- Look at it with love. You are reframing an emotion with the intention to become better. Loving yourself will bring peace in accepting what your emotions tell you.
Much love folks!
