01-24-2016, 09:51 PM
Been rediscovering the value of the present moment. It's amazing how letting go and allowing whatever is to be can actually help you resolve the issues you may face. If you're like me and constantly trying to "let go" or "release" emotions, you probably fall into the trap of trying too hard. Artificial control of emotions seems to be viewed as desirable in western society. People think they need to control emotions more when really they just have to relearn to allow them. To let them flow through their body like blood without interruption. I think our minds know through instinct how to let go of these things, we just have to make space to allow it to do it's thing.
I never got the whole "don't label your emotions" thing. But I think I get it now. By labeling your emotions, your focus is shifted onto the label itself and your mind creates feelings and stories associated with that. You lose touch with what you're actually feeling. When you don't label them you fully feel what the emotion actually is. You understand it on an emotional level and can process it. A label like fear seems strong, powerful, impenetrable. But if you just feel the energy of fear, you realize it might be something entirely different than what you had believed it to be. Also by not putting a label on them, they are free to expand and you experience the subtleties of emotions that are often lost by the limiting nature of putting them in a box.
Despite having this strong realization I still have my sticking points. But at least now I feel like I'm actually dealing with the true emotions vs the ones generated by using a label.
I never got the whole "don't label your emotions" thing. But I think I get it now. By labeling your emotions, your focus is shifted onto the label itself and your mind creates feelings and stories associated with that. You lose touch with what you're actually feeling. When you don't label them you fully feel what the emotion actually is. You understand it on an emotional level and can process it. A label like fear seems strong, powerful, impenetrable. But if you just feel the energy of fear, you realize it might be something entirely different than what you had believed it to be. Also by not putting a label on them, they are free to expand and you experience the subtleties of emotions that are often lost by the limiting nature of putting them in a box.
Despite having this strong realization I still have my sticking points. But at least now I feel like I'm actually dealing with the true emotions vs the ones generated by using a label.