Emotion: The Universal Energy

We, human are the emotional beings. The word emotion can be split into E- Motion. Emotion is the energy in motion that affects the psycho-physiological aspects of the human. Yes, our emotions affect our moods as well as our body. 

Emotion-Universal energy: Emotion is the energy which is not confined within our body but extends itself beyond the boundaries of the body. This is the reason that we laugh without a reason when we see someone else laugh. Laughing is contagious & so is our emotion. We meet and develop conversation with people and sometimes, we avoid people too. All these happen because of the emotion that we have associated with these people. It is not only with the people but equally applied to any kind of situation or event that we encounter. Such is the part played by the emotion in our life.

Classification: Emotion can be positive or negative. Positive emotions like joy & love generate positive energy within us and negative emotions like fear & anger generate negative energy within us. Since, emotions affect our moods (psychic) and the body (physic) and in general our health, it is important to have positive emotions. It is an art and skill that one can develop to deal with the positive emotions in most of his life.

Our Evolution & Design of our brain:  By evolution, human are weak animal in nature. We don’t’ have the powers like running at a faster speed as wild animals or flying ability of birds. Due to our weak nature, we always have the tendency to look for potential dangers around us and our brain is designed to look for the potential threats around us. In other words, we are designed to look the potential danger or fear around us first when we encounter an event/situation.  This is the wiring of our brain in a negative way that has its influence on our health. Again, it is an art and skill to rewire the brain to think and act in a positive way.

Sources of emotions: When we encounter an event/situation, we make certain judgment of the event based on the feel that we get from the event. Either, we stay with the event or move away from the event and it is decided based on the feel that we have with the event. This is an external source of emotion. Even, our own thoughts based on the past experiences or future plans also generate emotions. So, our thoughts are the internal sources of emotions. Imagine a situation where there is no thought and no experience of the external events .In this case, what happens to your emotional state? This is similar to a meditative state where one is completely detached from the external world and there is no thought in his mind. This is the time where the already stored emotions start to surface out from the body as feelings and sensations. In fact, these are the subtle body sensations which are nothing but the already stored emotions.

Basis of emotions: When we encounter an event, we decide to stay or move away from the event and it is primarily decided by the feel that is associated with the event. This feel is originated based on the individual belief that he holds. There is a possibility that the same event may be good for one person but bad for another. It is mainly because of the belief that the individual holds with the experience of the event. So, if we want to deal with most of our life with the positive emotions then it is important to look at the belief system that we hold.

Manage emotions: It is possible to manage emotions to have a better life. In actual reality, most of us ignore our emotions. We sometimes, even hide and suppress the emotions. In fact, this is the cause for the most of the health related issues that lead us to an unbalanced life. The first and the foremost thing to manage the emotions is to watch/observe the emotions in real time. So, next time when you experience a bad or good event, just watch the emotions that could be in the form of body sensations, your feelings and your moods. As a next step, try to label the emotions with words. Try this practice for a few weeks and see the change that happens in your life. Remember that emotions are the powerful means by which one can connect to his inner self.

So, in nutshell, emotion is a universal energy and by design, we are programmed to think and act with the negative emotions. But, negative emotions are bad for our health and lead to an unbalanced state. To deal with the positive emotions is a skill that one can develop. Irrespective of the sources of emotions, our belief system plays a big role in shaping up our emotion. The first step is to become aware of the emotions if at all we want to manage our emotions.

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