Emotions
Spiritual awakening for skeptics
Emotions might be the toughest thing we deal with as humans. But the false ideal of an emotionless state is contrary to awakening. We must learn to sail, not give up on the ocean.
Emotions blog.
These blogs are to acknowledge emotions because you must master your own emotional state and to a certain extent that of others before you can receive any clear spiritual inputs. This does not mean remove emotional states. An athlete does not remove gravity, they learn to respect it. A sailor learns to love the unpredictability of the ocean and its various states.
“We are all filled with a longing for the wild. There are few culturally sanctioned antidotes for this yearning. We were taught to feel shame for such a desire. We grew our hair long and used it to hide our feelings. But the shadow of Wild Woman still lurks behind us during our days and in our nights. No matter where we are, the shadow that trots behind us is definitely four-footed.”
― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves
Emotions resources.
I find few people really write intelligently about emotions, perhaps the medium is contrary to understanding them. Musicians and other artists often train to channel and communicate emotions directly to those who can intuit them.
I’ll do my best here to give you good resources, but direct experience is your best teacher. Try to write about your own emotions, before you try to interpret someone else’s writing on emotions. You’ll have a better chance of receiving the information then.
