What is an emotion? When you say you feel ‘anxious’ or ‘peaceful’ or ‘fearful’ or ‘excited’, what is actually happening inside you? Take a moment right now, close your eyes and notice what you feel. Or, think of a situation in the past where you felt something, and determine what happened.
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][A few minutes later…] What did you find out? It’s not that simple to narrow down, right? This is because we have such strong meanings that we attach to the raw experience so that the raw experience is often identified with the meaning. In other words, feeling anxious could mean that there’s a pit in your stomach or a tightening in your chest. So anytime you feel a pit in your stomach, you feel ‘bad’.
In reality, when you are totally focused inward and in tune with what is actually happening, you will notice that a feeling is simply an energy running through your body at a certain frequency. When the energy moves a certain way, you immediately translate it to be a certain feeling. However, the ‘feeling’ or ‘translation’ of the energy does not equal the energy itself.
A radio works in a similar way. When an energy runs through it, and is tuned to a certain frequency, pop music plays. When it is tuned to another frequency, classical music plays. The radio is the ‘body’ that feels the energy and the station is the ‘meaning’ of that energy. Pop or classical is not ‘negative’ or ‘positive’, it is just different.
Next time you feel something, take a moment, close your eyes, and tune in to the raw experience and create separation from the attached interpretation of ‘happy’ or ‘sad’. Simply observe the sensation. The more you do this, the more separation you will feel from the entrapment of your feelings, and you will experience more freedom.[/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]