Have you had days when you just wanted to cry and cry and cry? I'm sure you've had. I know I've had those days. You feel so overwhelmed with your emotions that your body, mind and spirit needs a release - and the form of that release is your tears.
Thinkquest.com stated that "Benedict de Spinoza in the 17th century described emotions as bodily changes that result in the amplification or attenuation of action and as processes that can facilitate or impede action."
Today, there are many researchers who define emotions in many different ways. Most accept, that emotions operate on a number of levels and consist of:
Subjective feeling That is how you interpret a feeling. Your interpretation for example of 'being in love" is a personal experience and can be very different to the next person.
Expressive behaviour This refers to the outward signs that an emotion is being experienced. Such behaviour can be intentional or unintentional and includes facial expressions as well as body language.
Physiological responses This involves bodily changes which occur when we experience an emotion. This involves the operation of the brain.
Emotions/feelings come in many forms such as:
anger,
fear,
resentment,
sadness,
jealously
worry
I want to focus on worry. Leo Buscaglia says that 'worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. " To me this is a very profound quote. We only have today, we can't change the past and we have no control of the future. To live powerfully - we need to live in the moment - but we at times are worrying about what we have done in our past - and worrying about our future that we never stop to still our mind and appreciate our present. In simply stopping and appreciating our present we can stop the worrying.
In the Christian Bible in 1 Peter 5: 6 -7 it says "Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you."
I love live! And because I love life - I hate to worry. And I refuse to worry. My secret is to stop and still my mind - connect to my Divine - and imagine an altar - a worry altar (so to speak) - where I go and place my worries (case my anxieties) on the altar - and ask for them to be altered. It's a powerful technique that I use daily in my meditation, when I do yoga - or if it is a particularly tyring time - as I breath and walk.
But let's take a step back - to cast your cares on the Divine's altar - your first step is for you to believe that you're a Divine Child - and when you accept that you are a divine creature - a beautiful human being of light - of love - and of truth - you will know that our role in life is not to worry - but it's to live in a state of joy and peace.
I challenge you to hold this vision - to dare to know that you have a divine powerful energy within you - and when you hold this as fact - and accept it as reality - you will have the confidence to let go of your worry - and let God/the Divine/a Higher Source do the work.
I'm a diva (not a prima donna) a diva - and because the word diva comes from 'Deity' so I have full confidence that when I leave my worries on God's altar IT WILL be altered.
Besides worrying gives me frown lines!
“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.” Buddah
Listen and discover more tips on controlling your emotions on my radio show Soul Talk.
Namaste,
Ophelia
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