DeAnna VandeZande is sharing more with us on the subject of…Emotions
We are all equipped with emotions, some of which include: happiness, curiosity, excitement, anxiety, fear, sadness, worry, doubt, anger, jealousy, envy, greed, love. Many of these are viewed as good while many others are viewed as bad, but what causes us to perceive an emotion as good or bad? It’s the attention we give to it.
Do we allow the emotion(s) to dictate how we interact with ourselves or others? In most cases, the answer is yes. In most cases we fully surrender to the emotion as it arises and neglect to even identify why it surfaced in the first place. In addition, an emotion might arise for a particular situation, but we allow it to color how we view other situations as well. For instance, anger is one of those that may arise from a particular situation, perhaps someone cut you off in traffic and you experience instant anger. Once the situation has passed though, you don’t release the emotion and are then easily angered by other issues that arise in your day.
So this week, Spirit would like for you to raise your awareness of your reactions to situations and the emotions you allow to linger after the situation has passed, then work on ways of releasing those emotions so they do not then cloud other interactions you may have throughout your day. The example listed above is for the emotion of anger, but any emotion that is out of proportion to a particular situation or inappropriate for a situation should be released.
One way that we can release these emotions is through crystal meditation. When you feel that an emotion has hijacked your day, take a pause. Hold a crystal and just be. Clear quartz, rose quartz, citrine, amethyst, smoky quartz… any of these are good to help stabilize and clear your emotions. The specific crystal is not as important as your intention, so if all you have is a pebble from your back yard, this will work just fine! Simply hold the crystal and allow your mind to become calm and release.
Another way you can reset your emotions is to laugh. It may be forced laughter, but just do it anyway. This engages you on many levels and it is near impossible to laugh and be angry or laugh and be sad. Laughter brings you to the here and now moment and removes you from the grips of emotions from a prior situation. Sure, these emotions may return, but learning to break the cycle is key.
Bringing your attention to something completely outside yourself is also beneficial. One of the best ways to do this is to simply become an observer of your environment. Take a walk outside. Look at the trees, the birds, the sky… watch nature. Observe how the bird flies or how the squirrel runs across tree branches. Simply step outside of yourself for a moment.
Emotions make our lives interesting and give us depth, but staying in a particular emotion after its usefulness has passed hinders our growth and ability to explore and enjoy other emotions. So, I encourage you to find your true emotional center… experience a variety of emotions, but always come from and return to a place of love.
Namaste
DeAnna