Emotions

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Our emotions, the things we feel, play a big part in our lives.
And as we are moving toward an ever greater awareness, it seems that we experience stronger emotions as well. Or perhaps better said; experience our emotions stronger...

It seems that in the energy of today ~ especially with polarities being at play wherever you look ~ our emotions tend to come up fast and furious. One moment everything is calm and balanced and the next moment everything is in turmoil. On top of that, as we are becoming more and more aware of what is happening not only inside of us, yet also in the world around us ~ it becomes easier and easier  to pick up on emotions of other people.
Sometimes this can be very helpful. For instance, when you are in a meeting with someone and you pick up on his or her emotions ~ it can give you information where the other person is coming from. Not just their perspective, but more importantly, their state of mind at that very moment. You can then choose to use this information, for instance to create a more balanced playing field for the meeting at hand.
Other times picking up on the emotions of another person isn’t helpful at all... Like when you are becoming aware of strong emotions like fear or anger from someone who you don’t even know, someone who is just passing by...

Emotions by themselves are not good or bad.
However, the measure in which we allow them to rule our lives can affect our lives in a positive or a negative manner. Many of the emotions one may say are ‘negative’ emotions do have a function. Anger can tell us there is something going on that is not beneficial for us. Fear can alert us to impending danger. Doubt can cause us to weigh our options...
The thing to watch out for is that emotions remain more or less balanced in our lives. So we can get really angry when something happens to us, but we don’t stay angry. We release the anger as soon as we have understood the signal it is giving us, so we can work toward solving the situation in a more balanced way. We can feel enormous fear in a given situation ~ yet we don’t live our lives in fear...

This is also true for so called ‘positive’ emotions.
If we allow a positive emotion to take over our lives, for instance the great sense of fulfillment after having accomplished something; something we may have worked really hard for to get where we wanted to be... The danger is that is we dwell on this success, and keep basking in its glory. When this happens it can get us stuck in a place in life ~ stagnant, without ever realizing that there may well be even greater successes waiting for us, if only we would be willing to take the next step...

Our emotions are a useful part of our lives. As long as we place them in their proper, balanced perspective.
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