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Emotion is a key aspect of the life force.
That which motivates us. Looking at emotional dynamics through the lens of
Aikido energy awareness.
I learned that well emotions can alert us to situations
that need our immediate attention and action.
They are often triggered by some inaccurate belief like :
I'm worthless or I'm unlovable. When we are centered emotionally,
as well as physically, Life energy pours effortlessly through our bodies.
Then when we´re alerted to a potential danger,
it releases extra energy, to prepare for potential fleeing, fighting
or other high performance requirements.
If we contract against it, it's like squeezing on a balloon or a hose.
And we feel in over stimulation in the belly, that we call fear.
We are conditioned to think fear is the problem. That it's bad.
And so we fight against it as if it were an enemy.
Practicing Aikido showed me that resistance to a force
in this case an alert, starts the problem. Look at how so many
the so-called world leaders seem to be struggling to suppress their own fear
and then taking that same strategy of deception and domination
into critical international situations.
Fighting against the stimulation we call fear, seems to further contract the energy system, moving the overstimulation
up into the chest, where we experience it is sadness. In a sense of loss.
Many modern cultures discourage the free expression of sadness
especially for man. We suppose to keep a stiff upper Lip
be strong, be a man. Yet if we resist this experience,
if further stifles the flow of motive energy.
squeezing and up into the head, where it creates the vibration we call anger
we can experience anger, without having to take it out
irresponsibly on anyone. If instead we repress it,
our vital energy is contracted right out the top of our heads
and our energy body starts to disconnect from our physical body
as apathy. Which can lead to depression.
Literally the depressing of our vital force.
So what's the key to unlocking this process?
As in Aikido, blending with the force.
People generally come out of depression, not into joy
but into the anger, that was their last connection to their body.
Allowing the vibration of anger without force or inappropriate action,
allows it to disappear. Then the sadness will tend to re-emerge.
And if we can stay centered in the experience of sadness
it too can dissipate like a completed yawn.
Into their original feeling of fear. As we learn to let go of tightening against
what we call fear, it too can evaporate
restoring the center of our emotional vortex
to its natural alignment with the center of our being.
This can be not only a relief
but a profound opportunity, often unveiling the initial triggering thought.
This can be a moment for revising some skew belief.
And better aligning it with our true nature.
Than our emotional energy can rise up once again. Up the spine.
This time is vitalizing expansion, rather than destructive contraction.
Our centered Torrus field can expand to
amplify the energy in the belly as excitement.
Then including the heart area as enthusiasm.
And onto the throat and face as radiant joy.
Finally transcending the boundaries of the physical
and infusing the whole body with transcendent bliss.
Such a state may not be ideal for driving or usual social interactions.
But its magnificent for healing and for intuitive insight.
Understanding this functioning of Emotion
can encourage us to be more open to experience our feelings responsibly
to relax our bodies and to free our minds
returning our energy to a centered state
allowing the natural breathing over organism to fuel its energy
and creativity