Our Sea of Emotions

Good Morning, Everyone!

Reflecting this morning on our emotions, I think it's fair to say that very few people are entirely comfortable with this aspect of being human.  

Many years ago an ultra-terrestrial group appeared during a work-shop in Hayward, WI.  Their conversation with us was like listening to a computer speaking, completely absent of emotion.
And they told us they were curious about us because we are the first species in our cosmic structure to combine an emotional body with the physical and mental.  We might think about it as being a melting pot in our Universe, much like the U.S. is a melting pot of many nationalities for Earth.  

This group with no emotion, then, functions purely from a mental and physical perspective and says we are worth studying to see how the experiment is working. (this is not to say that I feel we are being manipulated by some outside force.  No, we each volunteer for a life, and souls that choose a human life do so with the Wisdom of free will).

And so, I ponder, how are we doing in this grand experiment?  For the most part, I think that considering that we are still fledgling sailors on this uncharted sea, we are doing pretty well.  Still, we try editing our emotions when they take us to places we had not expected.  We are prone to taking a detour into the mental body to avoid the sudden impact an emotion can have on our systems, as if thoughts could save us from the consequences of allowing our feelings. 

This morning, waking in tears from a dream with profound messages, I found myself wondering how I "should" feel about the dream.  Whoa!  There are no shoulds, as we often say.  And certainly in the case of emotions, this is important information for me about avoidance.  Over the years I have grown increasingly comfortable with my emotions, but the sudden impact of unfamiliar, uncharted emotional waters caused me to react to protect myself.  And I wondered how often I have taken that route.

We manage our own systems.  It's entirely our choice in what direction we travel, what we explore and how we might choose to record the memories so that we might reflect on and enjoy the adventure again.  Yesterday I heard a message received years ago: "Your emotional body does not give a rip what your mental body says."  Our emotions will persist.  They must.  This is our assignment.  The trip through our emotions is essential to our evolution.  So if we take a detour, we will find ourselves retracing the emotional waters to insure that we learn as much as possible about the whole of our experience and to become all we can be.

Once I allowed myself to feel deeply into the messages in my dream, I was able to cry long and hard.  It was cathartic, and because I allowed myself this freedom, critical information then came to guide me further in caring for my health and well being.
I walked around saying, "Thank you, Thank you," and being reminded that of course it was my Wisdom all along and allowing the emotions released it.  I am so grateful for all the loving support I have and embrace this partnership in my healing and becoming.

Breathing with you into our Ease, until next time,
Phyllis