Controlled by emotions
QUESTION: Masters please advise the best way to deal with emotions. How do I let go? Situations repeat in my mind. I can’t stop feeling bad. Why can’t I laugh at things instead of being a victim of emotions? ~Alandra, Canada
ANSWER: In the human being, sensory activities are what you live for, what you came into a body to be able to feel. Happiness, sadness, sexual release, belly laughter, and dealing with life lessons in order to gain wisdom set human existence within a physical body apart from your essence where you are in unconditional love and perfection – which sounds good, but gets boring fast and teaches you nothing.
What you are referring to as emotions are the physiological reactions of your body to stressors from things you are experiencing. On a conscious level it is sometimes impossible to control the body’s reaction to a strong stimulus. You may feel sad, be depressed, cry uncontrollably, laugh for no reason, or become numb to what is around you.
These are all responses to internal situations that rise to the surface. Things inside of you need to come out when something similar on the outside triggers a release. When a strong reaction arises, stop and go into the emotion and ask yourself why it is there. If you are open to the event, you will get a sense of the actions that are connected to that outbreak of feeling. Examine the cause and release the need to hold it within.
As you release each closeted event, you will have more freedom to interact with the things that cause immediate gratification, so that you may cry when needed and be happy when you choose. Each person is able to manifest the emotions they feel if underlying ones are not taking over. You may put aside feeling sad or unhappy and choose to see the world as happy and magnificent.