Day 58 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - Emotions are Like Sails
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Lesson 58: Emotions are like sails...
“Lesson 58: Emotions are like waves, but they are also like sails; they must be adjusted as each breath of wind arrives. Tighten them too far, and the boat capsizes. Let them out too fast, the result is the same. Learning to sail with your emotions is one of your lessons in this lifetime.”
So this lesson very much advises how we can be in control of our emotions, letting go when we needed though not too fast and knowing when it’s a time for release. It’s about creating the right balance within ourselves in order to steer ourselves in the right direction.
The exercise today is to think of something that makes you cry and then think of something that makes you extremely happen. Rinse and repeat this 6 times, 12 times, 50 times etc throughout the day. The point is to use this tool to find your ability to shift with “conscious intention”.
I personally don’t have anything that makes me cry at present. I did however looked at something that made me angry and then filtered to something that makes me happy. My angry emotion usually comes up in relation to my work situation. Something that makes me extremely happy is going to see live music. At first when I was practising this exercise all I could feel was residual anger flow into my happy memory. That was uncomfortable. When I closed my eyes and tried again, there wasn’t as much anger flowing into my happy memory. It really takes some practise to switch off from one emotion to the next one. Clearly this will take time but it’s something that I have never tried, so I’m open to the possibilities. See how you go with it. It’s very challenging – not going to lie.