by Digger Barr
https://gaiasgardens.guru/
Who here among us has mastered their emotions?
Who here hasn’t felt the rise and fall of feelings when we least expect it?
The subtle invasion of feelings influencing thoughts in one direction or another, taking us along a path of positive or negative considerations.
Perhaps the stimulus was as simple as an off handed comment or maybe as bold as a physical action, either way it created an explosive reaction.
Under continuous bombardment in the raw exposure of our unpredictable environments emotions can feel like a rollercoaster.
When we are emotionally hijacked, our lives can feel out of control and the struggle to find our footing becomes very real.
Whenever emotions absorb us they become big drivers in how we think, how we act and how we respond to life, situations and even ourselves.
What does it mean to master our emotions?
To master something is to become experienced at handling situations, to become proficient or skilled at handling something.
Or as we would consider with emotions, to have gained control over whatever emotion that presents itself.
But I really wonder if that is the correct way to deal with emotions.
After all don’t emotions serve an important purpose?
Are they not integral to who we are as humans?
Aren’t they a key part of our navigation system? Our nervous system?
Don’t we use them as tools to help us understand the world around us?
We process situations through our emotions so we know what just happened when our eyes deceive us.
Or worse when other people are trying to deceive us.
Emotions are important as they give a better understanding of who we are, what we want and how to interface that with the world around us.
Emotions give us so much information in this realm.
We need them.
They can lift us into higher vibration. They can be the place where we feel what peace and love really are all about.
Emotional bliss may actually be the goal.
So to be the master ‘over’ or to ‘control’ them is actually counter intuitive to that process.
We need our emotions to play out so that we can observe them and find out more about the trigger situation.
Triggers play a key part in learning about ourselves.
What moves us into fear? What moves us into love?
They reveal things we often hide from ourselves. Usually when we couldn’t deal with a situation and we pushed them way down deep.
What about it do I need to examine further?
What is this trigger showing me?
Why do I feel.. fill in the blank?
After processing information downloaded from the brain don’t we use our heart to truly guide us?
Isn’t our heart the control center of how we really feel?
Isn’t that why we need to take a minute before we make a decision?
To find out if we are processing from our heart or our head?
And while we are processing how we react or respond will be what defines us.
Sometimes our reactions to things don’t always give our best response to a situation at that moment in time.
We may end up regretting our reaction and wish we could change the situation.
Wouldn’t it be better to say we need to be the master of our reactions?
I think the days of guiding people to repress their emotions are gone.
As an approach to self-awareness, we need to allow emotions.
But we may want to control our reactions.
Mastering your reactions can give you time to process the emotion that arises in an important situation.
Too often we are expected to give an instant response to things.
It’s okay to respond with “I don’t know how I feel about that, let me get back to you.”
How often do you think you have proceeded or given permission to someone to do something that you were not fully on board with?
And then later you find you do not agree with what just took place.
This may lead to other feelings that are not healthy; Regret, anger, frustration, betrayal, the list goes on.
These are all negative energies that take over our thoughts and create a vast amount of our conflicts.
Conflicts that may have been avoided if we listen to our feelings before responding.
One does not have to agree with another to avoid conflict.
It is okay to not agree.
That is not grounds for conflict.
That is grounds for growth and understanding.
People can have conflicting ideas but still come to a resolution.
If each party is forthcoming and deception and division are no longer the primary directive.
When people are honest with their feelings, or honest with themselves, they can be better masters of their reactions.
When you are in control of your reactions you can conduct yourself in a manner that can turn from conflict into compassion, cooperation and or compromise.
We do not all need to agree in order to get along.
We do need to be honest with ourselves in order to be honest with each other.
When we are clear about how we feel it opens the way for resolution.
You cannot find resolution without an honest attempt at assessment of the situation.
Knowing yourself can first be observed by your emotions.
Find out how you feel about different things.
How does this make you feel?
Are you triggered, encouraged or repulsed?
Does it bring you joy?
Does it cause fear?
Which emotion do you want to give energy to?
How we want to see the unfolding world depends on how we see ourselves.
We can change how we once reacted to things in the past.
This is the time we get to master our response, be true to how we feel and guide ourselves in a direction that feels right.
We can develop new emotional pathways redirecting the conditioned stimulus and response rollercoaster.
New pathways for conflict resolution are created by open and honest emotional assessment.
This is a precursor to cooperation and building a brighter tomorrow.
We can ascend to the master level of all things when we first learn to look within and find the truth of who we are.
Inside each of us lie the insights to the Universe.
What will you bring with you into the New year?
Happy New Year of 2025
Digger25