You may be saying to yourself at this very minute, “Feelings and emotions are the same thing, right?”
Well that would be one perspective, but in the world of actuality that would be not correct. Feelings and emotions differ in origins. Emotion does not begin in the heart space, it begins from a place of fear and lives in your reality. Feelings begin in the heat space and so thrives in the realm of actuality. We may feel happy or sad or grateful or full of loss. It is coming directly from our inner self and is a true expression of the heart. Feeling implies it is an ‘inside job’; feeling is the place we want to go to be able to embrace and release the ‘pockets of opportunity.’ Other wise called “emotional baggage. “Only with true feeling can this be accomplished.
No one can really make us feel a certain way. It comes down to our own perspective that feeds into the heart and a feeling is born. Be it love, sorrow it stems from our perspective of a given situation.
Emotion tends to be connected to the ego, to the exterior personality. An overlay if you will on a feeling. You may say “Oh he or she makes me angry”. The truth is the emotion of anger is a perception of the wearer. An expectation unfulfilled.
We react as if some one else has done something to us when in fact it is our own illusion that has us in a reaction. When the ego is bruised, hurt, or pushed in any way, we get emotional. It feels almost like a feeling but it is so very different. Sometimes emotion comes up and we wonder, “Where did that com from?” The answer is usually that long ago, we were unable to deal or cope with a situation, so it was stored in a file, a pocket! And now someone has come into your world, sent by the universe to let you know you are now ready and able to deal with it.
People, places, and things will be brought into your world when the time is right. The opportune moment! The challenge is that most people do not see the opportunity and react with emotion. So guess what? The opportunity will keep on coming up until you finally get it and deal with it.The next time someone makes you mad or sad, stop, close your eyes, and ask where it is truly coming from, and you will get the answer. And the opportunity to explore, embrace, re-pattern honor and release it. The universe just works that way.
Our feelings are the culmination of the cellular information that rushes through our system. The information on a cellular level will give the impulses to the heart and brain to create joy and sorrow, and create an open heart or a closed heart. Our feelings come from the deepest part of our being and there are no wrong feelings. No two feelings are the same. Feelings create our deepest form of desires and our transformations.
Emotions are our own reaction to our feelings, and can be affected by our ego and outside forces. Emotions are more closely related to reactions, while feelings are more closely related to actions. We all have feelings and emotions. How we show up and how we act or react to a given feeling or emotion is a benchmark for where we are in our own consciousness and evolution.
Author: Sheila Z Stirling (c) March 2008 (Partial Excerpt: Intentional Wellness Book)
Open Wisdom Institute
May the sun shine upon you,
and may you be held in the arms of the angels….Blessings dear ones…. Sheila Z
Your Wellness Whisperer
