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by Dr David Mickel
by devising all sorts of tricks; but to accept them directly, as they are."
Takahisa Kora
Many people argue about emotion, it's purpose, it's value, where it comes from and why we have it. In a culture where so much confusion surrounding emotion exists, it is of little surprise that we're taught to sweep it under the carpet, treat it as a vague, wishy-washy, psychological phenomenon.
In the growing culture of personal growth and development emotion is often viewed as something that is unhelpful and needs to be eradicated in order to achieve happiness, all day everyday.
At the other end of the scale are those that think 'emoting' or talking about issues to a counsellor is the answer to 'emotional problems'.
Despite the fact that emotion involves various complex systems within the body, the message is often very simple – emotions bring us information pertaining to our environment. Body-mind and Vibrational medicine refer to emotion as energy-in-motion, simply meaning that as we are all energy condensed to a slow vibration, emotion is a process, a moving energy that we feel. Like the sensations of hunger or needing the bathroom, emotion is not something we can avoid. It's useful and helpful, if sometimes uncomfortable.
The best place to start is by allowing yourself to feel or experience your emotions. Placing the focus of your attention around the area of your solar plexus will enable you to being to feel where much of your emotion emanates from. As you catch your attention during the day just allow yourself to drop your attention down to your solar plexus and witness whatever is happening within your body.
"Instead of resisting any emotion, the best way to dispel it is to enter it fully,
embrace it and see through your resistance."
Deepak Chopra
In future articles we will go on to discover why emotion exists, the role of the heart and other organs of the body and how to effectively allow our e-motions to guide us in this unpredictable world that we live in.