Emotions are everything!. Emotion is energy in motion. It's from your soul. Never dismiss them. Understand why you have them. Practice emotional control while you feel them. Then let them go. Everyone longs to be free. True freedom is releasing your ego identity and embracing your true and authentic self which is divine. You never die, you soul goes on and on.
@@LadyGraceAinslie your comment inspired a video I just put out. I think, more mind stuff, that I was trying to move away from emotions because I don't feel I can trust my emotions. How does one do that?
Once we have unlocked the doors of perception we no longer require the key, but once we have died a small death and left behind what was no longer needed a lot of us seem to want to reminisce about what was. There is some value in that romanticism for many people but that value offers only diminishing returns, and the tone in your voice speaks to this concession. Freedom is the ability to move in a desired direction, as that is the nature of things - to keep moving however slowly. That doesn't make freedom the opposite of movement though. Constrained and embraced are the same thing it's just whether one desires what is embracing them. Case in point as you stated being the freedom to love. The way I see it, understanding that you don't *want* to die is just the acknowledgement that you value the gift that is life, and the resolution is probably just to continue to blow into your own sail :)
@jaybee8951 I reflected and think you are spot on. I think the idea of me dying, to give up to freedom of who I was once, does mean death. It feels like maybe stages of grief need to occur. Its almost like im holding onto a memory, versus the reality of it. I did have a special moment in my tears. I thought how beautiful to feel so grateful for life, im not sure I've ever felt that before or at least brought me to such emotion.
Hi Melissa, wow, that was a deep, but thought provoking one! I am going to comment from a couple of angles here, as it 'feels' like there are two aspects being discussed here? Please tell me if I'm wrong! When I was your age, whilst I wasn't afraid of physical death, I wasn't ready to die - I felt like I had so much more that I wanted to accomplish, places to see, people to meet etc. Now that time has marched forward, I now find that I am comfortable with both aspects, having been to those places and done things that I always wanted to. I would have no regrets on my death bed. The other point, is the death of self, as a result of spiritual awakening. I have always been comfortable in my own company, but always needed some human interaction to keep me sane. I have noticed that over the last year, there has been a significant, steady reduction in my circle of friends; there are now, only four people who I am really close to and who I can actually relate to. The others, I have slowly drifted away from and the communication/interaction has gradually reduced. This has felt like the death of my old self to some degree, but I dont feel emotional about it, it almost feels like my life has been thoroughly cleansed, if that makes sense? Stay well.
@stevegill1157 it sounds like you might be going through some changes too! I know what you mean about death, I think maybe this was me trying to hold onto an old version or maybe just in the early processes of grief. I don't feel so emotional about things I've lost externally, more like the connection to my past self before my new self has formed. Or maybe it's just a revealing to who I always was. 🤷♀️
What matters imo is what you do with what is given to you, or with what is happening to you, to deliver something of value to humanity. In order to do that, you'll often need to free yourself from people telling you what you should do and where you should be. I feel like you're kind of attached to a version of you in time that you consider as you. And that version doesn't want to die. You're right about freedom meaning death, it's the death of the old you.
@tariqdajour i think that's a beautiful life philosophy. I tend to think the best way we can change the world for the better is always starting with ourselves.
Why distinguish between thoughts and emotions? Aren’t emotions encrypted thoughts? I think it’s ontologically lazy to say «don’t follow emotions, follow thoughts».
@Canceldepoulos its an interesting thought. I'm not sure I would say thoughts are better than emotions as to follow those instead. I think they are both mainly just a replay of the past which if we respond/reacting on that we get more of the same reality.
@DS91284 I don't "need" to do anything except die which is involuntary 😂 but freedom from self, self-construct, who I am. Its hard to describe as it feels like an unfolding, dismantling.
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Emotions are everything!. Emotion is energy in motion. It's from your soul. Never dismiss them. Understand why you have them. Practice emotional control while you feel them. Then let them go.
Everyone longs to be free. True freedom is releasing your ego identity and embracing your true and authentic self which is divine.
You never die, you soul goes on and on.
@@LadyGraceAinslie your comment inspired a video I just put out. I think, more mind stuff, that I was trying to move away from emotions because I don't feel I can trust my emotions. How does one do that?
Once we have unlocked the doors of perception we no longer require the key, but once we have died a small death and left behind what was no longer needed a lot of us seem to want to reminisce about what was. There is some value in that romanticism for many people but that value offers only diminishing returns, and the tone in your voice speaks to this concession.
Freedom is the ability to move in a desired direction, as that is the nature of things - to keep moving however slowly. That doesn't make freedom the opposite of movement though. Constrained and embraced are the same thing it's just whether one desires what is embracing them. Case in point as you stated being the freedom to love.
The way I see it, understanding that you don't *want* to die is just the acknowledgement that you value the gift that is life, and the resolution is probably just to continue to blow into your own sail :)
@jaybee8951 I reflected and think you are spot on. I think the idea of me dying, to give up to freedom of who I was once, does mean death. It feels like maybe stages of grief need to occur. Its almost like im holding onto a memory, versus the reality of it.
I did have a special moment in my tears. I thought how beautiful to feel so grateful for life, im not sure I've ever felt that before or at least brought me to such emotion.
Hi Melissa, wow, that was a deep, but thought provoking one!
I am going to comment from a couple of angles here, as it 'feels' like there are two aspects being discussed here? Please tell me if I'm wrong!
When I was your age, whilst I wasn't afraid of physical death, I wasn't ready to die - I felt like I had so much more that I wanted to accomplish, places to see, people to meet etc. Now that time has marched forward, I now find that I am comfortable with both aspects, having been to those places and done things that I always wanted to. I would have no regrets on my death bed. The other point, is the death of self, as a result of spiritual awakening. I have always been comfortable in my own company, but always needed some human interaction to keep me sane. I have noticed that over the last year, there has been a significant, steady reduction in my circle of friends; there are now, only four people who I am really close to and who I can actually relate to. The others, I have slowly drifted away from and the communication/interaction has gradually reduced. This has felt like the death of my old self to some degree, but I dont feel emotional about it, it almost feels like my life has been thoroughly cleansed, if that makes sense?
Stay well.
@stevegill1157 it sounds like you might be going through some changes too! I know what you mean about death, I think maybe this was me trying to hold onto an old version or maybe just in the early processes of grief.
I don't feel so emotional about things I've lost externally, more like the connection to my past self before my new self has formed. Or maybe it's just a revealing to who I always was. 🤷♀️
What matters imo is what you do with what is given to you, or with what is happening to you, to deliver something of value to humanity. In order to do that, you'll often need to free yourself from people telling you what you should do and where you should be. I feel like you're kind of attached to a version of you in time that you consider as you. And that version doesn't want to die. You're right about freedom meaning death, it's the death of the old you.
@tariqdajour i think that's a beautiful life philosophy. I tend to think the best way we can change the world for the better is always starting with ourselves.
Why distinguish between thoughts and emotions? Aren’t emotions encrypted thoughts? I think it’s ontologically lazy to say «don’t follow emotions, follow thoughts».
Why distinguish between thoughts and emotions? - maybe so you don't drive off the road because you were hungry and saw a hamburger stand ;)
for a second, I thought the reply was from the OP. phew…
@Canceldepoulos its an interesting thought. I'm not sure I would say thoughts are better than emotions as to follow those instead. I think they are both mainly just a replay of the past which if we respond/reacting on that we get more of the same reality.
How do you define "freedom"
There are many different types of freedom.
You need to specify which. 😂
@DS91284 I don't "need" to do anything except die which is involuntary 😂 but freedom from self, self-construct, who I am. Its hard to describe as it feels like an unfolding, dismantling.