Emotion is the mind's reflection in the body. Sometimes there is a conflict between the two. If you really want to know your mind, the body will always give you a truthful reflection. If there is an apparent conflict, the thought will be the lie, the emotion will be the truth of your state of mind at that time. While a thought is in your head, an emotion has a strong physical component so is felt in the body. You can allow the emotion to Be There without being controlled by it. You no longer are the emotion, you are the watcher, the observer. If you practice this, all that is unconscious in you will be brought into the light of consciousness. As an extremely emotional being I find my emotions can be amplified and it is not easy to stay present enough to Just Watch. It wants to take me over like a wave and it usually suceeds. The emotion then becomes "me". By dwelling on the situation, event or person ( which I do) that is the perceived cause of the emotion, the thought feeds energy to the emotion, which in turn energizes the thought pattern, ad nauseum. Emotion = fear = pain= sense of threat= sense of abandonment and incompleteness.
The mind must learn to remove the emotional pain but usually it only covers it up temporarily. The harder the mind struggles to get rid of the pain, the greater the pain. Addictions come to mind. The mind can't find a solution because it is a part of the problem. You will never be free of pain until you cease to derive your sense of self from the mind or from ego. The mind can then be toppled from its place of power and Being reveals itself.
Excerpts from The Power Of Now
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