Handling emotions
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Every emotion has a definite sensation in the body. Many a times, we get carried away by thoughts or feelings and we do not observe the sensations. One should learn how to handle one's self. We make so many affirmations: "Oh! I will not do this. I will do this. " But, when the storm of emotion rises in us — we find ourselves lost. There is a strange relationship between thoughts and feelings. Thoughts provoke feelings, and feelings in turn, can bring about some thoughts. We feel completely helpless and don't know what to do.
Feeling is subtler than thinking. You cannot have the same feeling all the time — feelings change. When we feel high, we have no problems. The problem comes when we feel low. No one wants to feel low. When one feels low, then the more one tries to feel high, the more the low feelings persist. When you feel low, jump into the lowest. Be like water. The nature of water is Humility. It always goes down. Stiffness is the problem. Stiffness is ego. Water can take any shape. Whatever glass you put it in, it will take that shape. Water means acceptance of the present moment. In water, the slightest movement makes ripples. It is not simply acceptance with fatalism; it is acceptance with motion, with dynamism, with readiness to jump up.
Depression and low feelings cannot touch you. They can do nothing to you. However big the clouds are, they cannot overshadow the sun. It could be the darkest day, but still it will remain day, and those clouds can never make it night. So, when clouds are there, you don't have to shiver. Just go deep, observe and you will see a lot of sensations rising up. Some fears come up. Fear is just a sensation in the body. Agree to it, "All right, let it be. I will dive into it today." An amazing thing happens within you, a phenomenon. If you try to fight with your feelings, they take a longer time to clear. There is only one way, "Let go" or "Surrender".
Surrender means that which you cannot handle, keep it on a plate and offer it. You cannot handle your own feelings, you cannot handle your own thoughts, your own confusion. When we are aware of our confusion, we offer it. That is what is called surrender.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Every emotion has a definite sensation in the body. Many a times, we get carried away by thoughts or feelings and we do not observe the sensations. One should learn how to handle one's self. We make so many affirmations: "Oh! I will not do this. I will do this. " But, when the storm of emotion rises in us — we find ourselves lost. There is a strange relationship between thoughts and feelings. Thoughts provoke feelings, and feelings in turn, can bring about some thoughts. We feel completely helpless and don't know what to do.
Feeling is subtler than thinking. You cannot have the same feeling all the time — feelings change. When we feel high, we have no problems. The problem comes when we feel low. No one wants to feel low. When one feels low, then the more one tries to feel high, the more the low feelings persist. When you feel low, jump into the lowest. Be like water. The nature of water is Humility. It always goes down. Stiffness is the problem. Stiffness is ego. Water can take any shape. Whatever glass you put it in, it will take that shape. Water means acceptance of the present moment. In water, the slightest movement makes ripples. It is not simply acceptance with fatalism; it is acceptance with motion, with dynamism, with readiness to jump up.
Depression and low feelings cannot touch you. They can do nothing to you. However big the clouds are, they cannot overshadow the sun. It could be the darkest day, but still it will remain day, and those clouds can never make it night. So, when clouds are there, you don't have to shiver. Just go deep, observe and you will see a lot of sensations rising up. Some fears come up. Fear is just a sensation in the body. Agree to it, "All right, let it be. I will dive into it today." An amazing thing happens within you, a phenomenon. If you try to fight with your feelings, they take a longer time to clear. There is only one way, "Let go" or "Surrender".
Surrender means that which you cannot handle, keep it on a plate and offer it. You cannot handle your own feelings, you cannot handle your own thoughts, your own confusion. When we are aware of our confusion, we offer it. That is what is called surrender.
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