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Date published: February 1, 2007 |
 Make a conscious decision to take time to check out how you feel. Ask yourself "How am I felling right now?" Take a moment to actually feel what is going on within. You may ask yourself in a different way if that is more effective for you. You may use "What am I feeling today?" or "What is going on inside of me?" Then wait for your internal response and see what surfaces for you. It may be sadness, anxiety, anger, love, guilt, fear, peace or any other description that may best suit you. These questions all result in achieving awakening of your emotions and being able to put a description to a feeling. We all have different ways of perceiving what is occuring around us, so find a question that assists you to achieve this result. It doesn't matter how you utilise the tools, only that you achieve results to a healthier you.
It may take a little while to feel comfortable doing this and even to understand what it is that you are feeling. A little persistence and understanding for change and adaptation to a new lifestyle is absolutely normal. Don't punish yourself for not understanding it immediately as this kind of self-persecution may bring about negative feelings such as guilt, worthlessness and low self esteem emotions. Judgment of yourself is not contributing to a happy soul. Have patience and understanding with yourself to do the best you can at the time. To have a look inside can take courage, but each time you do it, your feelings becomes easier to describe.
If you are still having trouble with identifying what you are feeling, perhaps you can have a look at the events leading up to this moment or events that will take place in the near future, something you have planned this weekend. Once you have picked a circumstance to look at, recognise whether you are looking forward to it or dreading it, then ask yourself how it makes you feel. For example: "How was I feeling when I received that phone call from my Aunt Georgia?" If that incident overwhelms you because it went for a time and there were a number of emotions involved, either break it down into individual topics that may have been discussed and how each one made you feel or totally disregard it and choose another smaller incident to look at. "When I was mowing the grass, how was I feeling?" Using an incident or encounter will take you back to the moment and allow you to step back into the feeling you experienced at the time.
Asking yourself as a question enables you to receive an answer. You may even want to answer yourself by starting with "I am feeling..........." If you are feeling stuck for an answer, stating this opens a doorway for expression. Writing it down on paper is also another powerful way to ascertain your feelings.
In the previous paragraph I used the words `incident to look at', but what I am really stating is `how you feel about the incident.' The language you use has the power to shape who you are. Many of us are oblivious to the language we use (verbally and for our self talk), so are therefore not even aware the word `feeling' is uncommon in our vocabulary. It is one of the most underused words in our communication today.
Replacing the words `look at' with `how you feel about' will assist you to engage with your emotions. Consciously listening to the language you use, can teach you an abundance about how you feel or rather how you don't feel. To have a `look at' something is common for us to hear, but to know `how we feel about' something may feel quite foreign and perhaps even uncomfortable. It is vital to listen to what you are saying and how it affects your life.
Make a plan to do it regularly until it becomes an integral part of your day. Have a cue in place to remind yourself to check in. It may be every time you go to the toilet, or every time you have a glass of water or you may even set your alarm on you phone to go off every couple of hours. Our family has what we call `family feeling time' every day. When we are all together, we ask each other how we are feeling. When asked in an impromptu situation, it really allows you to be in the moment. It is a very enlightening and fun part of our day. Our children love it and having been raised with it are now expressing their emotions as easily as playing. Very often we aren't aware how we feel until asked by another, so by having `family feeling time,' it enables us to live each day awakened to our emotions.
Being in your emotions allows you to see what is going on in your life and take the time to feel how it is affecting you. It is so easy to be caught up in the busy-ness of your life and to disregard how you feel, but allowing yourself the small necessity of feeling in the moment brings a sense of empowerment. Knowing the origin of your emotions is what is empowering to you.
You will know if and how it is affecting you by the result of your emotion. You may notice your emotions before you know what is causing them. Either way is just as effective as the other is. Pinpointing the moment that made you feel a certain way is vital in learning who you truly are. Once you acknowledge how you feel, you have the power to change your life.
This simple practice is your Emotional Guidance System. You were born with this incredible gift, so utilise it at any opportunity to enhance your life. It is your inner guidance and will allow you to be in touch with who you really are. Embrace your beauty.
Deanne Urquhart. Metaphysical Healer/ Teacher healer8@bigpond.net.au
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