Emotions are wonderful, they add atmosphere and meaning to life. Without them life would still be wondrous but how would you grow if events and situations never grew stale and lifeless? Why would mankind ever evolve from sleeping in caves and hunting for food to the dream of comfortable shelter and the cultivation of agriculture? Without emotions what would drive mankind to sculpt marble slabs and fashion instruments to create music? Emotions have their place, but not the status that you have given them. Emotions were not meant to dominate your lives and drive you to addictions and self destruction. They were meant to serve you, assist in your evolution and to encourage you to ever and ever higher levels of greatness.

• Emotions all have a life span, and once we listen to and express them with the intentions of releasing them, we use up their essence.

Emotions are the byproduct of interacting in this realm called earth. Emotions simply inform you and each other about how you are internalizing a moment. Emotions tell you how you are responding to life thereby giving you a choice to remain where you are emotionally, psychologically or spiritually, or raise the stakes and make improvements. Like a thermostat that informs you that you are sweating because you are hot, emotions inform you that you angry because you feel betrayed. Just as a thermostat informs you that you are comfortable because the weather is mild, your emotions inform you that you feel pleased when you friends appreciates you. Emotions tell you when life is enjoyable, bearable or unbearable, and not because life itself is actually enjoyable, bearable or unbearable, but due to your emotional/spiritual skill set it is one or the other.

Each emotion, like the degree on your thermostat is unique but one thing that all emotions share is the ability to fade in an instance. That is because emotions communicate how you are responding to life, and if your response changes, then so do the emotions- like how the horror you feel at losing your paycheck is transformed to relief once you find it laying on the floor of your car. But in general, once you express your feelings you use up their energy.  If you express them in such a way that you create more stress, then you have released one source of energy only to establish another. So, you want to express your emotions in such a way that creates harmony and a stress free exchange. Your goal is to leave your system free of uncomfortable emotions, in other words, and this is done by expressing your feelings in a manner that respects

The only emotions that remain in spite of what environment you find yourself in are those that are born from the one divine emotion which is Love. All other emotions are byproducts that have a lifespan and can be used up when correctly expressed- with the exception of divine emotions. Divine emotions grow deeper and more expansive the more you experience them. Once you transcend many of the ups and downs of life and attain peace, it is yours regardless of the conditions you find yourself in. Once you transcend many of the requirements meant to please your ego, and you love simply because you have found someone compatible and kind enough to be a life partner, you continue to love them even when they fall short or gain a few pounds. Once you've connected with your inner Self and have evolved to the point where you experience divine emotions, they remain available to you in spite of the transient conditions that life presents to you because they are dependent on your inner evolution as opposed to outer circumstances.

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