the emotional treasure

 I want to tell something from my own life, which has really been a revelation to me, handed to me by a fellow man. I was in a period when I needed spiritual help, not because I was in big need but because I really needed a professional person to watch with me, objectively. In a certain conversation with him, he said to me: "what you suffer from is the colourfulness of your emotional life".

That hit like a bomb. Suddenly I understood that I was struggling with certain feelings, and that those feelings were allowed to be there, in fact they were part of my entire inner emotional life, colourful and powerful, from the brightest blue to the grayest black. Suddenly I started practicing saying yes to all my feelings, all, no matter what. What a revelation, what a liberation, what happiness to try to live such an insight. I am curious, My God, what You want to say about this.

Dear boy, now you don't mow the grass from under my feet, because it is a nice start.

Saying yes to all feelings inside, no matter how strong, how negative or how destructive, all feelings are allowed to be there. And then everyone knows that you don't have to do something with all your feelings, otherwise it would be murder and manslaughter at the supermarket. That's one thing.

Another important thing from the spiritual perspective is, let the emotions flow, let them flourish, leave them alone, and don't run away with them too much with your mind, let them, let them, let them, let them, otherwise they will become ugly/cloudy and maybe even sentimental. And that is of no use to you.

 And another important thing is this. Behind the most horrible negative destructive emotions are other pure and loving emotions, such as wanting to be comforted, being hurt, suffering from the life of yourself and the other. But those big, human and beautiful emotions only come to the fore visibly when the emotions are looked at with acceptance. Suppressing, magnifying, attaching yourself to them, blowing them up, all that is counterproductive. Look behind the scenes of the worst emotions and discover love and beauty and compassion for man.

 Finally, it would be nice if man found the middle between two extremes: a rational attitude that suppresses and despises emotions and an emotional attitude that revels in emotions and drowns in them.

 The emotional treasure is accessible, available and workable for everyone and that is dealing with your inner emotional life with love and acceptance, as you deal with your children, your hobbies or your loved one.

 My blessings to you all

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