All our feelings are part of our natural/physical/biological intelligence.
No feeling is nearly as difficult as not being able to act on the wisdom a feeling is providing.
As Karla McLaren eloquently explains in The Language of Emotion, sadness counsels us to release, to let go, to change away from something that's not working in our best interests, whether that something is inside of us or outside of us.
As I see it, if we want to echo spring's new growth in our own evolution, we will often need a period of sadness to get there, our tears an echo of spring's melting snow and ice. We release those things that don't work for us anymore, so new buds can appear.
I became aware earlier this week that in some past situations, I've been prevented from acting on my sadness, and that reality has hampered my growth.
I do my best nowadays to make space for my sadness and to act on its insight.
Here's two people enjoying the ice melt and the fascinating things water does...
I love that the people filming this scene find the water beautiful. When the person says "It's beautiful" the tone of voice also shifts into the realm of beauty.
No feeling is nearly as difficult as not being able to act on the wisdom a feeling is providing.
As Karla McLaren eloquently explains in The Language of Emotion, sadness counsels us to release, to let go, to change away from something that's not working in our best interests, whether that something is inside of us or outside of us.
As I see it, if we want to echo spring's new growth in our own evolution, we will often need a period of sadness to get there, our tears an echo of spring's melting snow and ice. We release those things that don't work for us anymore, so new buds can appear.
I became aware earlier this week that in some past situations, I've been prevented from acting on my sadness, and that reality has hampered my growth.
I do my best nowadays to make space for my sadness and to act on its insight.
Here's two people enjoying the ice melt and the fascinating things water does...
I love that the people filming this scene find the water beautiful. When the person says "It's beautiful" the tone of voice also shifts into the realm of beauty.
You can link to this video here: http://youtu.be/jjzobVVDijQ
On a tangent... I was really struck by the fact that in this video, the people filming they compare the look of the water and ice to something they've seen on a television show, The X Files. At least on this soundtrack, it doesn't occur to them that maybe the visual effects people on The X Files got their inspiration from observing water. Their point of reference here for exploring what they're seeing is something artificial they've seen on television. The approach I think is more useful is understanding that the natural world is most likely the source and point of reference for what gets created by humans on television—and elsewhere.
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