Your Emotional Point Of View
"What do emotions have to do with it?"
Now, that you have gotten a little more familiar with your physical way of being. Let's look at the role your emotions play. You may or may not have been aware of the ways that the emotions would show up at times during the physical reflection exercises that you did. This has to do with the integral way the two are connected in your daily way of being as well as the journey you traveled to be who and what you are now.
You will notice that some of the exercises we will be doing to explore your emotional state of being is similar to the physical exercises, just from a different perspective. For example, one of the earlier exercises related to the physical events that occurred during your mother's pregnancy with you, such as; any physical complications, developing within the "norm," etc.
During this phase, you will be reflecting more on the emotions that surrounded your various stages of coming into being up to where you are in your life's journey now. The impact emotions have had on your way of being is not always as obvious as the physical, but oftentimes actually have a more concrete influence because we are not as in touch as we may think we are. We have all heard the saying, "Sticks and stones may break your bones, but names can never hurt you!" We even tend to pass this concept down to our children as a way to deal with name calling. What many of us are not aware of us is that words send off vibrations, positive and negative. These vibrations do have an impact on us just as colors do.
Think about it, if someone says to you, "That is such a beautiful outfit you are wearing," it gives you a warm and uplifting feeling inside. You may even feel like you have more energy since your body has been energized by the positive vibrations transmitted in that sharing. Now, if someone was to say to you, "Where on earth did you get that outfit, it makes you look like a cow!" Now, tell me would you have the same good feelings as the prior example? On the contrary, the negative vibrations would pull down on your energy and leave you in a very different space.
The research done on this phenomenon has permeated areas such as domestic violence. Physical abuse used to be in the forefront of identifying someone as a "victim" of abuse. Currently, emotional abuse is getting much more attention as the debilitating impact it has had on people is becoming more documented. Emotional abuse has been cited as being even more debilitating as it is more difficult to validate this event since there are no "physical" scars to show. Imagine, being with someone who is constantly putting you down, cursing and threatening you daily. You could recite sticks and stones all day long; "mind over matter" can only work but so much. You would need to remove yourself from the negative and toxic environment in order to truly heal.
Many years ago I was attending a workshop where the concepts of the impact words and even thoughts have on a person. A volunteer was brought to the front of the room. They were asked to raise their dominant arm up, perpendicular to the floor. At this point, the rest of the participants were asked to call out all the negative names they could think of at the volunteer in front of the room. The volunteer was asked to try to keep their arm as stiff as possible to resist the presenter from pushing down their arm. The volunteer did so, but was unable to keep his arm up while the presenter pushed down on it with his hand. The audience was then told to call out positive words at the volunteer. The volunteer was given the same instructions, and this time they were able to keep their arm up firmly with no difficulty. The audience was then told to silently think negative thoughts towards the volunteer, and again his arm went down when the presenter pushed on it. Finally, the audience was instructed to silently think positive thoughts, at which point the volunteer was again victorious in keeping his arm raised. At the conclusion, we were then challenged to reflect on the impact our own thoughts have on ourselves as well as on others!
Have you ever wondered what impact your emotions have on you? Visit www.MutsMer.com for more information.
Now, that you have gotten a little more familiar with your physical way of being. Let's look at the role your emotions play. You may or may not have been aware of the ways that the emotions would show up at times during the physical reflection exercises that you did. This has to do with the integral way the two are connected in your daily way of being as well as the journey you traveled to be who and what you are now.
You will notice that some of the exercises we will be doing to explore your emotional state of being is similar to the physical exercises, just from a different perspective. For example, one of the earlier exercises related to the physical events that occurred during your mother's pregnancy with you, such as; any physical complications, developing within the "norm," etc.
During this phase, you will be reflecting more on the emotions that surrounded your various stages of coming into being up to where you are in your life's journey now. The impact emotions have had on your way of being is not always as obvious as the physical, but oftentimes actually have a more concrete influence because we are not as in touch as we may think we are. We have all heard the saying, "Sticks and stones may break your bones, but names can never hurt you!" We even tend to pass this concept down to our children as a way to deal with name calling. What many of us are not aware of us is that words send off vibrations, positive and negative. These vibrations do have an impact on us just as colors do.
Think about it, if someone says to you, "That is such a beautiful outfit you are wearing," it gives you a warm and uplifting feeling inside. You may even feel like you have more energy since your body has been energized by the positive vibrations transmitted in that sharing. Now, if someone was to say to you, "Where on earth did you get that outfit, it makes you look like a cow!" Now, tell me would you have the same good feelings as the prior example? On the contrary, the negative vibrations would pull down on your energy and leave you in a very different space.
The research done on this phenomenon has permeated areas such as domestic violence. Physical abuse used to be in the forefront of identifying someone as a "victim" of abuse. Currently, emotional abuse is getting much more attention as the debilitating impact it has had on people is becoming more documented. Emotional abuse has been cited as being even more debilitating as it is more difficult to validate this event since there are no "physical" scars to show. Imagine, being with someone who is constantly putting you down, cursing and threatening you daily. You could recite sticks and stones all day long; "mind over matter" can only work but so much. You would need to remove yourself from the negative and toxic environment in order to truly heal.
Many years ago I was attending a workshop where the concepts of the impact words and even thoughts have on a person. A volunteer was brought to the front of the room. They were asked to raise their dominant arm up, perpendicular to the floor. At this point, the rest of the participants were asked to call out all the negative names they could think of at the volunteer in front of the room. The volunteer was asked to try to keep their arm as stiff as possible to resist the presenter from pushing down their arm. The volunteer did so, but was unable to keep his arm up while the presenter pushed down on it with his hand. The audience was then told to call out positive words at the volunteer. The volunteer was given the same instructions, and this time they were able to keep their arm up firmly with no difficulty. The audience was then told to silently think negative thoughts towards the volunteer, and again his arm went down when the presenter pushed on it. Finally, the audience was instructed to silently think positive thoughts, at which point the volunteer was again victorious in keeping his arm raised. At the conclusion, we were then challenged to reflect on the impact our own thoughts have on ourselves as well as on others!
Have you ever wondered what impact your emotions have on you? Visit www.MutsMer.com for more information.
Posted by MutsMer.com at 12/4/2009 4:40 PM 
Categories: Emotions, Healthy Legacy, Body Reflection
Tags: influence energy victim thoughts negative body reflection emotional violence positive exercises emotions imagine perspective beautiful complications vibrations phenomenon physical norm volunteer
Categories: Emotions, Healthy Legacy, Body Reflection
Tags: influence energy victim thoughts negative body reflection emotional violence positive exercises emotions imagine perspective beautiful complications vibrations phenomenon physical norm volunteer
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