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welcome! to feeling emotional, 3!
after looking things over here at feeling emotional,
3, try out "the layer down under," (part of
the emotional feelings network of sites) & read a special "i just gotta say it" column concerning porn addiction by clicking here! Be sure to scroll down towards the bottom of the right hand column to find it!
Another Suggestion! Visit the homepage because it has more information about the emotional feelings network of sites!
I was personally very touched by this inspiring story as I watched it on
television last night (2/27/07); especially after I experienced a life altering injury which took me 2 years to recover from.
What I want to ask you is...
If you can't help out with the helmets, below for our military men, can
you volunteer or help our returning soldiers who are recovering with extreme traumatic brain injury?
Here are some links!
Check them out, I know that my family will be searching for a way we can help!
Remember, extreme or traumatic physical injuries affect mental health as well.
What is Operation Helmet?
Founded in 2003 by Dr. Robert H. Meaders whose grandson is an active duty Marine in Iraq, Operation Helmet is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) organization dedicated
to providing safer helmet pad upgrade kits to the troops in Iraq & Afghanistan.
To date, more than 6,000 kits have been shipped to the troops in the field.
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You'll
notice that there are many underlined link
words in each article below. The reason for this is that you have reached not only, "feeling
emotional, 3," but the emotional feelings network of sites. There are many sites
included within the network that'll be visited by clicking on these underlined
link words.
If you can't find what you came
here looking for, visit the homepage for the emotional feelings network of sites by clicking above & read the options on
the homepage for the networks index of sites. Try to be specific when looking for an emotion or feeling word & click on the site you need!
It's very simple & very
interesting to follow your way thru the layers of your buried or stuffed emotions & feelings that have accumulated throughout the years!
when you've reached this point, or this website, you know you're making
progress!!!! this part gets difficult because now is the time to look within & become emotionally honest with yourself!!!
Best of luck & if you're
still stuck, send me an e-mail anytime, by clicking here & I'll be glad to send you an immediate personal response!
Sincerely,
Kathleen
  
The Joy of
Spirit
By Dr. Margaret Paul
You might try to find your joy with substances such as alcohol or drugs, but I've never met anyone using these substances whose energy was truly joyful.
You might try to find your joy thru getting love from others,
or thru sacrificing yourself & caretaking others, but I've never met anyone who was a taker or caretaker who was truly
joyful.
So, what creates joy?
This article is about creating true joy in your life.
What brings you joy? What really brings you joy, as opposed to what you think brings you joy?
We've all been taught that we'll be happy when we:
- Find our soul mate
- Make money
- Work at something we love
Or, we'll be happy &
fulfilled when we have a house, have a child, do service. Yet I've
worked with people who have & do all of the above & are still not happy &
I know of people who have little or none of the above & are frequently joyful.
Joy, like love & truth, is a gift of Spirit. Joy, love & truth enter your being when your heart is open. Joy is the feeling of exuberance & oneness
that envelops you once you have opened to feeling your pain, learning from it & moving thru it.
Joy can't enter your heart when you're
protected against your pain. When you protect against your pain, you close your heart to avoid the
pain & joy can't enter a closed heart.
Thus, joy
is the result of doing your inner work.
Sometimes this feeling of joy amazes me. I used to think that my joy would come from good things happening outside of myself. I certainly love for good things
to happen, but often I find myself feeling great joy even when nothing's happening!
I feel joy
when
my inner child feels loved by me, important to me,
cherished by me, seen by me, valued by me. I feel joy when I attend to my wants & needs, saying "no" to others when I mean no & "yes" to others when I mean yes.
I feel
joy when my child feels safe inside, knowing that I'm taking care of
her, knowing that I’m connecting with
my spiritual Guidance
each moment so that we're not alone.
Joy is your birthright. It's what makes
life worth living. Once you taste it, you'll want more & more of it. Yet too many people stay stuck in their safety
zone, thinking that protecting against pain & trying to get love
is what will make them safe & happy.
But do you really feel safe inside? Are your protections really working to create safety within? If you’re willing to be honest with
yourself & see that your protections aren't working, then maybe you'll open your heart & embrace the pain so that you can feel the joy of Spirit
True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done,
the zest of
creating things new.
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
He who binds
himself to a joy
Doth the winged life
destroy;
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in Eternity's sun rise.
William Blake
Feeling Joyful
Meditation by Orin & DaBen
I allow myself to feel good right now.
I feel my soul all around me,
sending me its
joy.
I open to receive my soul's joy.
Joy is flowing into me.
Joy is streaming into my cells and atoms.
As joy flows
into me I expand.
I feel free.
Joy flows out from me,
touching everyone around me.
My thoughts are positive.
I feel
happy.
I think of my life.
I imagine what would be different
in the next few hours
if
I expressed my soul's joy.
I now do it.
When I encounter someone
who is less joyful,
I draw in the quality of joy,
I
fill myself with joy,
then radiate joy to the other.
I now ask my soul and higher self,
to send me a clear vision
of the next steps of
my path.
I ask for greater clarity
about my higher purpose.
I ask myself each hour,
"What am I doing next that
is part of my higher purpose?"
I create my higher purpose
from moment to moment.
As I do, I feel joy,
for joy comes from living in the
flow
and creating my higher purpose.
I let go of power struggles.
Whenever I encounter power struggles
or people who are
negative,
I connect with my soul
and draw in its joy.
I stay centered in my own energy
and feel my soul's joy
radiating through me.
I expand my potential for joy,
I live in a rhythm of joy.
I radiate joy to others.
I
am becoming more joyful
everyday.
As I wake up tomorrow
I connect with my soul's joy
and let it radiate through
me
and out to others.
I am a source of joy to others.
My joy lifts others and
makes their burdens easier to carry.
I bring light
to everyone around me
through my expression of soul joy.
Secret To Living Joyously
by Barry Long
You’re dissipating your energy out into existence thru
the personality, instead of using it to stay in your reality. The mask is kept on by energy
going out. As you deny the projection of
the personality, you conserve energy. When enough energy is retained, the mask collapses. It loses its independent & selfish existence.
I'm
going to show you where you're wasting this energy. Since you’ll then be conscious
of it because you've seen it in your own experience, you'll begin to stop the leakage. You'll have more energy to address
other wasteful mannerisms, attitudes & behavior. Gradually you'll become more conscious, more responsible, more authentic. Your character will reveal itself & your personality will
be less in control of your life.
Anger arises because you aren’t getting your own way.
I’m going to mention
several things to do or stop doing. They’ll conserve your energy. To begin w/it’ll be a challenge. As you get deeper into the process, you may become confused.
The
personality will always be trying to bamboozle you & make you give up. But keep going: the 6 exercises will always be there to remind
you & guide you. Your own undeniable
experience that it's working will be the
demonstration of the truth. You’ll notice that you’re lighter, easier, more
joyous. A new harmony will start pervading
your whole life, within & without.
Stop talking
about the past
The personality lives off the past &
feeds off you telling your story. Each time you hear yourself indulging in talking about the past, stop. The more you practice,
the easier it gets. You may lose some friends who'll say you're getting dull & losing your former interesting & stimulating personality. You'll know by this that you're doing well.
There will be times when you have
to refer to the past. However, to break the old habit, initially you must be extreme. The extremity
is to not say anything that refers to the past. This includes what happened a minute ago, unless there's a purely practical
reason for speaking, such as, "Did you post that letter?"
Don't tell your sad, sad story. By stopping
talking about the past you’ll eventually stop thinking about the past. And that’ll be the beginning of the end of worry.
Don't talk unless
you've got something to say
The personality is always talking.
Talking consumes enormous energy. So this exercise is focused on learning to talk less. ‘Talking'
refers to talking about something, having a discussion, giving your opinions, speculating, rationalizing & repeating what you've heard. In this exercise, you learn the difference
between talking & speaking.
i.e., everyone talks about what
the politicians should do. You can't talk about what the politicians should do unless you do something yourself towards righting
the situation:
write to the politicians,
phone them or cast your vote. Then you'll be taking action & be able to speak from your own experience.
Otherwise
you're just a talker. Only action, or speaking what you live, is true.
No more complaining & blaming
Complaining about your life & blaming other people & things for your difficulties,
is one of the main leakages of energy. When you hear yourself doing this, stop.
The truth is that
you’re responsible for your life. If you're not responsible, it's not your life & that's absurd.
Similarly, if you blame something else for what happens to you,
you're giving up responsibility by giving it to others. To be responsible is to be responsible for everything that happens to you, unfolding
as your life. Indeed, there are continual difficulties you have to face. They may seem to have been caused by other agencies.
But you have to do your best to sort them out. That's life.
You don't complain when you get a promotion at work, do you?
You don't blame the boss. You feel you deserved it; that you must have earned it. In other words, you accept that you were responsible. So how can you duck out from being
responsible for the not-so-good
things that happen to you? Again, it's the personality being two-faced, not being straight. It presents life as it’s
not & gets away w/it while you continue to blame & complain.
Be true to the situation
Be true to
the situation & not to your personal likes & dislikes. The personality lives off emotional swings, between what you
like & what you don't like. It uses the dynamic of the pendulum to keep itself going. You can't be sure of your likes
& dislikes. They change w/experience & the years. So be true to the situation, to the event or circumstance you're
facing.
What does the situation require? It
may not be what suits you personally.
i.e.,
if you're employed to do a job, be true to
what you're paid for, not to whether you like it or don't like it. If you insist on reacting in dislike, be
true to the situation & resign, because clearly, you won't be
doing a good job.
Complaining about
your life & blaming other people & things for your difficulties, is one of the main leakages of energy.
The personality, remember, actually enjoys conflict. It wants you to go on doing a job & not liking it, because then you can complain
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