Emotion behind the thoughts

[Arkandeus]

Most have of us have been disconnected from our emotions by society's teachings that overly rely on our minds

Lately my communication with my mind improved

I used to view the mind and its thoughts in a quite toxic way, now I sort of got to know my mind better and I realise that relying on the mind to understand your own emotions is not supposed to be happening, which is why the mind will translate your emotions in ways thay can be easily misinterpeted or ways that seem even toxic

But actually even so, the mind is not doing a super bad job at translating emotions if you can understand how it does so

So we all know the mind is more oriented on action, planning, action and reaction, cause and reasons, patterns, so past and future,logic

The mind onto which we now rely on to translate our emotions (which we shouldn't normally), will thus communicate our emotions to us using this structure

Its the only way it can communicate, logic, cause and effect, action, reaction, past, future, so it does it best to communicate our emotions in this structure, the thing is if you believe what your mind says you will be unhappy and confused

Your mind is only trying to tell you about your emotions, it has no clue about the reasons or the causes behind your emotions, or how to fix them, but its the only "language" the mind can use literally, pointing out mistakes and reasons and reactions, thats the only way it can talk

Which is fine for the intended purpose of the mind, that is to take action in the physical realm, but this is not fine for understanding our own emotional inner world, not fine at all, and again this is not the fault of the mind, we are the ones relying on it for something it is not intended to do

Now how do we listen to our mind that is trying to help us understand our own emotions?

 

"That guy made me angry, he did that, and that to me, he made me angry!"

Your mind is telling you you are angry in this moment,nothing more, do not listen or take any reasons seriously

 

"Oh and this is wrong, this is wrong, and nothing is going right"

Your mind is telling you are feeling depressed right now, do not believe nothing is going right, do not believe any reasons or causes and effect

Your emotions are about the present moment, the trap is believing in the mind's causes and effects, actions and reactions and letting it expand your negative emotions into the past and the future, negative emotions spread like a virus if you start believing in the reasons given by your mind you iron them into your reality when all your mind is trying to do is letting you know how you feel 

Of course the more one meditates the more you can understand your own emotions again without relying on the mind

[DrewNows]

3 hours ago, Arkandeus said:

Now how do we listen to our mind that is trying to help us understand our own emotions?

@ArkandeusHey there are some good insights/reflections here but do you see the connection between thought and emotion? 

Do you know how both thought and emotion are formed and why they perpetuate? 

Edited October 19, 2018 by DrewNows