Feelings are neither positive or negative….

“Feelings are neither positive nor negative; they simply are elemental forces in our life energy with their own vibration and functions. They are essential to our health and well-being. Essentially, fear protects, anger defends, sadness releases, joy uplifts, compassion unites. Fear is close to the surface of ourself, anger is rather deeper, sadness and joy are progessively interior, and compassion emanates from our profound center. Each is a level and a vibration of energy that needs to flow freely for us to really be engaged in the present.”

I’ve been immersing myself in Gabrielle Roth’s book Maps To Ecstasy and it’s such a beautiful spiritual teacher. The chapter about The Power of Loving unpacks 5 emotions as a way to a spiritually awakened heart. The quote above is from her book, as is the one below. I highly recommend! “…To achieve this we have to let our emotions surface, get to know and appropriate them; have them flowing in our life so that we fear what really threatens us, get angry at what invades our integrity, cry when we get hurt, smile when it all goes right and care about the real needs of others.”