Meaning of Emotions

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Emotions as a Power Source - Emotions are powerful. Some people suppress emotions, others are run by them, and still others are able to unleash their power to use in their lives. Those who use their emotions effectively have learned that emotions are energy in motion. Unless you have learned to harness the power of your emotions and use it effectively for the good of all, emotions can be the source of emotional pain and physical illness.

Emotions as Messengers - Emotions give us clues about what is going on inside of you. Sometimes they tell you to pay attention in areas where you might not be awake or aware. 

Love - If unconditional love is present you know you are on course with your life in a positive way and are functioning in harmony with our Higher Power or Innate Intelligence. But not all love is unconditional. Conditional love is when you love a person or things some times and withhold your at other times. It is the "I love you, if you do what I want" kind of love. This love produces great pain and suffering. Unconditional love or spiritual love on the other hand is healing and freeing for yourself and the other person.

Fear - a wonderful friend. It tells you that you had better watch what you are doing. It tells you that you may need some more preparation for the test you will be taking, or to stay out of Central Park at midnight. It causes you to pay attention and do your best in new situations. When the warnings it brings are not heeded, it can fester as a stress and disease producing energy. When aligned with unconditional love it can bring great clarity of action.

Anger - a dynamic and alive energy of doing. When used against a person or thing it is destructive and can produce disease. Anger need not be expressed as againstness. It can also be used as a motivating force for change. We can use its energy to move us move us toward that which matters to us. Sometimes we need to get angry in order to do something about a situation or event. We can use the energy of anger to accomplish things in our lives, that without it we might not have the energy to accomplish. It's a great force to use to clean the house, mow the lawn, and accomplish similar physical chores. When aligned with the energy of unconditional love it is a potent force for positive change and healing.

Frustration - tells us that our current approach is not working and that we are beating our heads against the wall to no avail. It suggests that we look elsewhere for the solution. It challenges us to look to our inspirational and faithing minds for new possibilities.

Disappointment - tells you that your expectations have not been fulfilled. They may have been too high, too unrealistic, not in alignment with your sense of purpose, or simply not thought out or executed well enough. Disappointment says that you need to reexamine your dreams, your goals, and your approach, and to look inside of you to determine if you are heading in the right direction. When you experience disappointment it might mean that another, even more rewarding path, is awaiting your discovery.

Boredom - challenges you to determine whether you have been reaching deep inside of yourself and putting enough effort into accomplishing your goals. It asks to look into your heart to see what is true for you. Boredom says to take your next inner step and toward finding what is true for you.

Loneliness - tells you that you are waiting to receive attention from others and challenges you to look inside of yourself to find what you have to share and to give. You can only expect to be filled by what you give.

Hopelessness - tells you that you are entrenched in pessimism and holding strongly to a belief in negative future outcomes, when in actuality you have no idea what tomorrow will unfold for you. In the presence of hopelessness you have ceased to dream a dream for a better life. You have are not moving toward positive creation. Hopelessness, above all else, tells you that you have not claimed the power within you to create your own future in a positive way. A recent study found that hopelessness, defined as negative expectation, is a greater risk for cancer and heart disease than are diet, exercise, and smoking.

Guilt - the process of feeling badly about what we have done rather than making amends for it and course correcting our behavior so that our future action will be different. It is what we do when we don't want to change even though we don't feel good about our behavior. It has a quality of self judgment associated with it.

Hate - tells us we are not getting the love that we want, which often means that we are not giving out love so that it can be returned.

Sorrow - shows us the depth of our love and how much we value that which we have lost. It allows us to get in touch with that which has meaning to us. As you connect to the love, meaning, and purpose in your life and move forward giving out of your loving center in new ways, or to new people or things, you can transform sorrow into love and compassion.

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