Emotions 'R
Us
by Dr. Paula
Sunray
Are you a creator or a victim? The
answer to that question determines your whole life.
Everything that we have ever
experienced, we have created according to our perceptions. We can't be feeling
what we are feeling unless we are "thinking" it. First we have to think
and then we feel, so whatever we are feeling is a result of our
thinking. If we are feeling fear, then we are having a fearful
thought.
If we have a certain feeling, it
is because we perceive something in a certain way. It is our perceptions, and
never the circumstances, that are the problem. We observe something, and then we
perceive it according to our beliefs.
If we perceive something from our
low self, we will experience fear, anxiety, worry, and concern. All of our
"negative'' feelings are a result of our insecurity, and all insecurity comes
from the low self. We can never experience anything but insecurity until we
raise the frequency of our perception from the lower part of our body (the low
self) to a higher part of the body (the high self). The high self dwells in the
kingdom of the heart and above.
EXERCISE I: Relocating Your
Fears
Think of a fear or insecurity that
you have, and notice where it is located in the body. Then just raise it to a
higher chakra or location in the body.
EXERCISE II: Changing Your
Feelings
Imagine that your aura is like a
huge bubble that extends around you fifty feet out from your body. Breathe in
and pull the bubble closer to you so that it is now only 30 feet from your body.
Exhale, then breathe in another time, this time pulling your auric bubble much
closer to you (about 10 feet from you). Exhale, and once again as you breathe
in, pull your aura very close to you (about six inches).
Your aura is now like a cocoon
around you. You will be able to feel the presence of yourself quite clearly. Now
feel the presence of love in your heart area. Let that love energy shine
out like the rays of the sun, filling your cocoon until you quite literally
experience the feeling of love throughout your whole being. You have now changed
fear and insecurity to an entirely new feeling, and you did it all by yourself
as a creator choosing how you want to feel.
We are winners when we think and
perceive from our high self. This is called "channeling" our high self in our
everyday life. Thoughts and feelings are just energies. We can change energies.
We can transform them; we can transmute them into any feeling we
want.
Everything depends upon our
intent. If it is our intent to heal, then we will learn to be consciously aware
of the things which need to be healed. If it is our intent to punish ourselves
by thinking the same negative thoughts over and over, then that is another
choice.
If it is our intent to grow,
learn, and evolve, then we will learn to become aware of our experiences and
emotions, treat them with compassion, change the frequency by changing our
thoughts and perceptions, and as a result, become masters of our
experiences.
You Are Not Your
Emotions
You must always remember that you
are not your emotions. You are a person having an experience. If you are
currently experiencing hopelessness, it is not the same as you -- you are not
hopelessness; you are a person experiencing hopelessness because of the
thoughts you are thinking. Ask yourself, "what would I have to be thinking in
order to create a feeling of hopelessness?"
If it is your intent to feel good,
then you will want to make it a point to routinely be aware of your thoughts so
that you can change them if they are creating a negative feeling.
It is important to note that you
will be most miserable when your thoughts are in the past or the future. You
will always feel best when you are focused in the present.
What Next?
The first step in working with
your emotions is to realize that emotions, including negative ones, are a
natural part of being human. You will want to learn to accept and affirm
anything that you are thinking and feeling, and not reject it.
If you are feeling sad, then you,
a person of worth and beauty, are experiencing sadness. The sadness is separate
from you. You couldn't be observing it unless it was separate from you. Just
accept your experience by acknowledging and affirming it. This emotion of
sadness is a real living child of energy within you. Treat it with love and
tenderness as any loving parent would do.
Are You A Creator or A
Victim?
We are all either creators or
victims. If we believe that we have no choices and that we are powerless in
life, we will live life from a victim point of view. If we take responsibility
for our lives and are aware of how we create our experiences from our beliefs
and perceptions, we will live life from the point of view of a creator. If we
create something we don't like, then we can create something else that we like
better.
The most important decision we
will ever make is whether we are a victim or a creator. According to universal
law, it can't be both ways. Either we are all creators or we are
all victims. If we are all creators (which we are), then everybody is
creating their life perfectly for their growing and evolving needs. They do not
need us to judge them, help them, or rescue them. From the higher picture, they
are creating every scenario in their life perfectly. If there are only
creators, there can be no victims. We must not ever think of another person
as a victim.
A Living
Example
Some people might think that
Christopher Reeve was a victim of a terrible accident which he had nothing to do
with. Others of us believe that he planned the whole event before he came into
this lifetime so that he could be an inspiration to others on a world level. In
this way, he was able to be a living model of how to overcome adversity; he is a
perfect example of how the mind can transcend the limitation of the body. By
having his accident and capturing the attention of the world, he could be a
teacher to the masses and we could all have a living example of how to overcome
limitation.
From a higher level, everyone is
setting up circumstances in their life in a purposeful way. The mean neighbor
next door is creating his experiences perfectly in order to grow or learn in
some way. His meek wife is also a creator and has chosen the relationship in
order to learn valuable lessons which will serve her well on her soul journey
throughout time.
It's Up To You
You must decide whether you are a
creator or a victim and understand yourself accordingly. If you are a creator,
then you have created everything for a reason and you have created it
perfectly without exception, even though your low self doesn't understand
that. If you don't like something, you have the ability to change
it.
If you believe yourself to be a
victim, then you are focused on the external world of the low self, and you are
living a life of illusion, limitation, and untruth.
If you know that you are a
creator, you will go within to your real place of power and create from an inner
world of wisdom and higher intelligence. The only choice we ever have in the
moment is where we choose to place our focus of attention -- on the outside
world of the low self (the victim) or on the inside world of the high self (the
creator).
 This
article was excerpted with permission from the book:
Life Skills for the New Millennium (out of print)
by Paula Sunray.
About The
Author
Dr. Paula Sunray has been teaching classes on
personal growth and metaphysical spirituality for 17 years. She is director of
the Sunray Healing Haven and National Interfaith Seminary in St. Paul,
Minnesota, where she trains and teaches healers, ministers, counselors, and
spiritual students in addition to maintaining her own private practice. Dr.
Sunray is a leading expert in the field of mind-body-spirit transformation and
is a frequent lecturer, workshop leader, educator, and inspirer to many. For more information on Dr. Sunray's programs, send an email to
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