Emotions = Energy in motion
When you look at emotions as energy, it's easier to start shifting them. With motion, we are less stuck.
According to Harvard brain scientist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, “When a person has a reaction to something in their environment, there's a 90-second chemical process that happens; any remaining emotional response is just the person choosing to stay in that emotional loop.”
So when someone cuts you off in traffic, you feel anger for 90 seconds and any longer is because you are holding onto that anger. Practice noticing the emotion, name it, then let it dissipate.
Meditation helps you work to release emotions faster.
Emotional Scale
Attached is the Abraham Hicks Emotional Scale we discussed in class. The intention of this list is to recognize what you are feeling and move upward to more positive emotions. This is not about never feeling anger or fear. We will all feel these emotions throughout life. It's about feeling that emotion and then shifting to a more positive one. Slowly moving your baseline upward so you experience more positive emotions than negative ones. Start to notice your emotions and decide if you are unnecessarily holding on to them. As we discussed, you feel it, then detach from it, letting it go.
This is a personal growth practice to begin living at a higher vibration.