Your Mind or Your Emotions - Which is More Powerful?: General: BraveHeart Women

Your Mind or Your Emotions - Which is More Powerful? Posted Sep 1, 2009 01:03 PM
2 Attachments ist1_7453780-the-thinker.jpg (7.7 K) ist1_5617265-girl-in-a-field.jpg (11.4 K) Knowing yourself as you do, what do you think/feel is more powerful - your mind or your emotions? Your mind can have both positive and negative thoughts. Your emotions can also be either positive or negative. Ideally, we want to successfully integrate the functions of both our mind and our emotions. We can do this by increasing the coherence or the harmony of function of both the mind and the emotions as they work together. Research conducted by the Institute of HeartMath has found that "while two-way communication between the cognitive and emotional systems is hard-wired into the brain, the actual number of neural connections going from the emotional centers to the cognitive centers is greater than the number going the other way." What does this mean? It explains the enormous power of our emotions as compared to the power of our thought by itself. In other words, our thoughts do not affect our emotions as much as our emotions affect our thoughts. We can have pre-conceived thoughts about someone or some thing, but when we experience deep emotion about that person or thing, the thoughts we previously had can be knocked totally out of our consciousness. What is the importance of knowing this? If you want to deliberately create your own reality, your ideal future, then pay all attention to your emotions, because what you are feeling is 'King' or in our BraveHeart case, 'Queen'. What is 'King'/'Queen' in your case - your mind or your emotions? ps (or your soul-power?) Rijuta Tooker Soul-Power Community
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Hi Helene,

EFT has helped many people with 'old baggage emotions'; happy you are having success with that. The vagus breathing is definitely a plus as well.

Another good technique for 'letting go' is the 'Sedona Method.'
Quick and easy. Lots of good helpers out there. No reason why anyone has to stand still with their personal progress!

Thank you for sharing what you are doing, Helene~ :-x

Gratitude,
Rijuta
Soul-Power Community

Dear Rijuta

Thank you for a very informative article on thoughts and emotion. I started with EFT a while back and find it really helps with sorting out some old baggage emotions that has been holding me back. still working on it but the tapping is bringing good freedom - adding some of the vagus breathing off course.

love
Helene

Yes, Robyn, emotions, when in coherence/harmony with the mind, can be a wonderful learning situation.
Both the emotions and the mind can be excellent learning tools.

Phoebe, love your "The message is clear: feel, feel, feel, get crazy, strive, for feelings."
So true, people love to emote. Women especially are known for sitting in front of their favorite movies with a box of kleenex.
Phoebe, I so enjoy the way you paint your 'pictures' - very expressive!

Thank you BraveHeart friends for adding to the play of our thoughts and emotions!!!

Loving gratitude,
Rijuta
Soul-Power Community

Hello Rijuta,

Your statement about how deep emotion can rid our consciousness of pre-conceived thoughts is so important. This post reminds me that when I experience my emotions I do not lock out opportunities to find meaning in a situation or in someone. Thanks! Robyn

Dear Debra,

You describe so beautifully the age-old constant battle between the intellect and the emotions for the control of the human psyche.

We are also dealing with our individual egos and emotions like fear that want to 'protect' us.
But now, Debra, as you stand in your own power, you can say: "now that I am an adult...I can be the observer.....the one on the outside and tell that little girl that she is ok and that it is safe now...that I will take good care of her." :-x

Thank you Debra; your participation enhances our understanding of the forces within us.

All gratitude and love,
Rijuta
Soul-Power Community

Dear Rijuta,

I used to allow my mind to almost force certain emotions into being.....instead of allowing my emotions to surface and to be known......to experience and express how I truly feel without judgment of it. I now trust how I feel....for the most part....I question it less....I judge it less....and I don't ask others how I "should" feel.

I feel emotions are more powerful....the mind doesn't like that....the (ego) fights for power...to be recognized as a force....and why is that? for me.....I keep trying to somehow prove the chatter in my head(the mind) to be true and powerful.....to prove to myself that yes I am crazy, not enough, blah,blah,blah.....

why? to be honest I dont know....but what I do know is that I can choose differently....I can be aware of this, observe it, and act differently......however, It goes against all that I am used to....I will even feel as if I am doing something wrong.....it feels scary, but I do things anyway....I act on my emotions and what my heart is telling me regardless of what the chatter in my mind is often yelling....."its not safe...something bad will happen....and so on"

alot of times I think it has to do with being a little girl....telling the truth...and then being told something bad would happen if I didnt keep quiet and told that I was crazy.....but now....now that I am an adult...I can be the observer.....the one on the outside and tell that little girl that she is ok and that it is safe now...that I will take good care of her

Thank you for another wonderful post!!!

Much Love, :-x

Debra
The Honor Your TruthCommunity

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