 If you have followed this advice in the past, and it left you feeling like you were doing something wrong, this blog post is for you!
This is the standard advice that I see thrown around a lot. People tell you to “feel your feelings”, the idea being that the feelings will pass. For some of us, this just isn’t how it goes. For many of us, this can be counter-intuitive, and feels just plain wrong. Each individual has a preferred and optimal way of dealing with stuff. If you have followed me on social media, you will know I am a Capricorn. As an Earth sign, with no water placements in my birth chart at all, “feeling feelings” just isn’t my thing. I am not built to work that way! That is good enough reason in itself, for me to ignore this advice. But wait, I have more! There are certain circumstances in which “feeling your feelings” can also be highly counter-productive. And if you are following my work, I would like to make a bet that these circumstances apply to you. Whether you are aware of it already, or not. So, please read on… Feeling your feelings can be fine when you are just processing day-to-day emotions. Someone just cut you up while driving? It is normal to get annoyed, and acknowledging that feeling helps it to pass quicker. I get it. You don’t want to be holding on to the feeling of road rage, even if it is justified! However, if you are following my page, the chances are that you are not simply processing everyday emotions. You are likely dealing with emotions from childhood, or from past lives. Or both together. Feeling those kinds of emotions can be confusing, never-ending, and re-traumatising. As was the case for me, you may find yourself sinking into something that doesn’t make sense, life-times' worth of old emotions, that are totally overpowering. (Yes, I am aware that past life or childhood emotions can get mixed up with present day emotions – this is more complicated to explain in a blog post, so I won’t attempt it. Suffice to say though, that simply “feeling those feelings” will also not be beneficial.) If you take nothing else from this blog post, take this: EMOTIONS ARE MESSAGES. They are here to tell us something, They are signs that there is something we need to look at and address. FOR OLD SOULS WHO ARE ON A HEALING JOURNEY, OUR EMOTIONS COME UP TO SHOW US WHAT NEEDS TO BE HEALED. Just “feeling” them is as good as ignoring the messages. Those messages will just keep on coming back, again and again, trying to get our attention. Ignoring the messages from emotions will eventually lead to other things that try to get our attention instead. Physical pains, health issues, or seeming “unlucky” events in our lives. And when the energy is high – like right now, with Lionsgate and the Full Moon – the messages we receive from our emotions (and the other messages too) are amplified. This is how the energy helps us, it acts like a magnifying glass, and shows up what needs to be healed. So, take some time to look into what is causing the emotions that are coming up for you. Tune in to your intuition, and let it guide you to the answers you need. Ask things like:
So, if you have found “feeling your feelings” didn’t work for you, I trust that this post was useful for you. Doing this kind of self-reflection and inner work, helps to align us with our true path, and also with our happiness. And that is what I wish for everyone reading my blog 😊 ©JS2022
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