EMOTIONAL AWARENESS IS FOCUSING ON THE EXPERIENCE OF AN EMOTION. EMOTIONAL AWARENESS IS CONTINUOUSLY STUDYING THE ARRAY OF EMOTIONS WITHIN YOU. INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EMOTIONAL FREQUENTLY DO NOT KNOW THE MEANING OF WHAT THEY FEEL. RAGE, EMOTIONAL WITHDRAWAL, SEETHING RESENTMENT, COMPLUSIVE CRITICISM, AND HUNGER FOR REVENGE ALL MASK A PAIN SO INTENSE THAT IT IS UNAPPROACHABLE. IT IS A TERROR OF BEING ALIVE–OF NOT BELONGING, OF BEING ALONE, AND OF BEING UNABLE TO SURVIVE. THIS TERROR IS NOT A REACTION TO PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES. LACK OF SELF-WORTH IS THE FUNDAMENTAL SOURCE OF ALL EMOTIONAL PAIN. YOUR EMOTIONS ARE SIGNPOSTS THAT POINT TO PARTS OF YOURSELF THAT REQUIRE HEALING. IGNORANCE OF YOUR EMOTIONS RESULTS IN YOUR BEING CONTROLLED BY PARTS OF YOURSELF THAT ARE GENERATING YOUR EMOTIONS.
WHEN YOU ARE SWEPT AWAY BY YOUR EMOTIONS, STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND MOVE YOUR ATTENTION TO THE AREA OF YOUR HEART. ALLOW YOURSELF TO FEEL WHATEVER YOU ARE FEELING. NOTICE WHERE IN YOUR ENERGY SYSTEM YOU ARE FEELING PHYSICAL SENSATIONS OR DISCOMFORT. OPEN THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS EXPERIENCE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT YOUR EMOTIONS AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOURSELF.
