When you experience feelings of sadness, disappointment, frustration, or anger, you already have a lot to manage before even considering a response.
Spiritualists may suggest, 'That's just your ego/pain body. Don't pay attention to it... meditate it away.' Psychologists might say, 'That's rooted in your childhood trauma. Work through it!' Material science, for the most part, tends to overlook emotions as if they are not a fundamental aspect of human experience.
Yet, a different approach can be not only more creative and enlightening but is, more than ever, essential. This approach, however, challenges the common mindset, which is often reluctant to explore new perspectives for addressing familiar problems and obstacles.
Fully accepting and embracing your emotions AS they are, understanding their nature, and willingly navigating through them is an unfamiliar practice for many. Common practices include ignoring them, minimizing them, hiding them, attempting to change them (positify them), or pretending to accept them — everything except actually accepting them and recognizing their inherent value.
It's through genuine acceptance and the courage to navigate these emotions that you learn a great deal about yourself: your beliefs, experiences, fears, preferences, courage, power, and much more. The spectrum of self-discovery is vast and profound.
This transformation alters the entire internal dialogue, its quality, its purpose, its intensity, and ultimately shapes your next step, decisions, and responses. When you share this process with another, your relationship can reach unimaginable heights and depths, profoundly transforming both you and the relationship.
However, this concept challenges the conventional approach to the schooling you have already acquired and social programming. The 'how-to' aspect often remains a mystery, and many may initially perceive their automatic reactions as 'the norm,' echoing the common phrase, 'everyone does it (therefore it's right)'.