The Sacred Role of Emotion in the Human Experience
Emotions are not incidental to the human journey. They are central to it. As spiritual beings having a human experience, we incarnate on Earth to experience the full range of human emotions. It is through these emotions that we learn, evolve, and more closely align with our soul’s truth. Emotions help us embody who we truly are.
Time is Necessary for the Emotional Experience
A key distinction between our spiritual selves and our human selves, is our relationship with time. In our soul state, we exist outside of linear time. Everything happens simultaneously in a timeless, multidimensional now. This expanded perspective brings more access to wisdom, but limits the emotional depth that the time-bound human experience provides. In fact, certain emotions only exist within the context of linear time. Here is an example:
A child who bonds with a pet for a year and then loses it, will experience grief. Without time, the child would simultaneously be with and without the pet, making the experience of loss impossible. The same can be said for worry, regret, anticipation, hope, guilt, yearning, relief, and nostalgia. All of these emotions rely on the passage of time to exist.
Linear time, while often seen as a constraint within our busy and often impatient lives, is actually a gift. It enables us to experience complex emotional states that offer profound lessons and insights. They are opportunities for growth that are not available in the timeless dimensions of spirit. The experience of emotion that time provides is a major part of why we are here, incarnated on Earth.
Emotions are an Inner Guidance System
Beyond their experiential value, emotions also serve as a powerful internal compass. They guide us toward alignment with our highest self. For example, if we are experiencing unease in a situation, it signals misalignment and invites caution. Anger points to unresolved pain or boundaries that need reinforcement. Joy affirms that we are on the right path, nourishing our soul. When we learn to interpret our emotions, we can use them to navigate our life with intention and authenticity. We can begin to make different choices within our lives to create more optimal emotional experiences, which most likely are in alignment with who we truly are.
However, most people struggle to experience emotions with enough separation, to see their guidance. People often fall into emotional suppression or emotional overwhelm. Some people suppress or downplay their emotions. They consider emotions a distraction, or perhaps even dangerous. In doing so they suppress their vital inner wisdom and risk veering away from their soul’s highest potential. Others become so entangled in their emotions that they lose the ability to act. Rather than using emotions as guidance, they are paralyzed by them. This form of emotional stagnation signals the need for deep healing, to uncover and release the energetic weight that keeps them stuck.
Pain is a Portal to Wisdom
There is profound wisdom in our pain. When we listen to it, we uncover the lessons we need to evolve and realign with our soul’s highest path. When we feel emotional pain, it is often a sign that we are resisting the natural flow of life. Perhaps a choice is no longer serving you. Perhaps you are holding too tightly to something that needs to be released. By leaning into the pain and asking ourselves what it is trying to reveal, we open the door to transformation. Often, once we recognize the source of resistance and make a conscious shift (whether through letting go, making amends or choosing a different path), we feel an immediate lightness. This lightness is a sign of soul alignment. By utilizing the pain as a portal to wisdom, you can learn what is needed to shift your energy in a different direction, opening up the possibility for a much different emotional experience.
Often the pain we carry originate from emotional injuries, or wounds. Wounds may be related to isolated incidents from our past or sustained dynamics that repeated over time, that essentially fracture our energetic field. These moments of pain draw our energy into the past, creating gaps or “holes” in our energy that distort our perception and behavior. Since wounds occur in the past, they are time-based experiences that are unique to the human condition. We are here in our Earthly incarnations to experience wounds.
While they are integral to the human experience, they are difficult to experience. Wounds are both obstacles, and also painful opportunities to shift to something lighter and brighter. Without awareness, unhealed wounds influence how we react to life. They are like goggles impacting our perceptions and interactions. The pain originates in the past, but continues to impact us as we experience more pain throughout our lives. But the pain is not the enemy. It is the sacred messenger, pointing us toward areas of misalignment within our lives. It helps us to recalibrate our energy towards what is for our highest good.
Healing is Magic-Making
Healing is not merely about reducing the pain. It is about integration. Healing is the process of retrieving our energy from those painful past experiences, restoring our energetic integrity, and reclaiming a sense of wholeness. It is the art of recovering all the parts of the self that have been trapped in pain, allowing oneself to move forward with greater clarity and emotional freedom.
Healing allows us to put down the burdens we carry and open ourselves to the beauty and magic of the present moment. When we heal, we create the emotional capacity to fully receive life’s bliss, wonder, and magnificence. Healing is the key to unlocking this emotional depth. It is through healing that we make space for magic to enter our lives again; not as fantasy, but as an authentic experience of presence, alignment, and spiritual truth.
How do we do this?
In order to heal the human condition, we must Empower the True Self. Emotions are key in this process to help us to understand our energy and release our traumas. To learn more about Empower the True Self: a program to heal the human condition, click here.