“Life & living / Loving & kissing / Heart beating away / Breath & breathing / Emotions & feelings have something to say” - “Communication” by Yogi Bhajan
On emotional intelligence. Emotions are just information. Emotions very important to observe because they tell you where things are off, where you need to think differently & how things need to change.
We are normal people & that doesn’t mean pretending not to be human. You should have feelings. There are so many weirdo Piscean spiritual clichés still out there, like that you should be passive or not stand up for yourself or not have feelings. You should have feelings, they show you more about how to follow through on your conscious desires.
We’re not taught emotional intelligence or maturity, so in today’s culture whoever has the louder emotions wins because we’re really not equipped to deal with anybody’s emotions, including our own. This is why “I statements” & taking ownership of yourself is so important, as well as classroom yogic techniques like letting kids take a minute to breathe if they get upset so people can learn emotional regulation from day one.
Yoga & meditation help you process stuck emotions in the body, mind & psyche, & help you command your thoughts so you have more of a handle on your emotions in the first place.
Yogi Bhajan said if you just actually feel your emotions, they leave in seconds (less than a minute). It’s repressing them that creates tension & dis-ease.
New moon reset. You always have a window of about 72 hours after the new moon to continue to implement new energy.
The long road of defining causality in yogic science/medicine—complicated for many reasons, not the least of which because of there are always manifold mechanisms at play. “Science” is about observing/theorizing isolated mechanisms of causality. “Don’t blame the scientists...Science is great, but science is slow.” - Yogi Bhajan
