In this episode of Wisdom Dialogues, Hope Johnson shares inspiring insights on different questions and scenarios on recognizing our innermost feelings and healing them with others. Some of the topics discussed are:
What can we do about judgment and tolerance? Why do we project a scenario just to get a feeling? Does it make a difference whether I have an emotionally charged reaction rather than staying calm and connected? How do we attack our bodies? Why do we still have experience of body fat, death, being not enough, bad relationships and the like? What is resisting the moment?
Question (Q): What happens when we feel upset? What can we do about judgment and tolerance?
The people around us are reflections of ourselves. So, when we feel upset, they are mirroring it, too. When we recognize that, we can take responsibility for the healing among ourselves and others. The cause of the upset feeling is undone when it is acknowledged other people didn’t do anything and it is just a projection.
So, thoughts of judgement and intolerance can just occur in our minds or projected from feeling. However, the reason we project is we think the thoughts are about us. It is as if we see these traits from others and think they must be ours. However, traits don’t belong to anyone. What is shown is we are buying into something about ourselves which we can give up.
Judgement occurring to us is a blessing because it gets undone when we are aware of it. We can stop believing in it and make another choice at any moment.
Scenario: My company had a personality workshop on who’s introverted and extroverted. However, I didn’t like the idea of being labeled into a personality type because I see myself in between. I felt like being labelled than being inclusive in the class. I started to recoil because I was getting mad and it made me think if it is just my perception or my energy. I didn’t feel excited like the others. What is it about? What am I projecting?
Basically, we are perceiving feelings, and everything else are interpretations of our emotions. We can’t come into contact with others unless there is potential for healing one another. We are sensing with other people and it is a healing opportunity in our minds that is not separate with the people we perceive.
Instead, we can look at the energy playing. What is taking place is an emotional journey between love and fear. Feelings based on fear are hatred, greed, irritation and so on which we can heal with others anytime.
Furthermore, we can see concepts containing people into this or that as fun and entertaining. However, getting angry at it signifies it is being taken as real or maybe, threatening. Normally, when we feel upset, there is a sense of threat. It is the underlying belief keeping the whole world of separation going. The reason we have to run into a make-believe world is to escape the threat.
So, when we get a sense of irritation, we can be open to see what’s causing it. We need to be willing to surrender to the feeling. It is like we are dismissing the messenger by just feeling the feeling and knowing we projected the entire scenario to get the feeling.
Q: Why do we project a scenario just to get a feeling?
It because of what it is for. When the feeling arises, it gives the opportunity for healing it. It is like a miracle because it changes the way we look at the world and who we are. An upset feeling makes us take ourselves as small. However, it an opportunity for us to recognize it and the thoughts we are holding against ourselves. It is an illusion for undoing the guilty self-concept.
Rather, we are on a feeling-ride. Whatever feeling is coming up for us, other people are getting it equally. When we are in projecting mode with other people, they are also sensing it. So, we can withdraw from such energy by allowing ourselves to getting the feeling as it is.
Q: Does it make a difference whether I have an emotionally charged reaction rather than sta
